V12-13: Two-sided dorsal plus ventral oral graft urethroplasty for long anterior urethral strictures

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INTRODUCTION

Substitution urethroplasty provides good functional results in bulbar and penile urethral strictures. However, treatment of long(extending from external meatus to bulbar urethra) and tight strictures remains a challenge. One-sided (dorsal or ventral) substitution urethroplasty may not be sufficient in long strictures with a narrow urethral plate. In recent years, we have opted to use two-sided oral mucosa graft (OMG) in such cases. We describe our technique of two-sided OMG urethroplasty in long and tight strictures.

METHODS

Among the 83 men that underwent anterior urethroplasty in our clinic between 2010 and 2015, 23 (27.7%) had long(>80mm) or multiple strictures. Clinical evaluation included assessment of subjective symptoms with the AUA symptom score and patient-reported outcome measure for urethral stricture (USS-PROM), uroflowmetry, and combined retrograde urethrography/voiding cystourethrography. We performed two-sided urethral augmentation in patients with a tight stricture (ie. urethral caliber

RESULTS

Two-sided OMG technique was used in 7 patients. Mean stricture length was 137.9±40.4 mm (range: 80 to 190 mm). With a median follow-up of 32 months (range: 6 to 58), 85.7% were cured. One patient developed recurrent stricture and underwent internal urethrotomy. Mean AUA symptom score decreased from 19.8±10.2 preoperatively to 3.2±1.6 postoperatively(p=0.02). Similarly, baseline USS-PROM LUTS score decreased from 10±4.6 to 1.5±1.4 postoperatively. Mean maximum flow rate (ml/sec) increased from 4.2±1.6 preoperatively to 28.2±10.8 postoperatively(p=0.03).

CONCLUSION

Two-sided dorsal plus ventral oral graft urethroplasty appears as an effective technique for long anterior urethral strictures.The two-sided OMG may facilitate the reconstruction of a wide-caliber urethral lumen in tight strictures.

Funding: None