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Fossa navicularis urethral stricture

MedGen UID:
1392799
•Concept ID:
C4476763
•
Anatomical Abnormality
HPO: HP:0025413

Definition

A type of urethral stricture affecting the fossa navicularis, which is the spongy part of the male urethra located at the glans penis. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFossa navicularis urethral stricture

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Update on the management of penile and meatal strictures.
Vetterlein MW, Fisch MM, Zumstein V; Trauma and Reconstructive Urology Working Party of the European Association of Urology Young Academic Urologists
Curr Opin Urol 2021 Sep 1;31(5):493-497. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000910. PMID: 34224436

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ventral onlay glanuloplasty for treatment of fossa navicularis strictures.
Wayne G, Perez A, Demus T, Nolte A, Mallory C, Boyer J, Cordon B
Int Braz J Urol 2022 Sep-Oct;48(5):798-804. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2022.0067. PMID: 35838505Free PMC Article
Transurethral reconstruction of fossa navicularis strictures with dorsal inlay buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty.
Farrell MR, Campbell JG, Zhang L, Nowicki S, Vanni AJ
World J Urol 2022 Jun;40(6):1523-1528. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s00345-022-03994-5. PMID: 35384486
Update on the management of penile and meatal strictures.
Vetterlein MW, Fisch MM, Zumstein V; Trauma and Reconstructive Urology Working Party of the European Association of Urology Young Academic Urologists
Curr Opin Urol 2021 Sep 1;31(5):493-497. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000910. PMID: 34224436
Single-stage buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for meatal stenoses and fossa navicularis strictures: a monocentric outcome analysis and literature review on alternative treatment options.
Zumstein V, Dahlem R, Maurer V, Marks P, Kluth LA, Rosenbaum CM, Ludwig TA, Meyer CP, Riechardt S, Engel O, Fisch M, Vetterlein MW
World J Urol 2020 Oct;38(10):2609-2620. Epub 2019 Nov 30 doi: 10.1007/s00345-019-03035-8. PMID: 31786639
Surgical Management of Fossa Navicularis and Distal Urethral Strictures.
Daneshvar M, Hughes M, Nikolavsky D
Curr Urol Rep 2018 Apr 17;19(6):43. doi: 10.1007/s11934-018-0792-1. PMID: 29667080

Diagnosis

Transurethral reconstruction of fossa navicularis strictures with dorsal inlay buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty.
Farrell MR, Campbell JG, Zhang L, Nowicki S, Vanni AJ
World J Urol 2022 Jun;40(6):1523-1528. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s00345-022-03994-5. PMID: 35384486
Update on the management of penile and meatal strictures.
Vetterlein MW, Fisch MM, Zumstein V; Trauma and Reconstructive Urology Working Party of the European Association of Urology Young Academic Urologists
Curr Opin Urol 2021 Sep 1;31(5):493-497. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000910. PMID: 34224436
Urethral Stricture Disease: Evaluation of the Male Urethra.
Gelman J, Furr J
J Endourol 2020 May;34(S1):S2-S6. doi: 10.1089/end.2018.0316. PMID: 32459152Free PMC Article
Surgical Management of Fossa Navicularis and Distal Urethral Strictures.
Daneshvar M, Hughes M, Nikolavsky D
Curr Urol Rep 2018 Apr 17;19(6):43. doi: 10.1007/s11934-018-0792-1. PMID: 29667080
Fossa navicularis strictures due to 22F catheters used in robotic radical prostatectomy.
Yee DS, Ahlering TE, Gelman J, Skarecky DW
JSLS 2007 Jul-Sep;11(3):321-5. PMID: 17931514Free PMC Article

Therapy

Race as a Predictor of Recurrence and Complications After Urethroplasty in Men With Urethral Stricture Disease.
Sawyer KN, Cofield SS, Selph JP
Urology 2022 May;163:69-75. Epub 2021 Nov 28 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.10.038. PMID: 34852248Free PMC Article
Update on the management of penile and meatal strictures.
Vetterlein MW, Fisch MM, Zumstein V; Trauma and Reconstructive Urology Working Party of the European Association of Urology Young Academic Urologists
Curr Opin Urol 2021 Sep 1;31(5):493-497. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000910. PMID: 34224436
Single-stage buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for meatal stenoses and fossa navicularis strictures: a monocentric outcome analysis and literature review on alternative treatment options.
Zumstein V, Dahlem R, Maurer V, Marks P, Kluth LA, Rosenbaum CM, Ludwig TA, Meyer CP, Riechardt S, Engel O, Fisch M, Vetterlein MW
World J Urol 2020 Oct;38(10):2609-2620. Epub 2019 Nov 30 doi: 10.1007/s00345-019-03035-8. PMID: 31786639
Reconstruction of strictures of the fossa navicularis and meatus with transverse island fasciocutaneous penile flap.
Onol SY, Onol FF, Onur S, Inal H, Akbaş A, Köse O
J Urol 2008 Apr;179(4):1437-40. Epub 2008 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.055. PMID: 18295281
Reconstruction of resistant strictures of the fossa navicularis and meatus.
Armenakas NA, Morey AF, McAninch JW
J Urol 1998 Aug;160(2):359-63. PMID: 9679877

Prognosis

Race as a Predictor of Recurrence and Complications After Urethroplasty in Men With Urethral Stricture Disease.
Sawyer KN, Cofield SS, Selph JP
Urology 2022 May;163:69-75. Epub 2021 Nov 28 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.10.038. PMID: 34852248Free PMC Article
Dorsal Island Penile Fasciocutaneous Flap for Fossa Navicularis and Meatal Strictures: Short and Intermediate Term Outcome in West African Men.
Tijani KH, Ojewola RW, Odusanya B, Yahya GL
Urol J 2015 Sep 4;12(4):2267-70. PMID: 26341770
Management of fossa navicularis strictures.
Armenakas NA, McAninch JW
Urol Clin North Am 2002 May;29(2):477-84. doi: 10.1016/s0094-0143(02)00050-2. PMID: 12371237
Reconstruction of resistant strictures of the fossa navicularis and meatus.
Armenakas NA, Morey AF, McAninch JW
J Urol 1998 Aug;160(2):359-63. PMID: 9679877
Balanitis xerotica obliterans.
Khezri AA, Dounis A, Dunn M
Br J Urol 1979 Jun;51(3):229-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1979.tb02873.x. PMID: 465992

Clinical prediction guides

Race as a Predictor of Recurrence and Complications After Urethroplasty in Men With Urethral Stricture Disease.
Sawyer KN, Cofield SS, Selph JP
Urology 2022 May;163:69-75. Epub 2021 Nov 28 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.10.038. PMID: 34852248Free PMC Article
Outcomes of a urethroplasty algorithm for fossa navicularis strictures.
Broadwin M, Vanni AJ
Can J Urol 2018 Dec;25(6):9591-9595. PMID: 30553284
Reconstruction of strictures of the fossa navicularis and meatus with transverse island fasciocutaneous penile flap.
Onol SY, Onol FF, Onur S, Inal H, Akbaş A, Köse O
J Urol 2008 Apr;179(4):1437-40. Epub 2008 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.055. PMID: 18295281
Management of fossa navicularis strictures.
Armenakas NA, McAninch JW
Urol Clin North Am 2002 May;29(2):477-84. doi: 10.1016/s0094-0143(02)00050-2. PMID: 12371237
Reconstruction of resistant strictures of the fossa navicularis and meatus.
Armenakas NA, Morey AF, McAninch JW
J Urol 1998 Aug;160(2):359-63. PMID: 9679877

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