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Alex J. Vanni

Alex J. Vanni

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Lahey Hospital / Tufts, Burlington, MA
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Mentored by · fellowship 2011
Hunter Wessells
with Bryan B. Voelzke

Training and career​

  • Current position Urology practice, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center; professor of surgery, UMass Chan-Lahey1
  • Medical school University of Colorado School of Medicine1
  • Residency Lahey Clinic1
  • Fellowship University of Washington1

Key Publications​

Vanni's cited work covers urethral reconstruction, including buccal mucosa graft and gracilis flap techniques, and includes the 2023 AUA urethral stricture guideline amendment. Other cited papers address rectourethral and radiation-associated urinary fistula repair, including muscle interposition.P4P5P6P7P8

  1. Palmer DA, Buckley JC, Zinman LN, et al. "Urethroplasty for High Risk, Long Segment Urethral Strictures with Ventral Buccal Mucosa Graft and Gracilis Muscle Flap." Journal of Urology. 2015;193(3):902–905. doi

    Buccal graft with gracilis muscle-flap urethroplasty (2015). Vanni and colleagues reported using a gracilis muscle flap as the vascular bed for buccal-graft repair of difficult long urethral strictures.

    Cited on: Laminated Gracilis Flap Urethroplasty · Gracilis Flap · Ventral BMG + Gracilis Muscle Flap (Vanni / Zinman)
  2. Palmer DA, Marcello PW, Zinman LN, et al. "Urethral Reconstruction with Rectal Mucosa Graft Onlay: A Novel, Minimally Invasive Technique." Journal of Urology. 2016;196(3):782–786. doi

    Transanal rectal-mucosa graft harvest for urethroplasty (2016). Vanni and colleagues reported transanal endoscopic harvest of rectal mucosa for onlay repair of long urethral strictures.

    Cited on: Enterourethroplasty · Grafts in Genitourinary Reconstruction · Posterior Auricular (Postauricular) Skin Graft
  3. Kaufman DA, Browne BM, Zinman LN, et al. "Management of Radiation Anterior Prostato-symphyseal Fistulas With Interposition Rectus Abdominis Muscle Flap." Urology. 2016;92:122–126. doi

    Organ-sparing prostatosymphyseal fistula repair (2016). Vanni's group described repairing radiation-associated anterior prostatosymphyseal fistulas with an interposed rectus abdominis muscle flap.

    Cited on: Organ-Sparing USF Repair with Interposition Flap · Urethropubic Fistula · Bladder-Sparing Approaches for Urosymphyseal / Puboprostatic Fistula
  4. Wessells H, Morey A, Souter L, Rahimi L, Vanni A. "Urethral Stricture Disease Guideline Amendment (2023)." J Urol. 2023;210(1):64–71. doi
    Cited on: The Oral Cavity · Female Urethra · Antimitotics and Antifibrotics
  5. Vanni AJ, Buckley JC, Zinman LN. "Management of Surgical and Radiation Induced Rectourethral Fistulas With an Interposition Muscle Flap and Selective Buccal Mucosal Onlay Graft." J Urol. 2010;184(6):2400–2404. doi
    Cited on: Gracilis Flap · Medial Thigh Flap Family · Rectourethral Fistula
  6. Kowalik C, Stoffel JT, Zinman L, Vanni AJ, Buckley JC. "Intermediate Outcomes After Female Urethral Reconstruction: Graft vs Flap." Urology. 2014;83(5):1181–1185. doi
    Cited on: Blandy Flap · Female Vaginal Flap Urethroplasty (Blandy U-Flap) · Lateral-Based Anterior Vaginal Wall Flap (Romero-Maroto / Simonato)
  7. Farrell MR, Campbell JG, Zhang L, Nowicki S, Vanni AJ. "Transurethral Reconstruction of Fossa Navicularis Strictures With Dorsal Inlay Buccal Mucosa Graft Urethroplasty." World J Urol. 2022;40(6):1523-1528. doi
    Cited on: Quilting Stitch · Sliding-T Dorsal Inlay Urethroplasty · Meatotomy & Meatoplasty
  8. Osterberg EC, Vanni AJ, Gaither TW, et al. Radiation-induced complex anterior urinary fistulation for prostate cancer: a retrospective multicenter study from the Trauma and Urologic Reconstruction Network of Surgeons (TURNS). World J Urol. 2017;35(7):1037–1043. doi
    Cited on: Male Fistula Repair · Salvage Prostatectomy for USF · Organ-Sparing USF Repair with Interposition Flap

