TY - JOUR A1 - Anate, M T1 - Urethral mucosa prolapse in Ilorin: A 12-year study (1988-1999) Y1 - 2001/1/1 JF - Sahel Medical Journal JO - Sahel Med J SP - 20 EP - 24 VL - 4 IS - 1 UR - https://www.smjonline.org/article.asp?issn=1118-8561;year=2001;volume=4;issue=1;spage=20;epage=24;aulast=Anate N2 - Over a 12-year period (.January, 1988- December I 999), a prospective study was carried out on -13 patients 1•ith urethral mucosa prolapse managed at the University of llorin Teaching Hospital (U/1H), Ilorin. patients were aged mostly between 3 and 12 years and the commonest complaint was bleeding per vaginam (83.7%) closely followed by dysuria (41.9%). All the patients were Africans and were treated surgically with postoperative complications urinary retention (11.6%) and dysuria (7.0%). There was no urethral stricture or recurrence of the mucosa prolapse in the post-operative one year follow-up period. The differential diagnosis and pathological changes of the disorder are discussed. ER -