Hypospadias repair with subcutaneous suture and tissue adhesive for surface closure.
A combination of a running P.G.A. subcutaneous suture, reinforced by butyl-cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive for surface bonding of the skin, has enabled us to reduce our rate of fistula formation by about 50 percent in hypospdias repairs by the Denis Browne two-stage or the Horton-Devine one-stage procedure.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014014:Tissue Adhesives; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*
D014014:Tissue Adhesives