Open AccessUrethral prolapse: A retrospective anlysis of hospitalised cases in Port Harcourt
Author(s) -
CI Akani,
Dko Pepple,
H A A Ugboma
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v14i4.37195
Subject(s) - medicine , port harcourt , urethral diverticulum , presentation (obstetrics) , retrospective cohort study , urethra , surgery , vaginal bleeding , general surgery , gynecology , pregnancy , socioeconomics , sociology , biology , genetics
Urethral prolapse is a disease of the prepubertal girls and postmenopausal women. It is rare and seen in most cases as a circular protrusion of the distal urethra through the external meatus.