title: The surgical repair of posterior urethral strictures by the transpubic urethroplasty or pull-through technique.
abstract: The management of strictures of the posterior urethra is reviewed in 75 adults and 19 children. Of the patients 66 were treated by a perineal pull-through technique and 28 underwent a transpubic approach. The transpubic approach provided excellent exposure to the damaged urethra with minimal morbidity, and good results were obtained in 89 per cent of the children and 69 per cent of the adults. Three patients had partial incontinence postoperatively but 2 recovered completely after 6 months. With the perineal pull-through technique, good results were achieved in 80 per cent of the children and 66 per cent of the adults. Worsening of sexual function was not seen in either treatment group as a consequence of the operation. As a result of this experience the transpubic approach is preferred in cases of complex urethral strictures, cases in which the length of the damaged urethra exceeds 3 cm. or in small children, reserving the pull-through technique for low-lying urethral strictures less than 3 cm. long.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014521:Urethra / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*