Treatment of urethral stricture after hypospadias repair / 中华泌尿外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the treatment of urethral stricture after hypospadias reDair.Methods Thirty-seven cases of urethral stricture after hypospadias repair from 1999 to 2006 were ret-rospectively analyzed. Of 37 patients,the stricture was located at the distal end of urethra in 7 cases.There were 3 1 cases with anastomotic stricture.There was 1 case with distal urethral stricture and anastomotic structure.There were 1 3 patients with the simple urethral stricture and the complicated 24 cases.Of 13 simple urethral stricture patients,4 patients were repaired with urethro-meatomy,6 patients with shelf operation and 3 patients with transurethral holmium laser urethrotomy.Eight Pa-tients with complicated urethral fistula,6 patients with urethral diverticula,4 patients with phallo-campsis and 6 patients with many times of postoperative urethral stricture were repaired with shelf op-eration or penis skin flap or septum of scrotum skin flaps urethroplasty. Results The simple stric-tures of 1 2 patients were cured by stage 1 operation,the other one cured after second surgery.Of 8 patients with fistula,7 were cured at stage 1,the other one was cured at the stage 2.Of 6 patients with diverticulum,all were cured at stage 1.Of 4 patients with phallocampsis,3 cases were cured at stage 1,the other one was cured at the stage 2.Of 6 patients with recurrent strictures,all were cured at stage 1.A1l patients were followed up 1 2 to 24 months.The micturition was without difficuItv at stand position. Conclusions Urethral stricture is one of the most common complications after hypos-padias repair.The simple urethral stricture could be repaired with urethro-meatomy or sheIf operation or transurethral holmium laser urethrotomy.The complicated urethral stricture could be reDaired with shelf operation or penis skin flaps or septum of scrotum skin flaps urethroplasty and overjetted with dortos of scrotum flaps.