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Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula
Author(s) -
Nakane Akihiro,
Hayashi Yutaro,
Kojima Yoshiyuki,
Mizuno Kentaro,
Okada Atsushi,
Sasaki Shoichi,
Kohri Kenjiro
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2000.00202.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urethroplasty , fistula , surgery , urination , urethral diseases , urethra , anatomy , urinary system
Background: A 3‐year‐old boy visited our hospital for aberrance of urination. He had a fistula on his ventral penile shaft. Our diagnosis was congenital urethrocutaneous fistula.Methods/Results: We performed one‐stage repair transverse preputial onlay island flap urethroplasty. Postoperatively, the patient was voiding comfortably with no recurrence of fistula.Conclusions: Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula is rare. Eighteen cases of congenital urethrocutaneous fistula have been reported previously. We consider the etiology of congenital urethrocutaneous fistula as a deficiency of the urethral plate and fusion of urethral folds.