List seven causes of urethral stricture.
List seven causes of urethral stricture.
Infection
1. Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection (most common)
2. Tuberculosis
Trauma
3. Instrumentation (e.g., TURP)
4. Catheter placement
Neoplasia (rare)
5. Polyps (inflammatory, transitional cell papilloma)
6. Malignant primaries: transitional cell cancer (80%), squamous cell cancer(15%)
7. Prostate cancer