title: Strictures of the penile urethra.
abstract: One hundred and eighty-seven patients with urethral strictures have been treated over a period of 2 1/2 years. In nearly 50%, strictures were confined to the penile urethra, involving the meatus, the fossa navicularis or varying lengths of the urethra up to the bulb. Of these, 95.3% were inflammatory in nature. Overall, 85.5% were managed with a single surgical procedure. The single-stage technique using a skin inversion pedicled flap was done in 15 cases and was found to be useful, with less morbidity than the staged procedure.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*