Exploring the intersection of functional recurrence, patient-reported sexual function, and treatment satisfaction after anterior buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the interplay of stricture recurrence, sexual function, and treatment satisfaction after substitution urethroplasty.

Methods

Observational study of men undergoing 1-stage buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for anterior urethral stricture between 2009 and 2016. Patients were dichotomized by self-reported treatment satisfaction. Sexual function was assessed by validated and non-validated patient-reported outcome measures. Functional recurrence was defined as symptomatic need of re-intervention. Bivariate analyses, Kaplan-Meier estimates, qualitative and quantitative analyses by uni- and multivariable regression were employed to evaluate the interplay of sexual function, functional recurrence, and treatment satisfaction.

Results

Of 534 men with bulbar

SUBMITTER: Vetterlein MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8510905 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature