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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022

Urethral Plate Characteristics in Cases of Non-proximal Hypospadias May Not Be Associated With a Higher Risk of Complications When a Two-Stage Repair Is Applied.

Marios Marcou, Sarah-Magdalena Bobbe, Bernd Wullich, Karin Hirsch-Koch

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Marios MarcouClinic of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Sarah-Magdalena BobbeClinic of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Bernd WullichClinic of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Karin Hirsch-KochClinic of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen · DEMünchen Klinik Bogenhausen · DE

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Abstract

Purpose: To investigate whether a two-stage repair of distal- and mid-shaft hypospadias (non-proximal hypospadias) could eliminate the risk factors resulting from adverse urethral plate characteristics and eventually reduce complication rates. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all cases of primary surgical repair of non-proximal hypospadias performed in our center between 2009 and 2018. In all cases where adverse urethral plate characteristics were found, such as meatal stenosis, a shallow urethral groove, a thick web of tissue between the native meatus and the urethral groove or in the presence of a very "thin," skin-like distal urethra, a two-stage repair was routinely undertaken. In cases of native meatal stenosis, a meatotomy, and meatoplasty were performed. In cases of a very "thin" distal urethra we incised the skin proximally up to the point of a normal urethral fold and a meatoplasty was performed at that point. Hypospadias repair was then performed in a second operation, 3-6 months following the first procedure. Urethroplasty, both in cases of a single-stage repair and in cases of a two-stage repair, was always performed using the Thiersch-Duplay technique. Patients with a follow-up of less than 12 months were excluded from this study. Results: Over a period of 10 years, 208 boys underwent primary surgical repair of non-proximal hypospadias. Eighty-nine of the 208 patients (42.8%) underwent single-stage hypospadias repair. Two-stage repair of the hypospadias was required in 119 (57.2%) of the patients. The overall complication rate was 3.4% in the group operated in a single stage and 7.6% in the group that required a two-stage repair ( Conclusion: Patients with distal hypospadias and poor urethral plate characteristics repaired in a two-stage approach have comparable low-complications to those with favorable urethral plate characteristics repaired in a single-stage.

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childrendistal hypospadiashypospadias repairmid-shaft hypospadiasnon-proximal hypospadiasThiersch-Duplaytwo-stage repairurethral plate

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