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Keith F. Rourke

Keith F. Rourke

🇺🇸 United States🏥 UC Irvine School of Medicine
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Mentored by · fellowship 2003
Gerald H. Jordan

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of urology, UC Irvine School of Medicine.12
  • Medical school Dalhousie University1
  • Residency Urology, University of Alberta.1
  • Fellowship Adult and pediatric genitourinary reconstructive surgery, Devine Centre for Genitourinary Reconstruction, Norfolk, Virginia.13
  • Leadership Past president, Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons.1

Key Publications​

Rourke's cited work centers on urethroplasty for anterior and radiation related strictures, including anastomotic and graft techniques, revision surgery, and long term outcomes.P4P5P6P7P8

  1. ROURKE KF, JORDAN GH. "PRIMARY URETHRAL RECONSTRUCTION: THE COST MINIMIZED APPROACH TO THE BULBOUS URETHRAL STRICTURE." Journal of Urology. 2005;173(4):1206–1210. doi

    Cost analysis of primary urethroplasty (2005). Modeled costs of primary urethroplasty versus direct-vision internal urethrotomy for short bulbar urethral stricture.

  2. Rourke KF, Welk B, Kodama R, et al. "Canadian Urological Association guideline on male urethral stricture." CUAJ. 2020;14(10). doi

    Canadian male urethral stricture guideline (2020). Led authorship of Canadian guidance on diagnosing male urethral stricture and choosing endoscopic treatment or urethroplasty.

  3. Redmond E, Bekkema J, Rourke K. "Comprehensive Prospective Assessment of Patient-reported Outcomes Following Urethroplasty." Urology. 2020;141:162–167. doi

    Prospective patient-reported urethroplasty outcomes (2020). Reported prospective patient assessments of voiding and other outcomes after urethroplasty.

    Cited on: Male Urethral Stricture
  4. Redmond EJ, Hoare DT, Rourke KF. Augmented anastomotic urethroplasty is independently associated with failure after reconstruction for long bulbar urethral strictures. J Urol. 2020;204(5):989-995. doi
    Cited on: ANTA Urethroplasty (Augmented Non-Transected Anastomotic) · Augmented Anastomotic Urethroplasty · Excision and Primary Anastomosis (EPA)
  5. Hoare D, Fersovich JH, Saavedra A, Rourke KF. Single-stage reconstruction of fossa navicularis strictures using a "sliding-T" dorsal inlay urethroplasty with buccal mucosal graft. Urology. 2021;152:201-202. doi
    Cited on: Jordan Fasciocutaneous Ventral Penile / Preputial Island Flap · Sliding-T Dorsal Inlay Urethroplasty · Meatotomy & Meatoplasty
  6. Calvo CI, Fender K, Hoy N, Rourke K. Affirming long-term outcomes after contemporary urethroplasty: the adverse impact of increasing stricture length, lichen sclerosus, radiation, and infectious strictures. J Urol. 2024;211(3):455-464. doi
    Cited on: Lichen Sclerosus · Sliding-T Dorsal Inlay Urethroplasty
  7. Rourke K, Kinnaird A, Zorn J. Observations and outcomes of urethroplasty for bulbomembranous stenosis after radiation therapy for prostate cancer. World J Urol. 2016;34:377–382.. PMID 26047655. doi
    Cited on: Radiation & Tissue Effects in the Genitourinary Tract · Posterior Urethral Stenosis
  8. Hoy NY, Kinnaird A, Rourke KF. Expanded use of a dorsal onlay augmented anastomotic urethroplasty with buccal mucosa for long segment bulbar urethral strictures: analysis of outcomes and complications. Urology. 2013;81(6):1357-61. doi
    Cited on: Augmented Anastomotic Urethroplasty · Non-Transecting Bulbar Urethroplasty

