PFD Week 2016-Vaginal Skin Flap Urethroplasy For Female Urethral Stricture

Vaginal Skin Flap Urethroplasy For Female Urethral Stricture

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Video Summary

In this video, a surgical technique called female urethroplasty using a vaginal skin flap is presented. The patient is a 63-year-old female with overactive bladder symptoms and a urethral stricture. Previous attempts at urethral dilations were unsuccessful. Due to the patient's lichen planus of the mouth, a buccal mucosal graft was contraindicated. The procedure involves localizing the stricture, creating a vaginal skin flap, denuding a portion of the flap, opening the urethra at the stricture site, inserting a Foley catheter, and suturing the flap to the edges of the urethrotomy. The vaginal skin defect is closed, and the patient's recovery includes a short hospital stay and catheter placement. No credits are provided for the video.

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Dani Zoorob, MD

Keywords

surgical technique

female urethroplasty

vaginal skin flap

overactive bladder symptoms

urethral stricture