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

18 additional publications with Alex J. Vanni 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. Hengel R, Vanni A, Erickson B, et al. "Multi-Institutional Analysis of Surgery for Lichen Sclerosus-Induced Penile Urethral Stricture: Establishing Single-Stage Urethroplasty as a Primary Treatment Option." J Urol. 2025;213(5):628-637. doi
    Cited on: Lichen Sclerosus · Turner-Warwick Two-Stage Scrotal Inlay Urethroplasty · Asopa Dorsal Inlay OMG Urethroplasty
  2. Breyer BN, Kim SK, Kirkby E, Marianes A, Vanni AJ, Westney OL. "Updates to Incontinence After Prostate Treatment: AUA/GURS/SUFU Guideline (2024)." J Urol. 2024;212(4):531-538. doi
    Cited on: Mixed Urinary Incontinence · Stress Urinary Incontinence (Male) · Perineal Permanent Urethral Ligation (PUL)
  3. Campbell JG, Vanni AJ. "Complex lower genitourinary fistula repair: rectourethral fistula and puboprostatic fistula." Urol Clin North Am. 2022;49(3):553–565. doi
    Cited on: Rectourethral Fistula · Transabdominal Repair for Rectourethral and Rectovesical Fistula · Bladder-Sparing Approaches for Urosymphyseal / Puboprostatic Fistula
  4. Rozanski AT, Vanni AJ. "Ventral Buccal Mucosa Graft Urethroplasty With Gracilis Muscle Flap for High Risk, Long Segment Urethral Strictures: A 20-Year Experience." Urology. 2020;140:178–180. doi
    Cited on: The Leg & Thigh · Gracilis Flap · Ventral BMG + Gracilis Muscle Flap (Vanni / Zinman)
  5. Patel CK, Buckley JC, Zinman LN, Vanni AJ. Outcomes for management of lichen sclerosus urethral strictures by 3 different techniques. Urology. 2016;91:215-21. doi
    Cited on: Lichen Sclerosus · Staged BMG Urethroplasty (Female) · Augmented Perineal Urethrostomy
  6. Cavallo JA, Vanni AJ, Dy GW, et al. Clinical outcomes of a combined robotic, transabdominal, and open transperineal approach for anastomotic posterior urethroplasty. J Endourol. 2021;35(9):1372-1377. doi
    Cited on: Robotic Posterior Urethroplasty · Combined Abdominoperineal Reconstruction · Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  7. Vanni AJ, Zinman LN, Buckley JC. "Radial urethrotomy and intralesional mitomycin C for the management of recurrent bladder neck contractures." J Urol. 2011;186(1):156–160. doi
    Cited on: Antimitotics and Antifibrotics · Transurethral Incision of Bladder Neck Contracture (TUIBNC) · History of Urethral Surgery
  8. Saltman AJ, Callegari M, Rizvi TZ, Vanni AJ. "Long-term Outcomes of Conservative Management for Lichen Sclerosus Urethral Stricture Disease." Urology. 2025;202:110-116. doi
    Cited on: Lichen Sclerosus
  9. Voelzke BB, Edwards TC, Vanni AJ, et al. "Urethral Stricture Symptom and Impact Measure Validation Study." Urology. 2025;199:162–170. doi
    Cited on: Assessment Tools & Questionnaires
  10. Flynn KJ, Vanni AJ, Breyer BN, Erickson BA. "Adult-acquired buried penis classification and surgical management." Urol Clin North Am. 2022;49(3):479–493. doi
    Cited on: Buried Penis
  11. Chung PH, Vanni AJ, Breyer BN, et al. Evaluation of generic versus condition-specific quality of life indicators for successful urethral stricture surgery. Urology. 2019;126:222–226. doi
    Cited on: Assessment Tools & Questionnaires
  12. Pagura EJ, Cavallo JA, Zinman LN, Vanni AJ. Rectal mucosa graft take in staged urethroplasty. Urology. 2019;127:e1-e2. doi
    Cited on: Grafts in Genitourinary Reconstruction

Footnotes​

  1. Alex J. Vanni, MD. Lahey Health. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4