Dr. Pankaj Joshi

Dr. Pankaj Joshi

Urology

Dr. Pankaj Joshi was awarded H S Bhat Gold Medal for standing first in Urology exams throughout the Country in 2010.

After completing his graduation and Specialization from Mumbai he shifted to Pune and has undergone urology training. He has a special interest in reconstructive urology and has been associated with Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni since 9 years in Reconstructive Urology. He has won multiple awards. He has more than 35 Publications,6 book chapters to his credit. He has been a National and International Faculty delivering Lectures, and performing Live Urethroplasty workshops.

Publication :

1.Joshi P, Bandini M, Kulkarni SB. Mucosal-sparing augmented non-transected anastomotic (MsANTA) urethroplasty: a step forward in ANTA urethroplasty. BJU Int. 2022 Jul;130(1):133-136. doi: 10.1111/bju.15734. Epub 2022 Apr 10. PMID: 35403358. 

2.Joshi PM, Bandini M, Bafna S, Sharma V, Patil A,Bhadranavar S, Yepes C, Barbagli G, Montorsi F, Kulkarni SB. Graft Plus Fasciocutaneous Penile Flap for Nearly or Completely Obliterated Long Bulbar and Penobulbar Strictures. Eur Urol Open Sci. 2021 Nov 25;35:21-28. doi: 10.1016/j.euros.2021.10.009.

3.Pankaj Joshi; Marco Bandini; Christian Yepes; Sandeep Bafna; Shreyas Bhadranavar; Vipin Sharma; Giuseppe Ottone Cirulli; Sanjay Kulkarni Flaps for Bulbar Urethral Ischemic Necrosis in Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury. Journal of Plastic and Asthetic Surgery Plast Aesthet Res 2022;9:22.

4.Pankaj Joshi; Marco Bandini; Christian Yepes; Sandeep Bafna; Shreyas Bhadranavar; Vipin Sharma, Sanjay Kulkarni .Management of Femlae Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury. Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal, 3(2), 77–86. https://doi.org/10.48083/MBXR6354

5.Sreeranga YL, Joshi PM, Bandini M, Kulkarni SB.Comprehensive analysis of paediatric pelvic fracture urethral injury: a reconstructive centre experience. BJU Int. 2022 Jul;130(1):114-125. doi: 10.1111/bju.15686. Epub 2022 Feb 20

6.Pankaj Joshi,Marco Bandini,Sanjay Kulkarni. Use of common flaps in Genito Urinary Reconstruction.UCNA. June 28,2022 doi.org/10.1016/j.ucl.2022.04.001 

7.Bandini M, Yepes C, Joshi PM, Basile G, Naranjo D,Bhadranavar S, Alrefaey A, Bafna S, Montorsi F, Kulkarni SB. Which are the commonest sites and characteristics of post- transurethral prostate surgery (TPS) strictures in a high-volume reconstructive center? J Endourol. 2022 Jun 14. doi: 10.1089/end.2022.0130.

8.Kulkarni SB, Joshi PM, Bandini M, Morey AF, Santucci RA, Fisch M, Djinovic R, Montorsi F, Barbagli G, Mundy T. Re: Sanad Saad, Nadir I. Osman, Christopher R. Chapple. Urethra: Is Ventral the True Dorsal? Eur Urol 2020;78:e218-9. Eur Urol. 2022 Jan;81(1):e14-e15. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.09.031.

9.Pankaj Joshi,Sanjay Kulkarni, Bobby Viswaroop,Ganesh Gopalakrishnan. Management of pelvic fracture urethral injury in females. Textbook Chapter.

10.Basile G, Karakiewicz PI, Tian Z, Djinović R, Montorsi F, Barbagli G, Joshi P, Kulkarni SB, Bandini M. The Impact of Surgical Volume on Perioperative Safety After Urethroplasty: a population-based study. Minerva Urol Nephrol. 2022 May 27. doi: 10.23736/S2724-6051.22.04893-5

11.Ballesteros Ruiz C, Bandini M, Joshi PM, Bafna S, Sharma V, Yatam SL, Bhadranavar S, Patil A, Kulkarni SB. Dorsal approach for double-face bulbar urethroplasty: ventral inlay plus dorsal onlay using Kulkarni one-side dissection. Int Urol Nephrol. 2022 May;54(5):1039-1045. doi: 10.1007/s11255-022- 03158-9.

