"Urethra" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A tube that transports URINE from the URINARY BLADDER to the outside of the body in both the sexes. It also has a reproductive function in the male by providing a passage for SPERM.
MeSH Number(s)
A05.360.444.492.726
A05.810.876
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Urethra".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Urethra".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Urethra" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Urethra" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1991 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1992 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 1993 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1996 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1997 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 1998 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Urethra" by people in Profiles.
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A New Approach to Cloaca: Laparoscopic Separation of the Urogenital Sinus. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2020 Dec; 30(12):1257-1262.
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Anxiety, distress, and pain in pediatric urodynamics. Neurourol Urodyn. 2020 04; 39(4):1178-1184.
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Imaging of the female urethra. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 12; 44(12):3950-3961.
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Measure twice and cut once: Comparing endoscopy and 3D cloacagram for the common channel and urethral measurements in patients with cloacal malformations. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb; 55(2):257-260.
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Intravesical Extrusion of a Single-Incision Midurethral Sling Anchor With a Simple Transurethral Resection Technique: A Case Report. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2019 Nov/Dec; 25(6):457-458.
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Feasibility of MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound for lesion-targeted ablation of prostate cancer. Scand J Urol. 2019 Oct; 53(5):295-302.
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Renal outcomes of neonates with early presentation of posterior urethral valves: a 10-year single center experience. J Perinatol. 2020 01; 40(1):112-117.
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A novel human cadaver model to investigate a retrourethral transobturator male sling procedure. Investig Clin Urol. 2019 09; 60(5):367-372.
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Dose to the bladder neck in MRI-guided high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy: Impact on acute urinary toxicity and health-related quality of life. Brachytherapy. 2019 Jul - Aug; 18(4):477-483.
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Assessing Uncertainty in an Anatomical Site-Specific Gonorrhea Transmission Model of Men Who Have Sex With Men. Sex Transm Dis. 2019 05; 46(5):321-328.