Title: Repair of Hypospadias Complications Using the Meatal Based Flap Urethroplasty
Abstract: While long used for primary hypospadias repair, meatal based flap urethroplasty has not been widely considered a viable alternative for a secondary procedure. We reviewed 200 patients who underwent meatal based flap urethroplasty and identified 9 (4.5%) who underwent the procedure for correction of complications of previous hypospadias repair, including urethrocutaneous fistula, severe meatal retraction, persistent chordee and hair in the urethra. The complication was corrected with a single operation in 8 of the 9 patients (89%). A single small fistula developed in 3 patients, which closed spontaneously in 2 and required another procedure in 1. Meatal based flap urethroplasty should be considered for correction of distal complications of hypospadias repair.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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