INTRODUCTION Urethral duplication is a rare congenital anomaly affecting mainly boys. Generally, the duplication develops on the sagittal plane; the accessory urethra may run dorsally or ventrally to the orthotopic one. We present a patient with urethral duplication in which the orthotopic urethra was patent in the penile segment but atresic in the bulbar and prostatic segment. The patient had ...

INTRODUCTION Urogenital tuberculosis is a frequent disease in endemic countries. It is characterized by clinical polymorphism. The isolated urethral form is exceptional, even in countries with endemic tuberculosis. We present a rare case of urogenital tuberculosis in a man revealed by urethral narrowing and multiple urethro-scrotal fistulas. CASE PRESENTATION The patient, a Moroccan man, was ...

RECONSTRUCTIVE surgery of the anterior urethra for hypospadias, fistulas or strictures, presents the surgeon with many problems. While the usual methods of repair may give good results, complications and failures still occur and a more reliably effective procedure would be welcome. A study of the post-operative course in a series of cases, the results of which were published in 1964, revealed f...

Radiation as a treatment option for prostate cancer has been chosen by many patients. One of the side effects encountered are radiation-induced urethral strictures which occur in up to 11% of patients. Radiation damage has often left the irradiated field fibrotic and with poor vascularization which make these strictures a challenging entity to treat. The mainstay of urologic management remains ...

A rare case of anterior urethral valve in association with posterior urethral valuve is reported. Clinical findings are discussed, and the available literature will be briefly reviewed.

PURPOSE Meatal stenosis is still a common problem in tubularized incised plate urethroplasty. In this study, we aimed to seek for a relationship between the size of urethral catheter and meatal stenosis formation in children undergoing tubularized incised plate urethroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 83 children who underwent tubularized incised plate urethroplasty fo...

Bladder rupture in patients undergoing renal transplant is rare. A 26-year-old man underwent a deceased-donor renal transplant. Postoperatively, he showed a good clinical course, but after removal of the urethral catheter, he complained of pain in the lower aspect of the abdomen and in the left flank. Findings of abdominal computed tomography and retrograde cystography revealed an extraperitone...

PURPOSE In this study, we evaluated the effect of preputial type on bacterial colonization and wound healing in boys undergoing circumcision. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study consisted of 78 boys consecutively admitted to our clinic for circumcision between 2009 and 2011. Preputial status was classified into five types on the basis of preputial retractability. One sterile culture swab was swe...

We present, for the first time, repair by plastic surgery procedures of a large loss perineal substance in bonobo (hominin Pan paniscus). A 20-year-old male living captivity Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary Kinshasa Democratic Republic Congo was attacked another bonobo. It wound through which urine flowed, located between penis and testicles, taking part anterior posterior urethra, bladder, as well ele...