narrowings of the urethra Urethral strictures
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Clinical suspicion of urethral stricture disease. - Initial diagnostic imaging technique is X-RUG. - Age > 18 years. - Gender: male. - Written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Electronically, magnetically and/or mechanically implants; - Cardiac pacemakers; - Metallic splinters in the eye; - Ferromagnetic hemostatic clips in the central nervous system; - Cochlear implant; - Insulin pumps and/or nerve stimulators; - Leas wire or similar wires; - Prosthetic heart valves; - Hemostatic clips (body); - Non-ferromagnetic stapedial implants; - Claustrophobia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary endpoint is the correlation stricture length and the degree of spongiofibrosis based on MRU compared to X-RUG and intra-operative findings. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - The amount of patients in which the initial treatment plan, based on retrograde urethrography only, changes after MRU. - Difference in degree of invasiveness between X-RUG and MRU. | — |
Countries
Netherlands