Urethral Hairballs as a Long-Term Complication of Hypospadias Repair: Two Case Reports
Many times hair-bearing urethral grafts have been used inadvertently in the treatment of hypospadias. This can be accompanied with numerous troublesome long-term complications such as formation of stones, diverticula, and hairballs. We report two cases of men with a history of hypospadias repair bei...
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| author | Spyridon Kampantais Charalampos Dimitriadis Leonidas Laskaridis Ioannis Perdikis Petros Kirtsis Chrysovalantis Toutziaris |
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| description | Many times hair-bearing urethral grafts have been used inadvertently in the treatment of hypospadias. This can be accompanied with numerous troublesome long-term complications such as formation of stones, diverticula, and hairballs. We report two cases of men with a history of hypospadias repair being affected by such complications. We also discuss about their management and the effect of thioglycolic acid instillation to stop hair growth in the urethra mucosa in the second case. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0eb190895e8b4b24ad75a9a3e6b747252025-02-03T01:33:13ZengWileyCase Reports in Urology2090-696X2090-69782012-01-01201210.1155/2012/769706769706Urethral Hairballs as a Long-Term Complication of Hypospadias Repair: Two Case ReportsSpyridon Kampantais0Charalampos Dimitriadis1Leonidas Laskaridis2Ioannis Perdikis3Petros Kirtsis4Chrysovalantis Toutziaris5A’ Urologic Department of Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54635 Thessaloniki, GreeceUrologic Department of General Hospital of Drama, 66100 Drama, GreeceA’ Urologic Department of Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54635 Thessaloniki, GreeceA’ Urologic Department of Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54635 Thessaloniki, GreeceUrologic Department of General Hospital of Drama, 66100 Drama, GreeceA’ Urologic Department of Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54635 Thessaloniki, GreeceMany times hair-bearing urethral grafts have been used inadvertently in the treatment of hypospadias. This can be accompanied with numerous troublesome long-term complications such as formation of stones, diverticula, and hairballs. We report two cases of men with a history of hypospadias repair being affected by such complications. We also discuss about their management and the effect of thioglycolic acid instillation to stop hair growth in the urethra mucosa in the second case.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/769706 |
| spellingShingle | Spyridon Kampantais Charalampos Dimitriadis Leonidas Laskaridis Ioannis Perdikis Petros Kirtsis Chrysovalantis Toutziaris Urethral Hairballs as a Long-Term Complication of Hypospadias Repair: Two Case Reports Case Reports in Urology |
| title | Urethral Hairballs as a Long-Term Complication of Hypospadias Repair: Two Case Reports |
| title_full | Urethral Hairballs as a Long-Term Complication of Hypospadias Repair: Two Case Reports |
| title_fullStr | Urethral Hairballs as a Long-Term Complication of Hypospadias Repair: Two Case Reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urethral Hairballs as a Long-Term Complication of Hypospadias Repair: Two Case Reports |
| title_short | Urethral Hairballs as a Long-Term Complication of Hypospadias Repair: Two Case Reports |
| title_sort | urethral hairballs as a long term complication of hypospadias repair two case reports |
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