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The Nontransecting Approach to Bulbar Urethroplasty.

The standard treatment of bulbar urethral strictures of appropriate length is excision and primary anastomosis (EPA), irrespective of the cause of the stricture. This involves transection of the corpus spongiosum (CS) and disruption of the blood flow within the CS as a consequence. The success rate of EPA in curing these strictures is very high, but there is a considerable body of evidence and of opinion to suggest that there is a significant risk of sexual dysfunction and, potentially, of other adverse consequences that occur because of transection of the CS.

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