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ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2022

Individual treatment strategy for single urethrocutaneous fistula after hypospadias repair: a retrospective cohort study.

Fan Yang, Jie Ruan, Yijun Zhao, Linfeng Zhu, Xiaohao Wang, Guangjie Chen

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Article in Translational andrology and urology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Fan Yang *Department of Urology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
Jie Ruan *Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Drug Evaluation and Clinical Research, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yijun ZhaoDepartment of Urology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
Linfeng ZhuDepartment of Urology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaohao WangDepartment of Urology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
Guangjie ChenDepartment of Urology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.

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Background: Urethrocutaneous fistula (UCF) remains the most common complication after hypospadias repair, and the recurrence rate of UCF is still high if the surgical techniques is not chosen properly, which called for better approaches to this problem. UCF presents different clinical characteristics due to their different locations and sizes, therefore we retrospectively analyzed the effects of different surgical techniques on single UCF after hypospadias repair in order to reduce the recurrence rates of UCF. Methods: A total of 602 patients diagnosed with UCF after hypospadias repair from January 2014 to December 2021 were enrolled. Baseline clinical characteristics such as age of patients, UCF location, size, surgical techniques were recorded. Patients were followed up in the outpatient clinic. The recurrence of UCF was defined as outcomes. Patients were divided according to the location of the UCF into a coronal UCF group and a non-coronal UCF group, which was then further classified according to the diameter of the UCF. The surgical technique and the recurrence rate of different types of UCF were analyzed and summarized. Results: A total of 425 patients satisfied the inclusion criteria and 71 patients (16.7%) had recurrent UCF. Five surgical techniques were used to repair the UCF, namely tubularized incised plate (TIP) urethroplasty, Mathieu urethroplasty, double ligation, simple classical closure and trap-door procedure. The recurrence rate was 24.1%, 14.3%, 15.1%, 16.7%, and 22.2%, respectively. TIP or Mathieu urethroplasty is recommended for patients with coronal UCF with glans dehiscence or patients with coronal UCF diameter ≥4 mm without glans dehiscence. In patients with coronal UCF without glans dehiscence, double ligation is recommended for small UCF with diameter <2 mm, and simple classical closure is recommended for UCF with diameter 2-<4 mm. In patients with non-coronal UCF, double ligation is recommended for UCF with diameter <3 mm, and simple classical closure is recommended for UCF with diameter ≥3 mm. Conclusions: Single UCF can be classified according to the location and size of the UCF. Different types of UCF should be treated with more appropriate individualized strategies, which can effectively reduce the recurrence rate of UCF.

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hypospadiasligationrecurrence ratesimple closureUrethrocutaneous fistula (UCF)

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