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Strictures of the Penile Urethra
Author(s) -
BHANDARI M.,
PALANISWAMY R.,
ACHREKAR K. L.,
RAJAGOPAL V.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1983.tb06565.x
Subject(s) - urethra , meatus , medicine , surgery , single stage , urethral stricture , engineering , aerospace engineering
Summary— One hundred and eighty‐seven patients with urethral strictures have been treated over a period of 24 years. In nearly 50%, strictures were confined to the penile urethra, involving the meatus, the fossa navicularis or varying lengths of the urethra up to the bulb. Of these, 95.3% were inflammatory in nature. Overall, 85.5% were managed with a single surgical procedure. The single‐stage technique using a skin inversion pedicled flap was done in 15 cases and was found to be useful, with less morbidity than the staged procedure.