Decision regret and long-term success rates after ventral buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterise the long-term success rate of ventral onlay buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty (vBMG) in the management of bulbar urethral stricture disease (USD), assess patient-reported postoperative satisfaction and decision regret, and delineate clinical factors impacting patient-reported metrics.

Subjects and methods

Patients with prior vBMG for bulbar USD, performed at Cleveland Clinic between 2003 and 2022, were contacted and brief structured interviews were performed. Stricture recurrence and need for secondary procedures, baseline demographics, and patient-reported outcome surveys were collected. The surveys included the Decision Regret Scale (DRS), the Urethral Stricture Symptom Impact Measure (USSIM) and the 10-item Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement

SUBMITTER: Santiago JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11745999 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature