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A new technique, described in the text, has been elaborated inspired by that of Monseur (1968) for urethral techniques. It has been performed with success in three paraplegics and in one incomplete tetraparesis. The plastic reconstruction of the diseased part of the urethra after excision of the stenosis and a fistula or diverticula by rotation and fixation to the subcavernal groove creates, in fact, an enlarged neo-urethra rendering the recurrence of the primary lesion practically impossible. This technique, first applied to spinal cord injuries, has been extended with permanent success to other lesions, such as tuberculosis stenosis and malformations.
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Jurascheck, F., Dollfus, P., Notter, A. et al. Our surgical approach towards the treatment of urethrocele and urethral fistula. Spinal Cord 16, 252–256 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1978.47
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