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Is it advisable to do urethroplasty in the distal penile urethra using EPA technique?

Query: Hello doctor, May I know if you have done urethroplasty in the distal penile urethra using the excision and primary anastomosis (EPA) technique? Are you personally familiar with any such case? If so, was the surgery successful? Did the surgery cause penile curvature? If so, how many degrees did it ...  Read Full »


Dr. Gajanan Shirpad Bhat

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I am a Urologist and I have performed urethroplasties. But, excision and primary anastomosis is the procedure of choice only in short segment urethral strictures and they occur in the majority of traumatic urethral strictures that occur in the proximal urethra. Such a str...  Read Full »

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