Could a flexible cycstoscopy cause a urethral stricture?

Anything that can cause an injury to the urethra can cause stricture. However, the only way to know it's a stricture is with a cystoscope, as far as I know.

You need to check for a UTI and if you have to go on antibiotics then so be it. Don't take Cipro - very dangerous. If you can get the MRI do it. I would do this before having a third scope. Seems like you may be destined for a bladder neck incision (BNI) to open up the flow. You need to research this and get several opinions if possible. At your age the prostate is not likely to be the issue.

Yes, absolutely any urethral procedure can cause a stricture. I had a botched Greenlight Laser procedure that fried my external sphincter, leaving me totally incontinent.I had x-ray images done by a specialist in CA and have attached one of the images.It took 5 more surgeries before I had an implant to restore continence.

I'm good now. Having a working artificial sphincter is definitely better than changing wet Depends 8 or 10 times a day. ( Our local landfill appreciates that too.)

I read an article recently about a study of the flexible endoscopes used for upper GI examinations. They found that after a standard sterilization, 5% of the scopes still had live organisms that could transmit an infection. I have to believe that the flexible scopes used for a cystoscopy of the urethrea probably are not much different. That makes me wonder what sort of infection could be transmitted. Maybe even an STD?

After I became incontinent after my Greenlight procedure, I spent some months doing Kegel exercises to try to restore continence.While lying on my back to sleep, I could retain enough urine that I would get up to empty the bladder. At the end of peeing, when the leaking sphincter contracted to try to close, I would feel what to me was a slight sting. Ultimately, that was found to be the stricture at the external sphincter causing my incontinence and, I feel sure, the source of the "stinging" sensation.Also, when I did Kegel exercises, I would often feel that slight stinging sensation.

Glenn

I can't be certain about the cause, but I think the damage came from the Greenlight procedure. However, there is another possibility. I had the Greenlight procedure on a Thursday, went home, and came back on the next day to have the catheter removed. I was leaking, but not concerned as that was supposedly normal. The next day was Saturday, and close to midnight, I couldn't pee, and I was in agony. I woke my wife who drove me to the ER. It took another hour to get checked in and in an exam room. Then, they insisted on doing an ultrasound after talking to the only available MD. After that, two young nurses came to insert a Foley, and finally got it in after some struggle and more pain. So there's the possibility that the insertion of the Foley catheter did some damage.

A month later, I was still leaking like a sieve, so the doctor did another cystoscopy, and while he was doing it, he sort of sighed or groaned quietly, and my gut told me something was wrong. I didn't ask, as I was already upset. He scheduled a second TURP procedure which was done a few weeks later. Then he had me do months of PT to no avail. I then started searching for a new doctor.

I found one who did artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implants. At this point, I still didn't know I had strictures. An AUS implant was scheduled, and and I went to surgery. The first step was to check to see that I was patent (open). That was when the strictures were discovered, and I woke up to the disappointing news that they weren't able to do the implant because of the strictures. There were multiple surgical attempts to resolve the strictures, and I was finally able to have the implant, which has now been working well for about 21 months.