Recently had a Urethroplasty done..

[JacobxD93]

I recently had to have Urethroplasty done. I had a catheter in for 16 days, had it removed 3 days ago. Ive noticed that when i get an erection, it hurts to have it in any other position than down. As if the catheter was still in? Also (not sure what the term is) with the erection, i can no longer flex my tip of penis? And my last question, my testicle skin has been very painfull if touched, or moved. It is even stretched out as if they used a prop to hold em up. (im sure they did have something like that) will they become less stretched out over time? And why is my skin hurting? Will this also go away? My urologist didnt seem concerned. But then again he was in a rush to get to another call. He said it was because of the cathiter and would go away over time. Ive had a catheter in the past and neither of these were side effects then. Whats up with this?
~Thanks in advance

[Izzy74]

I am having a uretheroplasty to repair/replace my entire urethera. I have been dealing with my stricture now for 12 years, and finally its going to be fixed for good. I have been reading/researching it as much as posible. I also will, be have surgery tofir buried penis down the road. My stricture and buried penis are the result of BXO/Lichen Sclerosis. I was lookin for anyone that has had to under go, uretheroplasty and surgery, to repair buried penis.

[awitetreacle]

Cas, Seems our problems are not age sensitive and can happen to anyone really. I wish you luck with your up coming operation. It is certainly not a light hearted surgery as us men fear any tampering with that area. My biggest issue post op was the catheter, it was my 5th catheter instance and I hated every second of each, sleeping is uncomfortable, sitting is uncomfortable, steps are horrible and I found after 3 weeks of a 6 week stint that the night time random errections were just horrible so be prepared for that. The healing comes slowly, the mouth pain and dangling stiches go after a few weeks and become a distant memory. I am 6 months post op now and things are not the same in terms of ejaculation feeling etc but not terrible or painful. Sounds like you have had a tough run. Those UTI's knock you about, hold on for a rocky 3 months and you'll be glad you did it when you start to feel human again and you don't keep having to show everyone your bits. :)

[CasAudio]

Hi all,

In a few weeks I'm having a buccal mucosa urethroplasty done, due to a 2.5cm long stricture somewhere between the base of the penis and my bladder. I suffered about 15 months ago with sudden acute urinary retention and lasted 6 months after dilatation before it reoccurred. Again they catheterised me for 4 days and booked me in for a Rigid Cystoscopy and Dilatation under GA as they wanted to stretch wider than was possible whilst I was awake. This lasted about 6 weeks before a minor reoccurrence which was super irritating and again I was catheterised for 5 days. That was October 2015. I have since been able to void ok (the same as before the first occurrence) but with random and extreme urgency. Anyways, my consultant who is supposedly one of the leaders in this field in the whole of europe (I'm at UCLH in London) suggested the more invasive urethroplasty as a permanent fix. I know it took a while to get to the point but are there any tips post surgery to lessen discomfort or things to keep an eye on, or even just questions I should be asking my consultant pre-op. I'm having a meeting with him tomorrow.

Sorry for the long post. It's good to know that a man of any age can suffer from this (I'm 24)

Cheers
Cas

[Locker77]

I had a urethroplasty done 3 years ago, all of the symptoms above have mostly gone. I do have one thing that is becoming more of a problem now, have any of you noticed a curve downward in your erection? It seems to curve more and more as time goes. My urologist doesn't seem concerned at all. Concerns me though.

[splayed]

I just had stage 1 of urethroplasty with buccal mucosa graft. I am one week post surgery. My cheek wound was covered with some sort of amazing bandage which is starting to peal off. When does this fully detach? I am using a prescription mouthwash every few hours and was also given "magic mouthwash" which temporarily desensitizes the area. The area I can feel with my tongue beneath the peeling bandage fees somewhat sore.

My urethroplasty addressed strictures in the head of the penis - starting with the meatus and going in about 4 cms. 4 hour operation. The surgeon opened up and splayed my penile urethra apart, removed strictures and diseased tissue, and sewed in buccal muscosa graft tissue. I return for second stage surgery after 6 months, when he will reconnect the urethra and stitch me back together again.

The wound in my penis is absolutely gruesome to behold, as you can imagine. There is no pain except for the irritation at times caused by the foley catheter tube (fr 16) emerging at the far end of the wound. I am having the catheter removed in 5 days. I expect there to be horrible burning pain once urine starts to flow over the wound. Or worse, will it damage the healing graft tissue?  

I first had meatal stenosis at age 30, and had a meatotomy then. 13 years later I suffered a urethral abscess when the meatus had again narrowed to the size of a pinhead and backed up urine pressure forced a fissure through the perineal urethral wall. I had surgery to remove abscess, and went through superpublic and foley catheters at that time.

During he past 20 years, my almost daily self-dilating using lidocaine ointment an a cooks little dilator has led to scarring and development of lichen sclerosis. My penile glans and the shaft had almost fused together at the corona. My surgery repaired this, too, freeing my glans from all the adhesions that had caused it to become partially "buried" in shaft tissue. What a mess!  

[awitetreacle]

I'm now day 16 after my buccal mucosa Urethoplasty. I had this done as a result of a hypospadias operation which had scar tissue at the site of the operation as a 5 yr old.
They basically cut me between the balls and bum and inverted everything, repaired it ( about 2cm from the tip of my penis) and turned me back the right way. I spent 3 days in hospital post operation and have been on bed rest at home since, to allow the graft to take. I have been pretty pain free from day three and only have the odd sharp pain/spasm which leaves me clutching at the pillow for a few minutes, overall nothing that is intolerable.
My urologist wants me to keep the Foley Catheter in for 4 weeks, then a urethogram to check for leaks and with any luck I will get this thing out of me after that. This is the second time I have had a catheter, the first was after a cystoscopy with complications and the risk was swelling wouldn't allow me to pee, so I had it for 4 days. Catheter is a lot more comfortable this time without the stricture. My biggest grief with all of this is the random erections at night time. Painful and uncomfortable. Urologist suggested an ice pack to whack on when it gets excited but I have had little relief with this method. I have two stitches in the end of my penis, not sure why but I suspect it was to hold everything together when it was turned inside out, scab is forming at the end of the my willy, which adds to the pain with an erection. Balls cause the biggest discomfort during the day, but I am glad to read everyone else seems to be having this problem. My urologist suggested getting really tight undies, helps with healing and comfort, I usually wear boxers so it is a different feeling but it certainly feels like less catheter movement and more ball comfort with tighter undies. Thanks a bunch to everyone who has posted here, certainly helps to know you are not alone and your symptoms/experiences have some similarity. It is also great to get some warning about the risks post catheter removal relating to leakage and potential UTI's.