title: Tubularized incised plate hypospadias repair: results of a multicenter experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report a multicenter experience using tubularized incised plate urethroplasty to correct distal hypospadias.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 148 patients underwent repair by 6 pediatric urologists at different institutions in the United States and Europe.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tubularized incised plate repair created a functional neourethra with a vertically oriented meatus. Complications, including meatal stenoses and fistulas, occurred in 10 patients (7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty can be performed in most cases of distal hypospadias. Cosmetic results are superior to those of other popular techniques.
authors.affiliation: Methodist Children's Hospital, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Snodgrass
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koyle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manzoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hurwitz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caldamone
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*