Urethral Stricture after Phalloplasty: Incidence, Prevention, and Repair Strategies
Workshop Description
Radial forearm free flap phalloplasty is the current standard of care for FTM gender confirmation surgery. This procedure is associated with as high as a 51% rate of urethral stricture, which falls only to 23-35% among the most experienced surgeons. While some modifications have been proposed to combat this high complication rate, it still remains as a major lasting source of morbidity. Patient and physician knowledge regarding the high burden and poor treatment options for urethral stricture after phalloplasty is incomplete, and patient acceptance of this reality is crucial to the honest understanding of the potential complications of this increasingly common but extremely complex surgery.
Conference Track
Professional
Primary Contact
Richard Santucci, MD, FACS, Surgeon, Brownstein Crane Surgical Services
Workshop Presenters
Richard Santucci, MD, FACS, Surgeon, Brownstein Crane Surgical Services
Presenter Bio
Dr. Santucci spent the last 18 years as one of the nation's premier academic reconstructive urologists and is now devoting his surgical talents to the challenges of transgender surgery. Before coming to us, he was director of the Center for Urologic Reconstruction™ and a full clinical professor at the Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSCOM). Dr. Santucci is the author of more than 100 scientific articles and has served on the editorial boards of more than 12 journals.
Dr. Santucci's Fellowship training in Reconstructive Urology is highly prized, and he trained both Dr. Curtis Crane and Dr. Mang Chen (and a dozen other surgeons) in the craft of urologic reconstruction. "I am proud and humble to be able to work with the most experienced and advanced transgender surgery group in the country. I am committed to using what I've learned to lend a hand to the very brave TG community."