Urethroplasty in Children: Experience at Tertiary Care Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan

Objectives: The aim of this study is to share single center experience of urethroplasty in pediatric age group. Material and Methods: All boys of age less than 14 years who underwent urethroplasty at institute of kidney diseases from July 2017 to December 2020 are included in this study. The details received from hospital record system on a structured proforma and analysis was performed with SPSS version 20. Results: Total 75 pediatric patients with mean age of 8 ± 3.2 years are included. The main etiology identified was trauma (57.3%) followed by iatrogenic (30.7%), unknown/ idiopathic (8%) and post inflammatory (4%) causes. The commonest site of urethral stricture was bulbar (62.7%), which resulted in the majority of cases from trauma. Other sites were penile in 21% and posterior urethral in 16%. The end to end urethroplasty was the leading surgical procedure (85.3%) in these patients, penile skin flap and two stage urethroplasties were performed in 9.3% and 5.3% patients respectively. Urethroplasty was found highly successful (93.3%) in the treatment of urethral stricture disease. Conclusion: Children with history of perinial trauma and urethral instrumentation needs proper evaluation for lower urinary tract symptoms, as there is high suspicion of urethral stricture disease. Urethroplasty as the treatment of urethral stricture disease when performed in the specialized center is very effective modality of treatment.