title: Recurrent urethral hairball and stone in a hypospadiac: management and prevention.
abstract: A 32-year-old perineal hypospadiac man presented with recurrent urethral hair growth, stone, and stricture with a history of multiple urethroplasties. He was treated by urethrolithotomy, internal urethrotomy, laser epilation of the hair-bearing urethral graft, closure of the fistula, and chemical depilation of the neourethral hair. A dilute solution of thioglycolate was prophylactically instilled into the neourethra at intervals of 3 months to ensure complete tricholysis and to prevent recurrent hair growth in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hemal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006204:Hair Removal; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012867:Skin; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D019738:Surgically-Created Structures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy