title: Duplicated urethra: an anomaly best repaired.
abstract: Three cases of urethral duplication are described--two complete and one incomplete. The surgical approaches used in 2 of the 3 cases are described, the third not having come to definitive surgery as yet. In the patient with an incomplete urethral duplication the accessory urethra and associated ventral preputial hood were excised. A repair of the complete duplication was devised in which an end-to-side urethrourethrostomy and penile plastic revision were accomplished. The literature is reviewed and a new classification system for urethral duplication is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Melzer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014521:Urethra / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*