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. 2014 Apr;76(2):156-8.
doi: 10.1007/s12262-012-0763-6. Epub 2012 Sep 29.

Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula-our experience with nine cases

Siddhartha Biswas  1 , Dipak Ghosh  2 , Sukanta Das  2
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Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula-our experience with nine cases

Siddhartha Biswas et al. Indian J Surg. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula is a very rare anomaly with about 40 odd cases reported in literature till 2008 .We present here 9 such cases all of whom were uncircumcised at presentation.7 out of 9 cases had a fistula in the distal shaft and the rest 2 cases had a fistula in the mid-shaft of the penis with an associated chordee.Associated congenital anomaly was present in only one case which had an associated imperforate anus . When the fistula was present distally , we did a primary repair of the fistula which was reinforced by a Bayer's Flap. When the fistula was present in the mid shaft we did a Primary repair of the fistula & reinforced it by a Tunica Vaginalis Flap.

Keywords: Congenital; Fistula; Penis; Urethra; Urethrocutaneous.

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Fig. 1
Anterior urethra cutaneous fistula at the subcoronal level with intact distal urethra, no chordee
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Normal urinary stream 6 months after repair of the anterior urethra cutaneous fistula
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