A Study of the Urethral Length in the Adult, Indian, Female Population

Abstract

The indwelling urethral catheter is an important adjunct in modern medical treatment and 
transurethral endoscopic access is frequent in Urology. In addition, in females, stress urinary 
incontinence often mandates procedures involving the urethra, and occasionally the bladder 
neck. Considering these factors, the paucity of published data about the normal female urethral 
length is surprising. 123 female patients (age 18-80 years) admitted at a tertiary care centre, for 
any non-Urological indication, between January 2019 and April 2020, who fulfilled the 
inclusion and exclusion criteria, were included in the study.