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. 2012 Apr;109(7):1090-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10508.x. Epub 2011 Sep 20.

Non-transecting anastomotic bulbar urethroplasty: a preliminary report

Daniela E Andrich  1 , Anthony R Mundy
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Non-transecting anastomotic bulbar urethroplasty: a preliminary report

Daniela E Andrich et al. BJU Int. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: To report our early experience with a novel approach to the excision and end-to-end anastomotic repair of bulbar urethral strictures.

Patients and methods: A total of 22 patients underwent excision and end-to-end anastomosis of a proximal bulbar urethral stricture using a technique in which the corpus spongiosum is not transected, so as to maintain its blood supply intact. The range of follow-up was 6-21 months and for 16 patients the follow up was ≥1 year.

Results: At 1 year of follow-up there was no evidence of a recurrent stricture on symptomatic assessment or uroflowmetry in the 16 patients. On urethrography one patient has a urethral calibre 80% of normal. In the other 15 the calibre is normal or greater than normal.

Conclusion: The non-transecting anastomotic bulbar urethroplasty technique used appears to give results that are as good as those of traditional anastomotic urethroplasty with less surgical trauma.

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