title: A new algorithm for primary hypospadias repair based on tip urethroplasty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Decision making in hypospadias repair potentially can be simplified by tubularized incised plate (TIP) urethroplasty. The authors report management and outcomes in a consecutive series of primary hypospadias repairs in which the intent was to perform TIP.
  
  
  METHODS
  Records of 106 consecutive boys undergoing hypospadias repair by 1 surgeon were reviewed. Position of the meatus, degree and management of curvature, technical details of the urethroplasty, and postoperative complications were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Curvature was noted in 24 (23%) of patients, but could be corrected with preservation of the urethral plate in all but 3. In another boy, the incised plate was thought "unhealthy" for tubularization. The remaining 102 underwent TIP, of whom, 75 had distal and 27 had proximal hypospadias. Complications, primarily fistulas, occurred in 14 (13%) of these patients. The other 4 boys underwent staged repairs that utilized TIP for the glanular urethra at the second operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors found decision making was no longer determined by meatal location as in the past, but by severity of curvature and appearance of the incised urethral plate. Because severe curvature requiring plate transection or an "unhealthy" incised plate are uncommonly encountered, TIP repair can be performed for most hypospadias operations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Selami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sozubir
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Snodgrass
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000379:methods*