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Nicolaas Lumen

Biography​

Nicolaas Lumen is a full professor at Ghent University and a urology staff member at Ghent University Hospital.12 Lumen received a medical degree at Ghent University and completed urology training at Ghent University Hospital.3 Lumen completed a fellowship in robotic and laparoscopic urology at O.L.V. Hospital Aalst.3 Lumen chairs the European Association of Urology Urethral Strictures Guidelines Panel.4

Contributions​

Lumen's cited work covers urethral reconstruction for male and female stricture disease, including oral grafts, perineal urethrostomy, nontransecting repair, and reconstruction after phalloplasty. The cited work also includes EAU urethral stricture guidelines.56789

Cited on WARWIKI

18 publications with Nicolaas Lumen 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. D'Arpa S, Claes K, Lumen N, et al. "Urethral Reconstruction in Anterolateral Thigh Flap Phalloplasty: A 93-Case Experience." Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019;143(2):382e–392e. doi
    Cited on: Anterolateral Thigh (ALT) Flap · Superficial Circumflex Iliac Artery Perforator (SCIP) Flap · Vastus Lateralis (VL) Flap
  2. Turchi B, Lumen N, Verla W, Waterloos M. "Female urethral stricture disease: a narrative review on diagnosis, surgical techniques and outcomes." Int J Impot Res. 2026;38(4):286-295. [PMID: 40348941]. doi
    Cited on: Female Urethral Stricture · Female Dorsal Onlay Urethroplasty · Female DVIU and Urethral Dilation
  3. Plamadeala N, Waterloos M, Waterschoot M, Lumen N. "Posterior urethroplasty for pelvic fracture urethral injuries: risk factors for recurrence and complications." World J Urol. 2025;43(1):469. doi
    Cited on: Urethroperineal Fistula · Principles of Urethral Reconstruction · Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  4. Martins FE, Holm HV, Lumen N. "Devastated Bladder Outlet in Pelvic Cancer Survivors: Issues on Surgical Reconstruction and Quality of Life." Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021;10(21):4920. doi
    Cited on: Bladder Neck Contracture (BNC) · Salvage Prostatectomy — Reconstructive Indications · Cancer Survivorship
  5. Verla W, Oosterlinck W, Waterloos M, Spinoit AF, Lumen N. "Perineal urethrostomy for complicated anterior urethral strictures: indications and patient's choice — an analysis at a single institution." Urology. 2020;138:160–165. doi
    Cited on: Urethroperineal Fistula · Augmented Perineal Urethrostomy · Blandy Perineal Urethrostomy
  6. Verla W, Oosterlinck W, Waterloos M, Lumen N. "Vessel-sparing excision and primary anastomosis." J Vis Exp. 2019;(143). doi
    Cited on: Jordan Vessel-Sparing Excision and Primary Anastomosis · Muscle-Sparing Urethroplasty · Non-Transecting Bulbar Urethroplasty
  7. Lumen N, Vierstraete-Verlinde S, Oosterlinck W, et al. "Buccal Versus Lingual Mucosa Graft in Anterior Urethroplasty: A Prospective Comparison of Surgical Outcome and Donor Site Morbidity." J Urol. 2016;195(1):112–7. doi
    Cited on: The Oral Cavity · Lingual Mucosa Graft (LMG) · Buccal Mucosa Graft Ureteroplasty
  8. Lumen N, Poelaert F, Oosterlinck W, et al. "Nontransecting anastomotic repair in urethral reconstruction: surgical and functional outcomes." J Urol. 2016;196(6):1679–1684. doi
    Cited on: Jordan Vessel-Sparing Excision and Primary Anastomosis · Non-Transecting Bulbar Urethroplasty
  9. Lumen N, Beysens M, Van Praet C, et al. "Perineal Urethrostomy: Surgical and Functional Evaluation of Two Techniques." Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:365715. doi
    Cited on: Blandy Flap · Blandy Perineal Urethrostomy
  10. Lumen N, Campos-Juanatey F, Dimitropoulos K, et al. EAU Guidelines on Urethral Strictures (limited update). European Association of Urology; 2026. Section 6.2.3.d, drug-coated balloon dilatation. uroweb.org/guidelines/urethral-strictures.
    Cited on: Drug-Coated Balloon Therapy — Optilume
  11. Wang Z, Plamadeala N, Ogalla A, Tailly T, Verla W, Lumen N. Robot-assisted lingual mucosa graft onlay reconstruction for ureteric strictures refractory to endoscopic treatment. J Vis Exp. 2026;(228). doi
    Cited on: Augmented Anastomotic Ureteroureterostomy
  12. Lumen N, Wang Z, Waterschoot M, et al. "Robot-Assisted T-Plasty for Recalcitrant Bladder Neck Stenosis: Description of Technique and Initial Results." Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica. 2025;77(6):803-809. doi
    Cited on: T-Plasty for Recurrent Bladder Neck Stenosis

Footnotes​

  1. Research Explorer. Researcher profile for Nicolaas Lumen. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. Prof. dr. Nicolaas Lumen. UZ Gent. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  3. prof. Nicolaas Lumen (MD, PhD). CRIG. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  4. Panel of the Urethral Strictures guideline. Uroweb. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  5. D'Arpa S, Claes K, Lumen N, et al. "Urethral Reconstruction in Anterolateral Thigh Flap Phalloplasty: A 93-Case Experience." Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019;143(2):382e–392e. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000005278 ↩

  6. Turchi B, Lumen N, Verla W, Waterloos M. "Female urethral stricture disease: a narrative review on diagnosis, surgical techniques and outcomes." Int J Impot Res. 2026;38(4):286-295. [PMID: 40348941]. doi:10.1038/s41443-025-01079-6 ↩

  7. Lumen N, Vierstraete-Verlinde S, Oosterlinck W, et al. "Buccal Versus Lingual Mucosa Graft in Anterior Urethroplasty: A Prospective Comparison of Surgical Outcome and Donor Site Morbidity." J Urol. 2016;195(1):112–7. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2015.07.098 ↩

  8. Verla W, Oosterlinck W, Waterloos M, Spinoit AF, Lumen N. "Perineal urethrostomy for complicated anterior urethral strictures: indications and patient's choice — an analysis at a single institution." Urology. 2020;138:160–165. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2019.11.064 ↩

  9. Verla W, Oosterlinck W, Waterloos M, Lumen N. "Vessel-sparing excision and primary anastomosis." J Vis Exp. 2019;(143). doi:10.3791/58214 ↩