...Luis Martinez-Piñeiro Rectourethral fistula (RUF) is an infrequent but severe complication of the treatment of prostate cancer. Herein, we describe a new surgical approach used successfully in 3 patients that incorporates a partially de-epithelialized mid-perineal scrotal flap (MPSF), used...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Rectourethral fistula Transcoccygeal approach Fistula repair Urol. int. 39: 292-297 (1984) © 1984 S. Karger AG. Basel 0042-1138/84/0395-029...

...Holger Borchers; Michael Pinkawa; Andreas Donner; Timm P. Wolter; Norbert Pallua; Michael J. Eble; Gerhard Jakse Modern LDR brachytherapy has drastically reduced rectal toxicity and decreased the occurrence of rectourethral fistulas to <0.5% of patients. Therefore, symptoms of late-onset...

.... Various surgeries have been described to manage these fistulae, but these are not done frequently and require a great deal of expertise. We report a patient with post-radical prostatectomy rectourethral fistula, treated with cyanoacrylate glue injected through a colonoscope as the fistulous tract was well...