12. Ballesteros Ruiz C, Bandini M, Joshi PM, Bafna S, Sharma V, Yatam SL, Bhadranavar S, Patil A, Kulkarni SB. Dorsal approach for double-face bulbar urethroplasty: ventral inlay plus dorsal onlay using Kulkarni one-side dissection. Int Urol Nephrol. 2022 May;54(5):1039-1045. doi: 10.1007/s11255-022- 03158-9.

13.Sterling J, Schardein J, Joshi PM, Kulkarni SB, Nikolavsky D. Long-term outcomes from a multiinstitutional experience with prefabricated composite gracilis-buccal mucosal flap for reconstruction of devastated urethras. Int Urol Nephrol. 2022 May;54(5):1047-1052. doi: 10.1007/s11255-022- 03154-z. Epub 2022 Mar 5. PMID: 35247151.

14.Pankaj M. Joshi, Manuel Hevia Palacios, Y.L. Sreeranga, Marco Bandini Zoli, Amey Patil, Shreyas Bhadranavar, Vipin Sharma, Sandeep Bafna, Sanjay B. Kulkarni

15.Double-face urethroplasty in patients with obliterative bulbar strictures post-transurethral resection of prostate mid-term outcomes in highvolume referral center,Asian Journal of Urology, 2021,ISSN 2214- 3882,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajur.2021.11.001. 

16.Joshi P. Female bladder outlet obstruction and urethral reconstruction. Indian J Urol. 2021 JulSep;37(3):300–1. doi: 10.4103/iju.iju_246_21. Epub 2021 Jul 1. PMCID: PMC8388347

17.Bandini M, Barbagli G, Joshi PM, Leni R, Cirulli GO, Basile G, Balo S, Montorsi F, Sansalone S, Salonia A, Briganti A. Impact of perioperative complications on length of hospitalizations, readmission rate and treatment failure after urethroplasty. InEUROPEAN UROLOGY 2021 Jun 1 (Vol. 79, pp. S574-S574). RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: ELSEVIER.

18.Bandini M, Barbagli G, Leni R, Cirulli GO, Basile G, Balò S, Montorsi F, Sansalone S, Salonia A, Briganti A, Butnaru D, Lazzeri M. Assessing in-hospital morbidit after urethroplasty using the European Association of Urology Quality Criteria for standardized reporting. World J Urol. 2021 Oct;39(10):3921-3930. doi: 10.1007/s00345-02103692-8

19.Joshi P. Editorial Comment from Dr Joshi to Triangular extension of hinge flaps: A novel technique to resolve stomal stenosis and prevent restenosis in staged buccal mucosal urethroplasty. Int J Urol. 2021 Aug;28(8):813.

20. Spinoit AF, Waterschoot M, Sinatti C, Abbas T, Callens N, Cools M, Hamid R, Hanna MK, Joshi P, Misseri R, Salle JLP, Roth J, Tack LJW, De Win G. Fertility and sexuality issues in congenital lifelong urology patients: male aspects. World J Urol. 2021 Apr;39(4):1013-1019.

21. Bandini M, Ahmed M, Basile G, Watkin N,Master V, Zhu Y, Prakash G, Rodriguez A, Ssebakumba MK, Leni R, Cirulli GO, Ayres B, Compitello R, Pederzoli F, Joshi PM, Kulkarni SB, Montorsi F, Sonpavde G, Necchi A, Spiess PE. A global approach to improving penile cancer care. Nat Rev Urol. 2021 Dec 22:1–9

22. Shaw NM, Mallahan C, Joshi P, Venkatesan K, Kulkarni S. Novel use of Asopa technique for penile urethrocutaneous fistula repair. Int Urol Nephrol. 2021 Jun;5 (6):1127-1133.

