title: Minimally invasive surgical approach to treat posterior urethral diverticulum.
abstract: Urethral diverticulum is a localized saccular or fusiform out-pouching of the urethra. It may occur at any point along the urethra in both male and females. Male urethral diverticulum is rare, and could be either congenital or acquired, anterior or posterior. The mainstay treatment of posterior urethral diverticulum (PUD) is the open surgical approach. Here we discuss our minimally invasive surgical approach (MIS) in managing posterior urethral diverticulum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Urology, King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Ossamah
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alsowayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Urology, King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Fayez
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Almodhen
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Urology, King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alshammari
keywords: Imperforate anus; laparoscopy; mullerian cyst; posterior urethral diverticulum; robotic
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