title: Dorsal inlay buccal mucosal graft (Asopa) urethroplasty for anterior urethral stricture.
abstract: Asopa described the inlay of a graft into Snodgrass's longitudinal urethral plate incision using a ventral sagittal urethrotomy approach in 2001. He claimed that this technique was easier to perform and led to less tissue ischemia due to no need for mobilization of the urethra. This approach has subsequently been popularized among reconstructive urologists as the dorsal inlay urethroplasty or Asopa technique. Depending on the location of the stricture, either a subcoronal circumferential incision is made for penile strictures, or a midline perineal incision is made for bulbar strictures. Other approaches for penile urethral strictures include the non-circumferential penile incisional approach and a penoscrotal approach. We generally prefer the circumferential degloving approach for penile urethral strictures. The penis is de-gloved and the urethra is split ventrally to exposure the stricture. It is then deepened to include the full thickness of the dorsal urethra. The dorsal surface is made raw and grafts are fixed on the urethral surface. Quilting sutures are placed to further anchor the graft. A Foley catheter is placed and the urethra is retubularized in two layers with special attention to the staggering of suture lines. The skin incision is then closed in layers. We have found that it is best to perform an Asopa urethroplasty when the urethral plate is ≥1 cm in width. The key to when to use the dorsal inlay technique all depends on the width of the urethral plate once the urethrotomy is performed, stricture etiology, and stricture location (penile vs. bulb).
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Valary T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Raup
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Steven B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Brandes
keywords: Dorsal inlay urethroplasty; anterior urethral stricture repair; ventral sagittal urethrotomy
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