1. Penile inversion through a penoscrotal incision for the treatment of penile urethral strictures
- Author
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Jonathan N Warner, Kevin Chan, Ali Zhumkhawala, James Tracey, and Clayton Lau
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Supine position ,Urethral stricture ,Urology ,Urethroplasty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030232 urology & nephrology ,lcsh:RC870-923 ,Preoperative care ,Patient Positioning ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Scrotum ,Preoperative Care ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,Postoperative Care ,Urethral Stricture ,business.industry ,Innovative Surgical Techniques ,Mouth Mucosa ,Mouth mucosa ,Surgery ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Treatment Outcome ,Mucosal graft ,Meatotomy ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Feasibility Studies ,business ,Penis - Abstract
Purpose This article describes a novel technique for the repair of penile urethral strictures and establishes the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of this innovative surgical approach. Materials and methods Patients with urethral strictures underwent a one-sided anterior dorsal oral mucosal graft urethroplasty through a penoscrotal inversion technique. The clinical outcome was considered a failure when any instrumentation was needed postoperatively, including dilatation. Results Five patients underwent the novel procedure. The patients' mean age was 58 years. The cause of stricture was instrumentation in 2 cases (40%), lichen sclerosis in 1 case (20%), and failed hypospadias repair in 2 cases (40%). The mean stricture length was 3 cm. The overall mean (range) follow-up was 6 months (range, 3-9 months). Of the 5 patients, 4 (80%) had a successful outcome and 1 (20%) had a failed outcome. The failure was successfully treated by use of a meatotomy. Conclusions The penile inversion technique through a penoscrotal incision is a viable option for the management of penile urethral strictures with several advantages to other techniques: namely, no penile skin incision, a single-stage operation, and supine positioning.
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- 2016