Staged Male Urethroplasty Transferring Megalourethra Tissue as Free Graft Dorsal Inlay to Proximal Urethral Atresia in VACTERL Association

Bagrodia A., Yucel S., Baker L. A.

UROLOGY, vol.78, no.6, pp.1417-1419, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 78 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.03.023
  • Journal Name: UROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1417-1419
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Megalourethra is a rare spectrum of urologic malformations of penile corporal structures frequently associated with multiple congenital anomalies, such as prune belly syndrome or vertebral, anorectal, cardiac, trachea-esophageal, renal, and limb (VACTERL association) defects. A 6-year-old boy with VACTERL association and proximal urethral atresia with distal fusiform megalourethra underwent staged reconstruction, including appendicovesicostomy, perineal urethrostomy, and first-stage urethroplasty with a dorsal inlay free graft of megalourethra tissue to the proximal urethral atretic region, followed by second-stage urethroplasty. At 2.6 years of follow-up, he was continent, voids per urethra without postvoid residual urine volume, and no longer performs clean intermittent catheterization by way of the appendicovesicostomy. UROLOGY 78: 1417-1419, 2011. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc.