Urethroplasty in patients older than 65 years: indications, results, outcomes and suggested treatment modifications.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-2004
Abstract
PURPOSE: Despite an aging population, the results of urethroplasty in elderly patients have not been extensively reported. We performed a multi-institutional review of urethroplasty results in 70 elderly males to determine outcomes.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed all urethroplasties performed on males older than 64 years with at least 6 months of followup at 4 medical centers. Stricture type varied and included anastomotic urethroplasty (44%), penile fasciocutaneous onlay flap (31%), Johanson urethroplasty (stage 1, 6%, stages 1 and 2, 4%), buccal mucosa grafts (7%), foreskin grafts (6%) and meatoplasty (1%).
RESULTS: Stricture recurred in 11 (16%) patients, but was managed with a single direct visual internal urethrotomy or dilation in 5 of 11 patients, yielding a final success rate of 91%. Recurrent strictures were more common after fasciocutaneous flaps (7 of 22 cases, 32%) than end-to-end urethroplasty (2 of 31 cases, 6%, p
CONCLUSIONS: Older men tolerate urethroplasty and these data indicate that therapy should not be withheld solely on the basis of age. The potential for impaired flap blood supply in this population is suggested but has not been proven. Benign prostatic hyperplasia must be considered in those patients who have decreased stream after stricture repair.
Volume
172
Issue
1
First Page
201
Last Page
203
ISSN
0022-5347
Published In/Presented At
Santucci, R. A., McAninch, J. W., Mario, L. A., Rajpurkar, A., Chopra, A. K., Miller, K. S., Armenakas, N. A., Tieng, E. B., & Morey, A. F. (2004). Urethroplasty in patients older than 65 years: indications, results, outcomes and suggested treatment modifications. The Journal of urology, 172(1), 201–203. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000128810.86535.be
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15201773
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article