Urethral stricture in women. Morphofunctional diagnosis and treatment.

Objectives: The objective of this article is to describe the diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction in women and the treatment of urethral strictures as a cause of it.

Method: A bibliographic review was performed in the Medline (PubMed) data base on articles published on the diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction in women and the treatment of urethral stricture in the period between 1989-2009.

Results: The prevalence of obstruction in women varies between 2.