title: [Urethra fistula repair without using a urethral stent].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the experience in fistula repair without a urethral stent.
  
  
  METHODS
  During the operation, the wound after approximating the epithelium was made twice the diameter of the fistula. Then an adjacent flap was turned over to cover and close the fistula. 50 fistulae in 37 patients were repaired without using a urethral stent after the operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There has been no recurrence in the past 7 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This method is one of the best ways for fistula repair and has a bright prospect in application.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai 9th People's Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D013519:Urogenital Surgical Procedures