Abstract
Duplication of urethra is a rare congenital anomaly; a Y-shaped urethral duplication is the rarest variant and lacks a standardised treatment plan. We report a nine-year-old male patient with a Y-duplication of urethra diagnosed during neonatal age who presented to a tertiary care teaching hospital in India in 2018. The patient had undergone a vesicostomy on the seventh day of life for passing urine per anus and was lost to follow-up thereafter. At eight years of age, there was a failed attempt at disconnection of the duplicated urethral tract from the anus after colostomy. The patient was managed successfully by progressive dilatation of the orthotopic urethra, which required multiple stages, followed by separation of the urethra from the rectum. At three-years follow-up the patient was continent and asymptomatic.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.9.2021.138
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(1), 119-121
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
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APA 7
Pati, A. B., Sahoo, S. K., & Tripathy, B. B. (2025). Progressive Dilatation as a Successful Treatment for Y Duplication of Urethra: A case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(1), 119-121. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.138
MLA 9
Pati, Akash B., et al. "Progressive Dilatation as a Successful Treatment for Y Duplication of Urethra: A case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 2025, pp. 119-121. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.138.
Chicago (author–date)
Pati, Akash B., Subrat K. Sahoo, and Bikasha B. Tripathy. 2025. "Progressive Dilatation as a Successful Treatment for Y Duplication of Urethra: A case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 23 (1): 119-121. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.138.
Harvard
Pati, A. B., Sahoo, S. K. and Tripathy, B. B. (2025) 'Progressive Dilatation as a Successful Treatment for Y Duplication of Urethra: A case report', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(1), pp. 119-121. doi:10.18295/squmj.9.2021.138.
Vancouver
Pati AB, Sahoo SK, Tripathy BB. Progressive Dilatation as a Successful Treatment for Y Duplication of Urethra: A case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;23(1):119-121. doi:10.18295/squmj.9.2021.138
IEEE
A. B. Pati, S. K. Sahoo, and B. B. Tripathy, "Progressive Dilatation as a Successful Treatment for Y Duplication of Urethra: A case report," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 119-121, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.9.2021.138.