Isograft bladder mucosal transplantation for hypospadias repair in identical twins

Urethral reconstruction with a bladder mucosal free graft offers several advantages for patients with complex hypospadias. We report a case in which identical twins circumcised at birth presented with mid-shaft hypospadias and chordee. A bladder mucosa graft was harvested from 1 twin, divided and us...

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Published inThe Journal of urology Vol. 150; no. 6; p. 1884
Main Authors Weiss, R E, Garden, R J, Stone, N N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1993
Subjects
Child, Preschool
Diseases in Twins - therapy
Humans
Hypospadias - surgery
Male
Transplantation, Isogeneic
Twins, Monozygotic
Urethra - surgery
Urinary Bladder - transplantation
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Summary:Urethral reconstruction with a bladder mucosal free graft offers several advantages for patients with complex hypospadias. We report a case in which identical twins circumcised at birth presented with mid-shaft hypospadias and chordee. A bladder mucosa graft was harvested from 1 twin, divided and used to form 2 neourethras. The donor twin underwent hypospadias repair, followed immediately by repair in the second twin with the isograft neourethra. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of bladder mucosal transplantation for hypospadias repair.
ISSN:0022-5347
DOI:10.1016/S0022-5347(17)35923-2