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Urethral Stricture Induction Followed by Buccal Mucosa Graft Urethroplasty in a Rat Model
Published on: April 28, 2023
Urethroplasty and vaginoplasty by a single small bowel interposition graft: a novel technique for cloacal
Alp Numanoglu1, Marc A Levitt, Heinz Rode
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700 Cape Town, South Africa. alp.numanoglu@uct.ac.za
Abstract:
Despite the advances in surgical management of anorectal malformations, repair of cloacal malformations remains a challenging condition for many pediatric surgeons. Posterior cloaca is present where urogenital sinus deviates posteriorly to form a cloaca with rectum. Often, achieving adequate urethral and vaginal length can be challenging. We describe a novel technique where a loop of small bowel on a single mesenteric blood supply could be constructed in 2 functional tubular structures: one for urethral and the other for vaginal replacement.
