[The value of uroflowmetry in the diagnosis of urethra strictures (author's transl)]

The urethrogram, possible combined with urethroscopy, is still the best way to diagnose urethra strictures. In follow-up checks of patients after urethrotomy, and especially in chronic urethral dilatation uroflowmetry is a valuable aid for the practical urologist, enabling him to estimate the course of a urethra stricture. We find essential that uroflowmetry makes it possible to fix the term of dilatation objectively, thus reducing the possibility of complications. The urethra pressure profile is not suitable for stricture diagnosis. Determination of the peripheral resistance, as the only objective parameter, is theoretically and experimentally very interesting, but not feasible in practice.