9. ANASTOMOTIC URETHROPLASTY
• Stricture Excision and Primary Anastomosis
• This procedure is ideally suited for bulbar strictures 1–3 cm long.
• Because the anterior penile urethra is stretched during erection, this procedure is
limited in the pendulous urethra, as it can produce shortening of the urethra and
ventral curvature of the penis on
erection.
• When performed properly, excision and primary anastomosis is a well-tolerated,
low-morbidity and highly effective procedure, with a long-term cure rate around
95%.
• The objective of this procedure is to obtain a wide mucosa to-mucosa anastomosis
without tension. A 1-cm spatulation of the urethral ends is a useful maneuver to
create a wide overlapping oblique anastomosis that
reduces the risk of annular retraction and recurrence.
• In bulbar region there is a virtual space that can be developed by separating the
crura to allow the distal urethra to lie between them; this will straighten the urethra
gaining additional length to allow a tension-free anastomosis. With these combined
maneuvers, up to a 5-cm gap can be bridged without tension in most patients. For
this reason, excision and primary anastomosis is suitable for bulbar strictures 1–3
cm long considering a 1-cm spatulation on each end.
12. Buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty
• In 1993, for the first time, El-Kasaby et al.
reported that a buccal mucosal graft from the
lower lip was used for treatment of penile and
bulbar urethral strictures in adult patients
without hypospadias
17. Augmented Anastomotic Urethroplasty
• The augmented anastomotic urethroplasty is a combination repair that
incorporates the principles of excision and substitution urethroplasty and is
primarily used for those bulbar strictures deemed too long for straight forward
primary anastomosis. In this repair, up to two centimeters of afflicted urethra is
excised, and the ventral urethra is reapproximated and a buccal graft is applied
dorsally, thus augmenting the anastomosis and addressing any adjacent wide-
caliber stricture
18. Penile skin/fascioctaneous flaps
• The primary role of the penile skin flap has become in the
reconstruction of penile urethral strictures. Success rates are
approximately 80% with long-term follow-up.
• The ideal penile skin flap should be hairless, perform well in an
aqueous environment, be adaptable, and leave the patient with an
excellent cosmetic outcome.
• The distal penile shaft and prepuce are hairless whereas the proximal
and mid penile shaft contain variable amounts of hair, especially
ventrally. Hair in the urethra leads to chronic bacterial colonization,
inflammation, and stone formation.
• The inner preputial skin is particularly well-suited to use in urethral
reconstruction as it is accustomed to functioning in a moist
environment
• The penile skin flap serves best in the reconstruction of penile urethral
strictures from the urethral meatus to the distal bulbar urethra.
19. Penile anatomy
• The penile skin derives its blood
supply fromnthe superior (superficial)
and inferior (deep)
external pudendal arteries, branches
of the femoral artery.
• Venous drainage parallels the arterial
supply .
• All the various penile skin flaps are
developed based on this blood
supply.
• At the base of the penis, the external
pudendal arteries split into
ventrolateral and dorsolateral
axial penile arteries. These then give
off delicate superficial branches to the
subdermal plexus
21. • Types of Flaps
• Longitudinal vs Transverse
• Proximal vs Distal Penile Skin
• Dorsal vs Ventral vs Lateral Pedicle
• Ventral Onlay vs Tube Flap vs
Combined Tissue Transfer
26. • It appears that the success rates of at least the Orandi and McAninch
flaps, and likely the Turner-Warwick flap as well, are similar: 5% failure
at 1 yr and 20% at 3–5 yr. Results are better with onlay flap (10–15%
failure long-term) than tubularized flaps (30–60% failure long-term).
• Flaps can be ventral–longitudinal (Orandi, for pendulous urethra),
ventral–transverse (Jordan/Devine, for fossa strictures), or transverse–
circumferential (Quartey, McAninch, or Q-type, for anterior urethra)
• Bilateral buccal mucosal graft harvest from the cheeks typically will give
grafts of 6 cm each (depending on oral anatomy), and thus can be used
to repair strictures of up to 12 cm in cases of panurethral strictures.
• Another option for reconstructing the panurethral stricture is the “Q-
flap.” The Q-flap is a modification of a circular penile fasciocutaneous
skin flap procedure (McAninch flap)
27. Combined Use of Fasciocutaneous, Muscular and
Myocutaneous Flaps and Graft Onlays in Urethral
Reconstruction
• Muscle Assisted Full-Thickness Skin and Buccal
Graft Urethroplasty
optimal muscle flaps available for urethral and perineal
reconstruction include gracilis muscle utilizing four different
techniques, the rectus abdominis, gluteus maximus, rectus
femoris, semitendinosis and the free latissimus dorsi.
28. Gracilis Flap
• gracilis muscle remains the reconstructive
workhorse of the perineum, groin, genitalia,
and anal musculature. As a free flap, it has
widespread application in coverage of the
head, neck, and extremities, as well as a
functional muscle in facial reanimation.