23. Kulkarni SB, Bhat A, Bhatyal HS, Sharma GR, Dubey DD, Khattar N, Panda A, Dangi A, Batra VS, Joshi PM. The Urological Society of India Guidelines for the management of urethral stricture (Executive Summary). Indian J Urol. 2021 Jan-Mar;37(1):6-9

24. Joshi PM, Desai D, Fuziwara S, Raveenthiran S, Nafea M, Kulkarni SB. Redo pelvic fracture urethral injury repair: The case for tadalafil. Turk J Urol. 2021 (4):319-324

25. Joshi PM, Bandini M, Barbagli G, Hevia M, Montorsi F, Kulkarni SB. Partial mobilisation of the neurovascular bundle for ventral penile curvature correction: A proof-of-concept study. Journal of Clinical Urology. December 2021.

26. Kulkarni, S. B., Bandini, M., Patil, A., Bhadranavar, S., Sharma, V., Bafna, S., Yatam, S. L., Barbagli, G., Montorsi, F., & Joshi, P. M. (2021). The Right Instrument for the Right Purpose: Spreading the Use of Small Calibre Ureteroscope for the Inspection of the Male and Female Urethra. Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal, 2(4).

27. Joshi PM, Desai DJ, Hunter C, Shahrour W, Kulkarni SB (2021) Are Urologists Getting FrenchFried? Discrepancy between Advertised and Actual Sizes of Endourology Instruments. J Urol Ren Dis 06:1218.

28. Joshi PM, Bandini M, Bafna S, Sharma V, Patil A, Bhadranavar S, Yepes C, Barbagli G, Montorsi F,Kulkarni SB. Graft Plus Fasciocutaneous Penile Flap for Nearly or Completely Obliterated Long Bulbar and Penobulbar Strictures. Eur Urol Open Sci. 2021 Nov 25;35:21-28.

29. Joshi P, Bandini M, Montorsi F, Kulkarni SB. Challenging the dogma of 6 steps for anastomotic urethroplasty in posterior urethral stricture: introducing step 3a. World J Urol. 2021 Aug 25.

30. PM Joshi, MH Palacios, YL Sreeranga, MB Zoli, A Patil… Double-face urethroplasty in patients with obliterative bulbar strictures post-transurethral resection of prostate mid-term outcomes in high-volume referral center .Asian Journal of Urology, 2021

31. Joshi PM, Desai D, Fuziwara S, Raveenthiran S, Nafea M, Kulkarni SB. Redo pelvic fracture urethral injury repair: The case for tadalafil. Turkish Journal of Urology. 2021 Jul 1;47(4).

32. Joshi P. Female bladder outlet obstruction and urethral reconstruction. Indian Journal of Urology: IJU: Journal of the Urological Society of India. 2021 Jan
1;37(3):300-1.

33. Joshi PM, Desai D, Kulkarni SB. Bulbar Urethral Necrosis. In Textbook of Male Genito urethral Reconstruction 2020 (pp. 345-351). Springer, Cham.

34. Kulkarni SB, Kulkarni J, Joshi PM. Use of Bowel for Urethral Reconstruction. In Textbook of Male Genito urethral Reconstruction 2020 (pp. 371-374). Springer, Cham.

35. Kulkarni SB, Joshi P, Pérez EA. Surgical reconstruction of pelvic fracture urethral injury. In Textbook of Male Genito urethral Reconstruction 2020 (pp. 253-265). Springer, Cham.

36. Agrawal M, Saraf S, Saraf S, Murty US, Kurundkar SB, Roy D, Joshi P, Sable D, Choudhary YK, Kesharwani P, Alexander A. In-line treatments and clinical initiatives to fight against COVID-19 outbreak. Respir Med. 2020 Oct 17:106192.

37. Joshi PM, Kulkarni SB. Management of Urethral Injuries Associated with Complex Pelvic Fracture. Textbook of Male Genitourethral Reconstruction. 2019 Nov 12:267.

38. Kulkarni SB, Joglekar O, Alkandari M, Joshi PM, Favorito LA. Editorial Comment: Management of post TURP strictures. International braz j urol. 2019 Jan 13;46:1267.

39. Joshi PM, Alhajeri F, Kulkarni SB. Surgical Reconstruction of Panurethral Stricture Disease. Textbook of Male Genitourethral Reconstruction. 2019 Nov 12:209.

