OBJECTIVES To review the results of utilizing different grafts for substitution urethroplasty for anterior urethral stricture caused by balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO). METHODS 153 patients who underwent substitution urethroplasty for anterior urethral strictures were included in this study. The stricture length varied from 3.8 to 16.4 cm (mean 10.2 cm). In 32% of the patients (49), local...

Posterior urethral valves (PUV) are now commonly suspected on antenatal ultrasound, but can present with a broad spectrum of severity postnatally. Rarely, the diagnosis is missed until adolescence or adulthood when the patient usually presents with lower urinary tract symptoms. We describe an even rarer case of PUV in a late adolescent who first presented with preserved renal function and urina...

Case Report Urethral diverticulum occurs in approximately 0.5-6% of women. Stone formation occurs in 1.5-10% of women with urethral diverticulum. Primary (native) urethral calculi occur rarely. In this case, 47 year-old woman suffering from recurrent urinary infections for the last 2 years referred to our clinic. Physical examination was normal except for a solid mass, measuring 3x3 cm in size,...

Prostate cancer involving the anterior urethra is rare with few cases describing isolated recurrence to the anterior urethra. This case describes a patient with a history of metastatic prostate cancer who subsequently developed advanced prostate cancer involving the entire urethra with extension from the prostatic urethra to the urethral meatus. This will help future healthcare providers recogn...

INTRODUCTION the management of anterior urethral stricture is controversial. A review article was written, which updates the current situation of the surgical treatment of anterior urethral stricture. MATERIALS AND METHODS the experience of the Hospital del Trabajador in Santiago de Chile regarding its different surgical approaches, as well as scientific literature on the topic, were reviewed...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence, mechanism of injury, wounding pattern and surgical management of urethral and penile injuries sustained in civil violence during the Iraq war. PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 2800 casualties with penetrating trauma to the abdomen and pelvis were received at the Al-Yarmouk Hospital, Baghdad, from January 2004 to June 2008. Of these casualties 504 (18%) had ge...

INTRODUCTION Most pediatric urethral injuries are a result of pelvic fracture after high-impact blunt trauma, mainly due to motor vehicle accidents. The management of urethral injuries depends on if the rupture is complete or partial as well as the timing of surgical intervention. PRESENTATION OF CASES Three male children with urethral trauma caused by motor vehicles accidents are presented i...

Seung Il Jung, Ho Suck Chung, Chang Min Im, Sun-Ouck Kim, Taek Won Kang, Dong Deuk Kwon, Kwangsung Park, Soo Bang Ryu From the Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea We report a case of a metachronous transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the penile urethra in an elderly male after nephroureterectomy. The patient had a history of right nephroureterectom...