XXXX repair without a bladder drainage catheter.

@entity1 @entity2650 @entity1494 @entity4 @entity1346
We report on 44 consecutive @entity1 who underwent 1-stage @entity2650 repair based on a urethral splent ( @entity1346 pleated stent). The severity of @entity2650 ranged from subcoronal in 12 cases and distal in 23 to midshaft in 4 and penoscrotal in 5. In the first 15 @entity1 of this series the splent was used with a suprapubic tube. All @entity1 were able to void within the first 36 hours postoperatively. The next 29 @entity1 underwent repairs without the use of a bladder catheter, including 15 who had outpatient procedures. None of the 44 @entity1 has required subsequent catheterization or hospitalization. There have been 2 fistulas in this series. The urethral splent permits normal voiding through and drainage of the neourethra in a variety of @entity2650 repairs. The splent expands and contracts with the degree of @entity4 and permits catheterization should this be necessary. The advantages of @entity2650 repair without bladder drainage, such as short hospital stay, total ambulation, and decreased potential for @entity1494 , can be realized with the use of a urethral splent.