40. Chen L, Feng C, Lv XG, Fan HH, Joshi P, Barbagli G, Zhao YM, Xu YM, Li Z, Hu B, Fu Q. ThreeDimensional Computerized Model Based on the Sonourethrogram: A Novel Technique to Evaluate Anterior Urethral Stricture. J Urol. 2018 Feb;199(2):568-575

41. Shahrour W, Joshi P, Hunter CB, Batra VS, Elmansy H, Surana S, Kulkarni S. The Benefits of Using a Small Caliber Ureteroscope in Evaluation and Management of Urethral Stricture. Adv Urol. 2018 Nov 21;2018:9137892.

42. Kulkarni J, Joglekar O, Joshi P, Surana S, Kulkarni S. Re-redo urethroplasty in pelvic fracture urethral defects. InBJU INTERNATIONAL 2018 Feb 1 (Vol. 121, pp. 44-45). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

43.Desai DJ, Joshi PM, Iyer S, Orabi H, Surana S.Pan urethral Strictures: A Review of ManagementOptions. Urol Nephrol Open Access J.2017;4(6):00153.

44. Joshi P, Kulkarni S. v1-07 Clampo-tractor. a novel self-retaining clamp retractor for penile urethral reconstruction: improving surgeon ergonomics. the journal of urology. 2017 apr;197(4s):e69-70.

45. New technique of Double face BMG Urethroplasty for female Urethral strictures. Video BJUI Knowledge Barbagli G, Joshi PM, Kulkarni SB, Butnaru D, Sansalone S,Lazzeri M.

46. Penile urethroplasty using Orandi’s dorsal skin flap: a new technique. BJU Int. 2019 Nov;124(5):892-896. doi: 10.1111/bju.14881. Epub 2019 Aug 28.
PMID: 31351018.

47. Joshi PM, Desai DJ, Shah D, Joshi DP, Kulkarni SB. Magnetic resonance imaging procedure for pelvic fracture urethral injuries and recto urethral fistulas: simplified protocol. Turk J Urol. 2021 Jan;47(1):35-42. doi: 10.5152/tud.2020.20472. Epub 2021

48. Pankaj Joshi, Sanjay Kulkarni. 3D Printing of Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injuries. Turkish Journal of Urology: 10.5152/tud.2019.19165

49. Pankaj Joshi,Sanjay B Kulkarni A new techniqueof Double face BMG Urethroplasty in female urethral strictures. Turkish Journal of Urology . DOI: 10.5152/tud.2019.19228

50. Pankaj Joshi,Sanjay Kulkarni. Management of pelvic fracture urethral i. injuries in the developing world. WJU . doi: 10.1007/s00345-019-02918-0

51. Sanjay B Kulkarni, Hazem Orabi,Alex Cavanagh, Pankaj M Joshi .Re Re i. do Urethroplasty after multiple failed surgeries of pelvic fracture ii. urethral injuries’ 2019. 10.1007/s00345- 019-02917-1.

52. Pankaj Joshi,Sheliyan Raveenthiran,Devang Desai,Jyotsna Kulkarni,Sanjay Kulkarni.Vicryl tack for graft fixation during bulbar urethroplasty. Trends in Urology and Men’s Health .https://doi.org/10.1002/tre.705

53. Sanjay Kulkarni, Omkar Joglekar, Mohammad H Alkandri,Pankaj M Joshi .Redo hypospadias surgery: current and novel techniques. Current and Research reports in urology,2018;10:117-126

54. Kulkarni SB, Joglekar OV, Alkandari M, Joshi PM. Algorithm for the management of anterior urethral
strictures. Turk J Urol. 2018;44(3):195-7.

55. Urethral reconstruction in patients previously treated with Memo Kath a. urethral endoprosthesis . Acta’s Urológicas
Españolas,2018,43(1):26-31.

