Contemporary analysis of management of isolated pendulous urethral strictures using pedicled skin flap urethroplasty repair.

OBJECTIVES

To evaluate contemporary outcomes of urethroplasty employing a pedicled skin flap for isolated pendulous urethral strictures.

SUBJECTS/PATIENTS: Inclusion of males > 18 years of age with isolated pendulous urethral strictures treated between 1996 and 2012.

RESULTS

A total of 81 patients with isolated pendulous urethral stricture were identified. Twenty-eight patients underwent repair with a pedicled skin flap during the study period. The median age of the patients treated with a pedicled skin flap was 47 years old (range 21-74). The etiology of the strictures was considered to be idiopathic in 10 patients (35.7%), iatrogenic in 9 patients (32.1%), as a complication of prior hypospadias repair in 6 patients (21.4%), infectious in 2 patients (7.1%), and traumatic in 1 patient (3.6%). The median follow-up was 27 months (range 1-214). Urethroplasty success was noted in 19/21 patients (90.5%). Urethral stricture recurrence occurred in 2 of the 21 patients (9.5%).

CONCLUSIONS

The pedicled skin flap repair for pendulous urethral strictures remains a durable and safe technique in patients without LS.