title: [Rectourethral fistula after radical retropubic prostatectomy: a case report].
abstract: The patient, a 56-year-old man, had surgery for anal fistula at the age of 28. In August 2007, he underwent a radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) for prostate cancer. Rectal injury was not recognized during the operation. However, on the 8th postoperative day, fecaluria appeared, and rectourethral fistula was diagnosed. We attempted conservative therapy including diverting colostomy and continued drainage using a urethral catheter. Subsequently, the fistula closed spontaneously 3 months after RRP. Eight months after RRP, we performed a transanal repair of rectal mucosa based on the rectal wall advancement flap procedure. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the colostomy was closed in July 2008. By April 2009, he had normal voiding and full anal continence without fistula recurrence.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takezawa
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kakimoto
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meguro
authors.forename: Michiyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Usami
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohue
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000209:etiology*