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- Title
Early endoscopic realignment of traumatic anterior and posterior urethral disruptions under caudal anaesthesia – a 5-year review.
- Authors
Olapade-Olaopa, E. O.; Atalabi, O. M.; Adekanye, A. O.; Adebayo, S. A.; Onawola, K. A.
- Abstract
Objective: We recently described early rigid retrograde endoscopic realignment of the disrupted urethra under caudal anaesthesia in the outpatient setting. This retrospective study was performed to evaluate our medium-term results. Patients and methods: A retrospective review of patients who had early rigid retrograde endoscopic realignment of traumatic urethral disruptions in our institution over a 5-year period was done and the relevant data extracted and analyzed. Results: Fourteen acutely ruptured urethras (10 posterior and four anterior) were endoscopically realigned early in the study period. Nine (90%) of the posterior disruptions occurred at bulbo-membranous urethra (distal to the external sphincter mechanism). Thirteen of the ruptured urethras (93%) were successfully realigned (nine posterior and four anterior) and postoperative clean intermittent self-calibration (CIC) was instituted in 10 patients. The mean follow-up period was 36.6 months (range 18–54 months). The mean operating time and the median hospital stay were 22 min (range 8–68 min) and 3 days (range 1–10 days), respectively, and were shorter in patients with injuries of the anterior urethra than those with posterior urethral tears (p ≤ 0.0001). Post-realignment, all 13 patients were potent and continent. Two patients required additional procedures (direct vision internal urethrotomy or urethral dilation) and one patient has remained on CIC i.e. a stricture rate of 21%. Conclusion: Early retrograde endoscopic realignment under caudal analgesia is suitable and cost-effective for patients with acute traumatic urethral disruptions and has good medium-term results. In addition, an early postoperative regimen of CIC significantly reduced stricture-formation in our series.
- Publication
International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2010, Vol 64, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
1368-5031
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01481.x