56. Management of Urethral Complications of Failed Hypospadias repairs.

57. Chapter written by invitation for ICUD (International Consultation of

58. Urological Diseases) to be published in WJU (official Journal of SIU)

59. Joshi P and Kulkarni. Pedicled preputial tube urethroplasty for long

60. gaps after failed urethroplasty for PFUDD.BJUI Knowledge Video

61. Module August 2018

62. Kulkarni SB, Joglekar O,Alkandari M,Joshi Management of Post TURP Strictures. World Journal of Urology.Worls Journal of Urology2019
Apr;37(4):589-594.

63. Controversies in Management of Pelvic Fracture Urethral Distraction Defects. Turkish Journal of Urology ,2019 Jan;45(1):1-6

64. Guido Barbagli,Sanjay B Kulkarni, Pankaj M Johsi,Dimitry Nikolavsky,Francisco Montorsi,Salvatore Sansolone,Carla Loreto, Massimo Lazzeri . Repair of sphincter urethral strictures preserving urinary continence: Surgical technique and outcomes. World Journal of Urology 2019 doi.org/10.1007/s00345-019-02686-x

65. Pankaj M Joshi,Sheliyan raveenthiran,Devang J Desai,Jyotsna Kulkarni ,Sanjay B Kulkarni .Vicryl Tack for graft fixation during bulbar Urethroplasty. Trends inurology and men’s health .August 2019.

66. Kulkarni S and Joshi P. Anastomotic urethroplasty for pelvic fracture urethral injury. BJUI Knowledge. Oct 2017. Available from: doi.org/10.18591/BJUIK.V009

67. Kulkarni S and Joshi P. Management of pan urethral strictures with Kulkarni technique. BJUI Knowledge. Sep 2018. Available from: doi.org/10.18591/BJUIK.V018

68. Sanjay Kulkarni, Omkar Joglekar, Mohammad Alkandary,Pankaj M Joshi.Algorithm for managementof anterior urethral strictures. Turk J urol2018:44(3);195-7.

69. Angulo JC, Kulkarni S, Pankaj J, Nikolavsky D,Suarez P, Belinky J, Virasoro R, DeLong J, Martins FE, Lumen N, Giudice C, Suárez OA, Menéndez N, Capiel L, López Alvarado D, Ramirez EA, Venkatesan K, Husainat MM, Esquinas C, Arance I, Gómez R, Santucci R. Urethroplasty After Urethral Urolume Stent: An International Multicentre Experience. Urology. 2018 Aug;118:213-219. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2018.04.031. Epub 2018 May 8.PMID: 29751026.

70. Pankaj Joshi et al A novel method for decision making in diagnosis of anterior urethral strictures: Using methylene blue dye-Accepted for Publication in Turkish Journal of Urology, 2017

71. Pankaj Joshi& Sanjay Kulkarni. Anastomotic urethroplasty for pelvic fracture urethral injury –BJUI Knowledge 2017

72. Sanjay Kulkarni, Pankaj Joshi et al. Management of complex and redo cases of pelvic fracture urethral injuries. Asian Journal of Urology Volume 5, Issue 2,2018, Pages 107-117

73. Lei Chen, Chao Feng, Xiang-Guo, Hai-Hao, Pankaj Joshiet al Three- Dimensional Computerized Model Based on the Sonourethrogram: A Novel Technique for Evaluating the Anterior Urethral Stricture. Accepted in The Journal of Urology

74. Pankaj M Joshi, Guido Barbagli,Vikram Batra, Sanjay Kulkarni et al .A novel composite two-stage urethroplasty for complex penile strictures: A multicentre experience.2017,Vol 33, Issue:2, 155-158.

75. Joshi PM, Desai DJ, Shah D, Joshi D, Kulkarni SB. Injury in Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury Is Membranobulbar: Fact or Myth. Urology. 2017 Apr; 102

76.Francisco E. Martins, Sanjay B. Kulkarni, Pankaj Joshi, Jonathan Warner, and Natalia Martins. Management of LongSegment andPanurethral Stricture Disease. Advances in UrologyVolume 2015 (2015), Article ID 853914, 15 pages

77.Sanjay Kulkarni, Jyotsna Kulkarni, Sandesh Surana, Pankaj MJoshi. Management of Pan urethral Stricture. UCNA February 2017Vol44, issue 1,Pages 67-75

