Urethrocutaneous fistula after use of Tegress bulking agent: Case report and review of the literature

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  • Anudeep Mukkamala Medical Student Division of Neurourology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery University of Michigan, Department of Urology 3875 Taubman Center 1500 East Medical Center Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5330
  • Jerilyn Latini Adjunct Associate Professor Division of Neurourology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery University of Michigan, Department of Urology 3875 Taubman Center 1500 East Medical Center Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5330
  • Anne Pelletier Cameron Assistant Professor Division of Neurourology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery University of Michigan, Department of Urology 3875 Taubman Center 1500 East Medical Center Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5330

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.481

Mots-clés :

urethrocutaneous fistula, urethral bulking agent, incontinence

Résumé

We report a case of a 68-year-old man who presented with a urethrocutaneous fistula after off-label use of Tegress (C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ) Urethral Implant for post-prostatectomy incontinence. He was treated for prostate cancer with an open radical retropubic prostatectomy and adjuvant external beam radiation therapy. He was treated unsuccessfully for stress incontinence with a Tegress Urethral Implant and presented to our clinic initially with extrusion of the material urethrally. Four years later he re-presented with a large bullous skin lesion on his suprapubic area. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and retrograde urethral cystogram demonstrated a urethrocutaneous fistula. Subsequent cystoscopy revealed the calcified extruded material in the same location as the site of Tegress injection. The patient underwent simple cystectomy with ileal diversion. He recovered well postoperatively. This appears to be the first reported case of urethrocutaneous fistula after use of a Tegress Urethral Implant for post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence.

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Publié-e

2013-12-05

Comment citer

Mukkamala, A., Latini, J., & Cameron, A. P. (2013). Urethrocutaneous fistula after use of Tegress bulking agent: Case report and review of the literature. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 7(11-12), e833–6. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.481

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Case Report