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Urethral Diverticulectomy

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Complications of Female Incontinence and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

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The mainstay of surgical management of urethral diverticula is transvaginal urethral diverticulectomy. Intraoperative complications of bleeding and injury to the urinary tract are typically managed surgically at the time of diverticulectomy. Postoperative complications include both stress and urgency incontinence, dyspareunia, and more rarely, urethrovaginal fistula, urethral stricture, and diverticulum recurrence. Malignant neoplasm of a urethral diverticulum is rare, with the most common histopathology being adenocarcinoma.

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  1. Department of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St, MSC 620, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA

    Lindsey Cox M.D. & Eric S. Rovner M.D.

  2. Department of Urology, Piedmont Hospital, 290 Country Club Drive, Stockbridge, GA, 30281, USA

    Alienor S. Gilchrist M.D.

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Cox, L., Gilchrist, A.S., Rovner, E.S. (2017). Urethral Diverticulectomy. In: Goldman, H. (eds) Complications of Female Incontinence and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49855-3_20

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