ArticleBMC urology2025
Chordee and hooded prepuce with no hypospadias; outcome of urethral preservation surgery with spongioplasty.
Article in BMC urology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundDeficient ventral prepuce is a rare anomaly of prepuce with normally situated meatus. It is usually associated with this or hypoplastic urethra.
methodsA retrospective study included all infants diagnosed with a ventrally hooded prepuce. A penile degloving was the first step. Then reinforcement of the hypoplastic urethra by spongioplasty was performed. Sleeve resection of the hooded prepuce and reconstruction of sulcus corona was the last step.
resultsThe mean operative time was 44 ± 9.5 min. A hypoplastic urethra was reported in 35 cases (30.4%). A urethral stent was inserted at the beginning of the procedure and removed at the end. Twelve patients (10.4%) developed urethral cutaneous fistulas by the end of the first postoperative month.
conclusionA hooded ventral prepuce with ventral chordee and normally situated meatus presents a challenge for paediatric surgeons. It is usually associated with a hypoplastic urethra. Attempts should be made to correct the chordee and preserve the urethra. The preserved urethra can be reinforced with spongioplasty. Unintended urethral injuries are common during dissection. Therefore, repairing the injury, reinforcing the dartos pedicle flap, and spongioplasty are suitable options. It is possible to preserve the urethra in patients having chordee without hypospadias. Utmost care should be taken to avoid urethral injuries which are common because shaft skin is stuck to the urethral skin. Urethral injuries can be repaired primarily; however, there is a high incidence of fistula.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.