European experience with 1-stage urethroplasty with free full thickness skin graft.
A series of 57, 1-stage urethroplasties with a free full thickness skin graft is reported. Results were good in 90 per cent of the cases, fair in 2 per cent and bad in 8 per cent. The bad results were noted in elderly men, suggesting that decreased viability of the surrounding tissues is a contraindication to this type of operation.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014521:Urethra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery*