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Learn How to Handle Urethrotomy With FBR

Question: My urologist performed attempted removal of a urethral foreign body. He performed a perineal exploration with bulbous urethra urethrotomy and extraction of the foreign body. My urologist placed the patient in the dorsal lithotomy position prepped and draped in the usual manner. He introduced a 22 cystoscope into the urethra. The foreign body was in the bulbous urethra, almost [...]
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