urethra

Our device does not go through the penis, doesn’t damage the urethra or resect prostatic tissue.

It passes through your urethra on the way out, which is definitely not sterile.

Detection was lowest in urethra (10.1% and 10.2%) and semen (5.3% and 4.8%) samples.

Exclusion of urethra, semen, and either perianal, scrotal, or anal samples resulted in a <5% reduction in prevalence.

Even the features it does have are behind UX so bad you'd rather cram scattered glass down your urethra than use it.

The example that I saw was of a patient whose prostate had swollen closing up the urethra.

My best guess is that it's down to the length of the urethra.

When not actively passing fluids, the male urethra is almost always collapsed.

I wondered if a temporary glue could fix a thin flexible tube in the urethra, containing a carefully folded sealed bag.

Turns out, when a 15-year-old boy knows the difference between a vagina and a urethra, he must be having sex in the janitor's closet or something.

And this gas escapes through your urethra?

>> Similar to a colonoscopy, a cystoscopy is a test that involves inserting a plastic camera scope into the penis and then extending it the full length of the urethra, all the way into the bladder.

As for "the drip"; that's pre-ejaculate, which doesn't contain sperm inherently, but can pick up residual sperm in the urethra from a prior ejaculation.

Sure, test from penis has lower specificity and sensitivity that for cervix, but it is not binary "works or not" (as side note, just measuring from urethra is rarely enough [1]).

I guess it's okay." Versus "What's the worst thing about working here?" "They stick used hypodermic needles in your urethra once a week.

> A pseudo-urethra nozzle matching the internal geometry of a human urethra was used to “urinate” a controlled jet of dyed water onto urinals and the subsequent splash was caught on a large paper on the floor.