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. 2009 Aug;182(2):548-57.
doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.04.012. Epub 2009 Jun 13.

Clinical outcome and quality of life assessment in patients treated with perineal urethrostomy for anterior urethral stricture disease

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Clinical outcome and quality of life assessment in patients treated with perineal urethrostomy for anterior urethral stricture disease

Guido Barbagli et al. J Urol. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

Purpose: We performed a quality of life assessment for patients treated with perineal urethrostomy for anterior urethral stricture disease.

Materials and methods: We retrospectively reviewed 173 patients (median age 55 years) who underwent perineal urethrostomy (from 1978 to 2007) as part of a plan for a staged urethroplasty repair for a complex anterior urethral stricture. The perineostomy was made using flap urethroplasty. The clinical outcome was considered a failure when postoperative instrumentation was needed. A questionnaire was used to evaluate patient quality of life and satisfaction.

Results: Stricture etiology was unknown in 50.3% of the cases, lichen sclerosus in 17.3%, catheter in 13.3%, instrumentation in 8.7%, failed hypospadias repair in 4.6%, trauma in 4.1% and infection in 1.7%. Stricture length was 1 to less than 2 cm in 1.2% of cases, 2 to less than 3 cm in 3.5%, 3 to less than 4 cm in 12.1%, 4 to less than 5 cm in 13.8%, 5 to less than 6 cm in 7.5%, greater than 6 cm in 4.1% and panurethral in 57.8%. Of 173 patients 91 (52.6%) underwent prior urethroplasty. Median followup length was 62 months (range 12 to 361). Of 173 cases 121 (70%) were successful and 52 (30%) were failures, requiring revision of the perineostomy. Of 173 patients 135 (78%) were satisfied with the results obtained with surgery, 33 (19.1%) were very satisfied, 127 (73.4%) with a median age of 57 years (range 23 to 85) refused to do the second stage of urethroplasty and 46 (26.6%) with a median age of 47.5 years (range 27 to 72) are currently on a waiting list for the second stage of urethroplasty.

Conclusions: Perineostomy is a necessary procedure for patients with complex urethral pathology and satisfaction rates are high.

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