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

17 additional publications with Keith F. Rourke 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. Rourke K, Gelman J. "Anastomotic urethroplasty is associated with a lower risk of stricture recurrence compared with buccal mucosa graft onlay after reconstruction for radiation-induced bulbomembranous urethral stenosis." J Urol. Published online August 26, 2026. doi
    Cited on: Radiation & Tissue Effects in the Genitourinary Tract · Posterior Urethral Stenosis · Dorsal Onlay Buccal Mucosal Graft Urethroplasty for Posterior Stenosis
  2. Queissert F, Rourke K, Schönburg S, et al. ATOMS (adjustable transobturator male system) is an effective and safe second-line treatment option for recurrent urinary incontinence after implantation of an AdVance/AdVance XP fixed male sling? A multicenter cohort analysis. J Clin Med. 2022;11(1):81. doi
    Cited on: AdVance / AdVance XP — Retrourethral Transobturator Male Sling · ATOMS — Adjustable Transobturator Male System · Male Urethral Slings & Implant Devices — Chooser
  3. Hoare DT, Doiron RC, Rourke KF. "Determining perioperative practice patterns in urethroplasty: a survey of genitourinary reconstructive surgeons." Urology. 2021;156:263–270. doi
    Cited on: Endoscopy — Cystoscopy & Ureteroscopy · Urethroperineal Fistula Repair
  4. Hoy NY, Rourke KF. "Better Defining the Spectrum of Adult Hypospadias: Examining the Effect of Childhood Surgery on Adult Presentation." Urology. 2017;99:281-286. doi
    Cited on: Hypospadias & Epispadias · Transitional Urology
  5. LaBossiere JR, Cheung D, Rourke K. Endoscopic Treatment of Vesicourethral Stenosis after Radical Prostatectomy: Outcomes and Predictors of Success. J Urol. 2016;195(5):1495-1500. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Urethral Stenosis · Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenosis (VUAS)
  6. AlShammari A, Filyk A, Hoy N, Rourke K. Second Time's a Charm? A Matched Case-Control Analysis of Revision Urethroplasty Versus Primary Urethroplasty. J Urol. Published online August 12, 2026. doi
    Cited on: Principles of Urethral Reconstruction
  7. Calvo CI, Rourke KF. Delineating the Long-Term Incidence of Urethral Complications After Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Population-Based Analysis. J Urol. Published online August 7, 2026. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Urethral Stenosis
  8. Calvo CI, Rourke KF. "Routine imaging after bulbar urethral reconstruction does not impact surgical outcomes and may not be necessary." Urology. 2024;186:41–47. doi
    Cited on: Endoscopy — Cystoscopy & Ureteroscopy
  9. Calvo CI, Bekkema J, Rourke KF. "Prospective assessment of the incidence and associations of postvoid dribbling after urethroplasty: Impact of surgical technique." Can Urol Assoc J. 2023;17(10):341-345. doi
    Cited on: Muscle-Sparing Urethroplasty
  10. Naud E, Rourke K. Recent trends and advances in anterior urethroplasty. Urol Clin North Am. 2022;49(3):371-382. doi
    Cited on: Turner-Warwick Two-Stage Scrotal Inlay Urethroplasty
  11. King C, Rourke KF. "Urethral Stricture Is Frequently a Morbid Condition: Incidence and Factors Associated With Complications Related to Urethral Stricture." Urology. 2019;132:189–194. doi
    Cited on: Male Urethral Stricture
  12. Zemp L, Tong S, Hoy N, Rourke KF. "Preoperative pad usage is independently associated with failure of non-adjustable male trans-obturator slings in otherwise well-selected patients." Can Urol Assoc J. 2019;13(4):120–124. doi
    Cited on: AdVance / AdVance XP — Retrourethral Transobturator Male Sling

Footnotes​

  1. Keith F. Rourke, MD. Orange County, CA. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. Keith Rourke. UCI Profiles. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  3. Trauma Urologic Reconstructive Network Surgeons. Turns. Accessed October 2026. ↩