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Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)

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01-12-2015 | Original Article

Buccal mucosa urethroplasty: a 10-year retrospective review of maxillofacial and urological outcomes

Authors: J. E. O’Connell, I. M. Cullen, C. Murphy, H. Flood, G. J. Kearns

Published in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) | Issue 4/2015

Abstract

Background

Reconstruction of a urethral stricture poses a difficult surgical problem. Anastomotic repair remains the gold standard. Strictures longer than 2 cm may require substitution urethroplasty. This is a retrospective review of all patients who underwent urethral reconstruction with an autologous free buccal mucosa graft at a Regional hospital between 1998 and 2009.

Methods

Variables recorded included; demographics: patient gender/age; follow-up period. Urology: pre-operative diagnosis/aetiology; presenting complaint; previous urological surgery, pre-operative retrograde urethrogram, stricture length, graft size, operative time/blood loss, morbidity, complications. Maxillofacial: pre-/post-operative inter-incisal opening, patency of Stenson’s parotid duct, ipsilateral parotid swelling, sensory nerve deficit.

Results

A total of eight male patients were included. Mean age was 33 years. Two patients had one-stage dorsal onlay urethroplasty, and the remaining six had a two-stage BMG urethroplasty. All patients underwent a urethrogram 20 days post-operatively, which demonstrated no leak, and a good caliber grafted urethra in all cases. A flexible cystoscopy scope was accommodated in all patients 8 weeks post-operatively. Mean follow-up was 42 months. At long-term follow-up, there was no evidence of stricture formation, and all patients were voiding well. There were no long-term intra-oral complications.

Conclusion

This study suggests that anterior urethral strictures up to 6 cm in length may be predictably and safely managed with buccal mucosal urethroplasty. The buccal mucosa is easy to harvest, and can be used successfully in one- and two-stage grafting procedures. The rate of complications, from both a urological and maxillofacial perspective, in the group of patients studied was low.

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Title: Buccal mucosa urethroplasty: a 10-year retrospective review of maxillofacial and urological outcomes
Authors: J. E. O’Connell
I. M. Cullen
C. Murphy
H. Flood
G. J. Kearns
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0021-1265
Electronic ISSN: 1863-4362
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-014-1165-5

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