Tubularized incised plate hypospadias repair: results of a multicenter experience.
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.
Snodgrass
W
W
Methodist Children's Hospital, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Koyle
M
M
Manzoni
G
G
Hurwitz
R
R
Caldamone
A
A
Ehrlich
R
R
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*