78.Pankaj Joshi, Cevdet Kaya, Sanjay Kulkarni Approach to bulbar urethral strictures: Which technique and when? Turk J Urol 2016; 42:53-59

79.S Kulkarni, Pankaj Joshiet al, Management of pan Urethral strictures,African Journal of Urology 2016

80.Sanjay Kulkarni, Pankaj Joshi, Craig Hunter, Sandesh Surana, WalidShahrour, Faisal Alhajeri. Complex posterior urethral injury. Arab Journal of Urology (2015) 13-43

81.Warner JN, Malkawi I, Dhradekh, Joshi PMet al. A Multi-InstitutionalEvaluation of the Management and Outcomes of Long-segment Urethral Strictures.Urology. 2015 Jun;85(6):1483-7

82.Sanjay B. Kulkarni, Guido Barbagli, Joshi M. Pankaj, Craig Hunter, Walid Shahrour, Jyotsna Kulkarni, Salvatore Sansalone, Massimo Lazzeri. Laparoscopic Omentoplasty toSupport Anastomotic Urethroplasty in Complex and Redo Pelvic Fracture Urethral Defects: aStage-2 Study. Urology. 2015 May; 85(5): 1200-5

83.Guido Barbagli, Sanjay B Kulkarni, Nicola Fossati, Alessandro Larcher,Salvatore Sansalone, Giorgio Guazzoni, Giuseppe Romano, Joshi Pankaj M et al. long-term followup and deterioration rate of anterior substitution urethroplasty. J Urol 2014 Vol 192, Issue 3, Pages 808-813

84. Kulkarni SB, Joshi PM. Muscle-, nerve-, vascular-sparing techniques in anterior urethroplasty. In Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery 2014 (pp. 481-492). Humana Press, New York, NY.


85.Kulkarni SB, Joshi Pankaj, Venkatesan K. J. Management of Pan urethral stricture disease in India.Urol.2012 Sep; 188(3):824-30.

86.Pankaj M. Joshi, Jaydeep Date, Subodh R. Shivde et al. LaparoscopicUreteroureterostomy for Retrocaval Ureter. Journal of Endourology Part BVideo urology,(24) 2:2010

87. Hrishikesh Deshmukh, Subodh Shivde, Jaydeep Date, Raja Langer, Pankaj Joshi, and Sadawarte Nilesh. Videourology. Oct 2011.http://doi.org/10.1089/vid.2011.0003

88.Joshi Pankaj, J. Date et al. Primary Perinephric Lymphoma. The InternetJournal of Surgery, 2010 (24):1.

89.J. Deuskar, P. Joshi et al. Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Ileum – A CaseReport and Review of Literature. The Internet Journal of Surgery, 2010 Volume 25 Number 1.

90.Shivde SR, Date J, Joshi PM. Unusual causes of obstruction to transplantureter-A case report with review of literature of some rare causes. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl, 2010 Mar; 21(2):310-3.

91.Joshi Pankaj, Shivde S et al. Testicular filariasis masquerading as a testicular tumor – Case report with review of literature. Internet Journal ofSurgery, 2010 Volume 23 Number 1.

92.Shivde Subodh, Joshi Pankaj, Date Jaydeep, et al. Ileocecectomy withaugmentation cystoplasty in ureteric stricture due to genitourinary. BritishJournal of Urology, 20/09/2009.

93.S. R. Shivde, P. M. Joshi et al. Laparoscopic transperitoneal Surgery forAdrenal Cysts. The Internet Journal of Surgery, 2008 Volume 17 No 2.

94.Pankaj M Joshi, S Shivde et al. Knotting of the guide wires: A rare complication during minimally invasive procedure on kidney-Lessons learnt. JMinim Access Surg, v.4(4); Oct–Dec 2008.

95. S. Shivde, P, Joshi, et al. Extrusion of Double J Stent: A Rare Complication.Urology, Issue 5, Pages 814-815.

96. Joshi P, Kulkarni SB. Incidence and Predictors of Complications due to Urethral Stricture in Patients Awaiting Urethroplasty EDITORIAL COMMENT. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. 2018 Mar 1;199(3):758-9.

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