INTRODUCTION There is a 0.16% chance of a rectourethral fistula after prostate brachytherapy monotherapy using Palladium-103 or Iodine-125 implants. We present an unusual case report of a rectourethral fistula following brachyradiotherapy monotherapy for prostate adenocarcinoma. It was also associated with unusual management of the fistula. CASE PRESENTATION A 58-year-old Caucasian man underw...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether patency rates after bulbar urethroplasty with buccal mucosa graft onlay differ on the basis of whether the graft is placed ventrally or dorsally. METHODS This was a retrospective single-center study of all single-stage bulbar urethroplasties performed from 2001 to 2011 by 2 surgeons in which buccal mucosa was used as an onlay graft. Failure was defined as the ne...

a seven-year-old stallion with diversion of urinary pass to the thigh due to a urethral fistula caused by gunshot perineal injury was presented to the urmia university, veterinary teaching hospital. no signs of urinary obstruction or renal failure were observed. because of inaccessible location of the injured urethra, through a perineal urethrotomy incision, a urinary catheter was effectively a...