Non‐transecting anastomotic bulbar urethroplasty: a preliminary report

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 109; no. 7; pp. 1090 - 1094
• Main Authors: Andrich, Daniela E., Mundy, Anthony R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2012; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anastomosis, Surgical; Biological and medical sciences; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Medical treatment; Middle Aged; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Urethra - surgery; urethral reconstruction; urethral stricture; Urethral Stricture - surgery; urethroplasty; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Urologic Surgical Procedures - methods; Young Adult; Nephrology; Urinary system disease; Urethral disease; Report; urethral reconstruction; Surgical anastomosis; Urinary tract disease; Urology; Urethroplasty; Plasty; Treatment; Urethra; Surgery; urethral stricture; Urethral stenosis

Study Type – Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Excision of a stricture and end‐to‐end anastomosis of the two ends is thought to be the best form of treatment for short strictures of the proximal bulbar urethra but involves transe...