title: A method of closing urethral fistulae using a purse-string or interrupted silk sutures.
abstract: A simple method of closure of urethral fistulae is described, using a purse-string suture for small fistulae and serial silk sutures for larger fistulae, with a skin flap for cover. No urethral catheter is required and hospitalisation is reduced to 3-4 days. Twenty cases have been treated in this way with no recurrence of the fistula and no stricture formation.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000601:surgery*