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Splitting the Pubis for Exposure in Difficult Reconstructions for Incontinence

Authors :
Peters, Craig A.
Hendren, W. Hardy
Source :
The Journal of Urology; August 1989, Vol. 142 Issue: 2 p527-531, 5p
Publication Year :
1989

Abstract

In the last 13 years splitting the pubic symphysis has been used in 46 patients 1 to 32 years old for wide access to the bladder neck and entire urethra in female, or the bladder neck and urethra down into the bulb in male patients. Each patient had a complex problem to reconstruct and most had undergone a prior operation. Underlying pathological conditions included exstrophy in 16 patients, epispadias in 11, cloacal exstrophy in 6, posterior urethral valves in 3, severe trauma in 2, bilateral single ectopic ureters in 2, radical surgery for sarcoma in 2, myelodysplasia in 2, cloacal anomaly in 1 and iatrogenic injury of the urethra in 1.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00225347 and 15273792
Volume :
142
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
The Journal of Urology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs42080843
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347(17)38805-5