Plastic end-to-end treatment of bulbar urethral stricture

Abstract

For bulbar urethral strictures up to 2.5 cm in length, the one-stage urethral plastic surgery with stricture excision and direct end-to-end anastomosis remains the best procedure to guarantee a high success rate.This retrospective review shows the results of 21 patients who underwent bulbar end-to-end anastomosis from 2010–2013.In 20 cases (95.3%) good results were archived. The criteria of success were identified by pre- and postoperative radiological diagnostics and uroflowmetry.

Keywords

• urethral stricture
• end-to-end anastomosis