URETHRAL CALCULI - A REVIEW

The diagnosis and management of 19 patients treated for urethral calcu li over a 16-year period are reviewed. All were males, had a median ag e of 20 years, and urinary retention was the most common presenting sy mptom. Thirteen (68%) had anterior urethral calculi; 14 (74%) had anat omic alterations of the urethra; and 12 (80%) of the patients who had urine culture had urinary infection. External urethrotomy and open cys tolithomy were the methods used for the removal of calculi in most ins tances.