Description: Urethroplasty, Penile Island Pedicel Flap - Surgical illustration for the article, "Optimal Management of the 3- to 6- Centimeter Anterior Urethral Stricture." This is an summary of a urethroplasty involving a penile skin flap and the pendulous portion of the male urethra. Inset: Overview of ³hockey-stick²skin incision; (A) Urethrotomy and initial skin incision; (B) Mobilization and preservation of the pedicle tissue; (C) Medial margin of the skin flap is sewn to the edge of open the urethra. Continuation of the suturing of the lateral edge of the graft to the opposite side of the open urethra occurs and the flap is completely inverted; (D) Loose pedicle tissue is pulled over the graft and sewn to the corpera; (E) Closure. Current Urology Reports, 2000, 1:180-189

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