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One-stage circumferential buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty for bulbous stricture repair.
uretra, stenosi uretrale
Barbagli G, Palminteri E, Lazzeri M, Guazzoni G. One-stage
circumferential buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty for bulbous stricture repair. Urology. 2003 Feb;61(2):452-5
A one-stage onlay urethroplasty, using a buccal
mucosa graft, is presented for patients with bulbous strictures in whom the
urethral mucosa is seriously involved in the disease. Of 40 patients who
underwent a dorsal buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty for bulbous urethral
strictures, 5 required complete removal of the urethral mucosa and its
replacement by a buccal mucosa graft. All these patients had undergone previous
urethrotomy with a false passage inside the bulbous urethra and had a
suprapubic tube in place. The goal of removal and replacement of the urethral
mucosa in each case was to create a new, wide urethral mucosal bed to promote
successful one-stage reconstruction. All patients voided spontaneously without
problems after removal of the catheter. After 4 months, the mean peak flow was
21 mL/s. After 6 months, urethroscopy did not show any stricture recurrence.
None of the patients required instrumentation or dilation. In patients with
bulbous urethral strictures and false passage into the mucosa and spongiosum
tissues, the complete removal and replacement of the urethral mucosa using a
circumferential buccal mucosa graft promotes successful one-stage urethral
reconstruction.
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