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Steve Brandes

Steve Brandes

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Duly Health and Care, Chicago area, IL
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Mentored by · fellowship 1999
Jack W. McAninch

Training and career​

  • Current position Reconstructive urology practice, Duly Health and Care, Naperville, Wheaton, and Lisle, Illinois12
  • Medical school Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai3
  • Residency Urology, Temple University Hospital2
  • Fellowship Male genitourinary reconstruction and trauma, UC San Francisco (1997–1998)4

Key Publications​

Brandes's cited work covers urethral stricture evaluation and reconstruction, including lichen sclerosus, pelvic fracture injury, and radiation-associated strictures. Other cited papers address urinary fistula repair, including repair failure after pelvic radiation.P3P4P5P6P7

  1. Brandes SB, Buckman RF, Chelsky MJ, et al. "External Genitalia Gunshot Wounds." The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 1995;39(2):266–272. doi

    External genital gunshot injury series (1995). Reported a 56-patient series on evaluation and surgical repair of external genital gunshot injuries.

  2. Wiegand LR, Brandes SB. "The UREThRAL stricture score: A novel method for describing anterior urethral strictures." CUAJ. 2012;6(4):260–264. doi

    UREThRAL stricture score (2012). Co-developed a score describing anterior urethral stricture characteristics and their relationship to surgical complexity.

    Cited on: Male Urethral Stricture
  3. Kurtzman JT, Blum R, Brandes SB. One-stage buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for lichen sclerosus-related urethral stricture disease: a systematic review and pooled proportional meta-analysis. J Urol. 2021;206(4):840-853. doi
    Cited on: Lichen Sclerosus · Staged BMG Urethroplasty (Female) · Augmented Perineal Urethrostomy
  4. Raup VT, Eswara JR, Weese JR, Potretzke AM, Brandes SB. "Urinary-Cutaneous Fistulae in Patients With Neurogenic Bladder." Urology. 2015;86(6):1222–1226. doi
    Cited on: Vesicocutaneous Fistula · Urethrocutaneous Fistula · Urethroperineal Fistula
  5. Ferguson GG, Lee EW, Hunt SR, Ridley CH, Brandes SB. "Management of the Bladder During Surgical Treatment of Enterovesical Fistulas From Benign Bowel Disease." J Am Coll Surg. 2008;207(4):569–572. doi
    Cited on: Colovesical & Small Bowel Fistulas · Colovesical and Enterovesical Fistula Repair · Pyeloenteric Fistula Repair
  6. Kizer WS, Armenakas NA, Brandes SB, et al. Simplified reconstruction of posterior urethral disruption defects: limited role of supracrural rerouting. J Urol. 2007;177(4):1378-1381. doi
    Cited on: Male Urethroplasty — Incisions & Approaches · Abdominoperineal (Transpubic) Urethroplasty · Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  7. Kurtzman JT, Kosber R, Kerr P, Brandes SB. Evaluating tools for characterizing anterior urethral stricture disease: a comparison of the LSE system and the Urethral Stricture Score. J Urol. 2022;208(5):1083–1089. doi
    Cited on: Assessment Tools & Questionnaires · Male Urethral Stricture

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

15 additional publications with Steve Brandes as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Morey AF, Brandes S, Dugi DD III, et al. "Urotrauma: AUA Guideline." J Urol. 2014;192(2):327–335. doi
    Cited on: Penile Doppler Ultrasound & Cavernosometry · Core-Through Urethrotomy · Trauma & Emergencies
  2. Eswara JR, Raup VT, Heningburg AM, Brandes SB. "Pelvic radiation is associated with urinary fistulae repair failure and need for permanent urinary diversion." Urology. 2015;85(4):932–936. doi
    Cited on: Organ-Sparing USF Repair with Interposition Flap · Primary Repair (No Tissue Interposition) for USF
  3. Brandes SB, Eswara JR. Penile and Inguinal Reconstruction and Tissue Preservation for Penile Cancer. In: Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014:655-673. doi
    Cited on: Principles of Genital Reconstruction · Groin Defect Reconstruction After Inguinal Lymphadenectomy
  4. Yeung LL, Grewal S, Bullock A, Lai HH, Brandes SB. A Comparison of Chlorhexidine-Alcohol Versus Povidone-Iodine for Eliminating Skin Flora Before Genitourinary Prosthetic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Urol. 2013;189(1):136–140. doi
    Cited on: Penile Prosthesis Infection — Evolution, Evidence, and Modern Controversies · Intraoperative Setup: Anesthesia, Positioning, No-Touch Protocol
  5. Meeks JJ, Brandes SB, Morey AF, et al. Urethroplasty for radiotherapy induced bulbomembranous strictures: a multi-institutional experience. J Urol. 2011;185(5):1761-5. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Urethral Stenosis · Cancer Survivorship
  6. Kerr PK, Brandes SB. Treatment Decision. In: Sotelo R, Polotti CF, Arriaga J, eds. Urinary Fistula. Springer; 2022:15-29. doi
    Cited on: Male Fistula Repair
  7. Sukumar S, Pijush DB, Brandes S. Impact of the Advent of Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum on the Surgical Management of Peyronie's Disease: A Population-Based Analysis. J Sex Med. 2020;17(1):111-116. doi
    Cited on: Peyronie's Disease Agents
  8. Raup VT, Eswara JR, Geminiani J, Madison K, Heningburg AM, Brandes SB. "Gracilis Muscle Interposition Flap Repair of Urinary Fistulae: Pelvic Radiation Is Associated With Persistent Urinary Incontinence and Decreased Quality of Life." World J Urol. 2016;34(1):131–136. doi
    Cited on: Vesicocutaneous Fistula
  9. Brandes SB. Decision Making and Surgical Technique in Urethroplasty. In: Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014:1–16. doi
    Cited on: Retrograde Urethrogram (RUG) & Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG)
  10. Brandes SB. Vascular Anatomy of Genital Skin and the Urethra: Implications for Urethral Reconstruction. In: Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014:30-31.
    Cited on: Jordan Vessel-Sparing Excision and Primary Anastomosis
  11. Elliot S, Brandes SB. Etiology, Histology, and Classification of Urethral Stricture Disease. In: Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014:95-102. doi
    Cited on: Male Urethral Stricture
  12. Johnson MH, Brandes SB, Coplen DE. Pediatric Urethral Strictures. In: Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014:519-529. doi
    Cited on: Male Urethral Stricture

Footnotes​

  1. Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. Steven Brandes, MD, FACS. Duly Health and Care. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Steven Brandes. Endeavor Health. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  4. Where Are Our Fellows Now?. UCSF Department of Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