title: Surgical technique for the conservative management of distal urethral melanoma.
abstract: Urethral melanoma is very rare and pathological diagnosis is important. The prognosis remains poor irrespective of the treatment modality. Rare cases of long-term survival have been reported, one of them following conservative management. An initial attempt at conservative resection is worth considering to offer a better quality of life to the patient for as long as possible. We describe a technique of organ-sparing resection in the management of urethral melanoma along with the follow-up protocol that we adapted.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Chitale
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Szemere
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Sethia
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bardsley
mesh_terms: D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods