TY - JOUR
T1 - Prostatic and membranous urethrorectal fistulas
T2 - A new technique of surgical closure
AU - Zimmern, P. E.
AU - Cukier, J.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - We report on a quick, safe and simple procedure, the anterior perineal trans-anorectal approach, which was used successfully to treat 2 difficult cases of prostatorectal and membranous urethrorectal fistulas. This method was devised after a review of all techniques to treat these fistulas, which are known to be difficult. Our 2 cases, like others, demonstrate the harmlessness of anterior section of the anal sphincter, provided the sphincter is repaired correctly. This approach should be used in patients with urethroprostatorectal pathological conditions for whom a perineal access is contemplated.
AB - We report on a quick, safe and simple procedure, the anterior perineal trans-anorectal approach, which was used successfully to treat 2 difficult cases of prostatorectal and membranous urethrorectal fistulas. This method was devised after a review of all techniques to treat these fistulas, which are known to be difficult. Our 2 cases, like others, demonstrate the harmlessness of anterior section of the anal sphincter, provided the sphincter is repaired correctly. This approach should be used in patients with urethroprostatorectal pathological conditions for whom a perineal access is contemplated.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)47167-9
DO - 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)47167-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 4020992
AN - SCOPUS:0021842653
SN - 0022-5347
VL - 134
SP - 355
EP - 357
JO - Journal of Urology
JF - Journal of Urology
IS - 2
ER -