Awad SMT, Ahmed MAM, Abdalla YMO, Ahmed MEIM, Gismalla MDA. Buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for anterior urethral stricture, experience from a low-income country.
BMC Urol 2021;
21:171. [PMID:
34876087 PMCID:
PMC8653536 DOI:
10.1186/s12894-021-00918-0]
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Abstract
Background/purpose
This study was conducted to present our experience in urethral mucosal graft urethroplasty to repair urethral stricture, as the first experience in our context.
Methods
This is a prospective hospital-based study that had been designed to review management outcomes of buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for anterior urethral stricture from January 2017 to January 2019.
Results
The total number of involved patients was 60. The success rate was found to be 90% (n = 54), while 6 (10%) had a recurrence of stricture. Pain and pain combined bleeding from internal suture lines were the only early complication encountered in 50 (83.3%) and 2 (3.3%) patients, respectively. late complications occurred as follows 14 (23.3%) patients had UTI, 12 (20%) had wound infections, 8 (13.3%) had changes in ejaculation, and decrease in intensity of orgasm, and 6 (10%) had erectile dysfunction. One of the long-term complications was graft diverticulum in one case and was treated conservatively (in ventral on lay BMG).
Conclusion
Improvement of the service in limited resources countries like Sudan and was reflected in the excellent outcome of BMG urethroplasty as treatment of anterior urethral stricture (success rate 90%).
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