31. Perineal Artery Fasciocutaneous Flap
(SINGAPORE)
• The flap has a defined skin territory supported by
an identifiable vascular pedicle, the perineal artery
which is a distal branch of the internal pudendal.
The perineal artery penetrates the fascia at its
base and develops a suprafascial plexus, which
arborizes with the subdermal plexus and reliably
perfuses the skin
• The perineal artery, or Singapore Flap, is a
vertically oriented composite of skin with an
underlying deep fascia and adductor epimysium
measuring 6 × 15 cm with its proximal base
located at the level of the mid perineum 3 cm distal to
the anal margin
34. Posterior strictures / PFUDD
• The general principles of urethroplasty for posterior
urethral strictures were worked out many
years ago.
• Those principles are that it is almost always possible to
define the healthy urethra above and below the site of the
injury of the surrounding fibrosis and perform a spatulated
end-to-end anastomosis.
• Indeed, substitution urethroplasty should never be
performed, except in very exceptional circumstances,
usually as a consequence of previous surgery or of neglect.
• Second, it is almost always necessary to reduce tension of
the anastomosis to reduce the risk of recurrent stricturing.
35. • When mobilization of the urethra alone is insufficient to reduce
tensionof the anastomosis, tension can be further reduced by
straightening out the natural curved course of the bulbar urethral
from the penoscrotal junction to the apex of the prostate. This
curve may be as much as a half or five-eighths of a circle and the
curve is produced by the fusion of the corpora cavernosa over the
inferior aspect of the pubic symphysis.
• Thus, the urethra can be straightened out by separating the crura of
the penis, as far as this is possible, and by performing a wedge
resection of the inferior pubic arch. Unfortunately, the degree to
which the crura can be separated is variable and it may not be
possible to completely straighten out the urethra by crural
separation alone, in which case the urethra must be re-routed in
some patients around the shaft of the penis rather than between
the two corpora.
36. • This sequence of mobilization proceeding to crural separation when
necessary, proceeding to inferior wedge pubectomy when
necessary,
proceeding ultimately to re-routing of the urethra around the shaft
of the penis when necessary, is known as the “transperineal
progression approach” and was first referred to as such by
WEBSTER.
• Occasionally, the proximal urinary tract—the bladder and prostatic
urethra—is displaced anteriorly rather than posteriorly and stuck on
to the back of the pubis is inaccessible from below.
• Occasionally there is bladder neck injury, or simultaneous rectal
injury, or a false passage. These all require an adominoperineal
approach rather then a purely perineal approach. This is more
common in children in whom the corpus spongiosum is less well
developed and therefore is less elastic.
45. Prostate apex and pubic bone
Prostate low
urethra mobilized
Prostate back
Crura separation
Prostate high
Inferior pubectomy
46. Bulbo-prostatic gap
Bulbar urethral length
Less than 1/3
Less chance of pubectomy
More than 1/3
More chance of pubectomy
MM Koraitim, J Urol 2008, 179: 1879-81
47. STAGED URETHROPLASTY
• Staged urethroplasty is an important element in the armamentarium of the
urethral reconstructive surgeon.
• While the vast majority of urethral injuries and strictures may be addressed with
single stage reconstructive techniques, there are various situations in which a
staged approach may be preferable or essential.
• The underlying disease process, the condition of the local tissues, or the history of
prior surgical interventions may create situations in which a single stage procedure
is ill-advised.
• The presence of local infection or inflammation or the problem of an obliterated
urethral segment with an inhospitable graft bed may necessitate the temporary
creation of a proximal urethrostomy with replacement or augmentation of the
strictured urethral segment. Previous penile skin mobilization from prior flaps or
hypospadias procedures may prevent repeat single stage flap procedures,
requiring a staged approach.
• At the conclusion of the first stage, the patient would void through a urethrostomy
at some level: penile shaft, scrotal, or perineal. A period of approximately 3–6 mo
to 1 yr or more is given before the second procedure.
52. URETHROPLASTY COMPLICATIONS
• BMU
1. Urine leak 0-25 %
2. Fistula 3-5 %
3. Recurrence 0-20 % but 70% treated with VIU
4. ED 20-27 %
5. Post-void dribbling ( injury to bulbospongiosus muscle
fibres) 8-21 %
6. Urethral sacculations ( less with dorsal )
7. graft loss , anastomotic breakdown , penile skin
necrosis and penile chordee or deformity
53. Fasciocutaneous Urethroplasty Complications
• Recurrent Stricture 5–60 % (Recurrent strictures can be
treated with dilation, DVIU, or repeat urethroplasty (including
anastomotic urethroplasty for short segments, primary
buccal mucosa graft if adequate graft bed is present, or two-
stage Johanson urethroplasty)
• Urethral Diverticulum
• Postvoid Dribbling
• Ejaculatory Dysfunction
• Urinary Extravasation
• Urethrocutaneous Fistula
• Penile Skin Necrosis
• Erectile Dysfunction/Diminished
Penile Sensation