[Division of the proximal urethral plate and skin graft at the ventral surface of the penis for severe hypospadias].
OBJECTIVE
To explore a technique for the treatment of severe hypospadias.


METHODS
At the first stage, the proximal end of the urethra plate was divided and the chordee was corrected, followed by skin graft at the ventral surface of penis. The urethroplasty was performed at the second stage half a year later.


RESULTS
From Feb. 2004 to Mar. 2005, 17 cases were treated successfully without any complication. After one year of following up, the appearance of glan and the urethral meatus was good and the chordee was corrected completely. The appearance of penis and scrotum was also satisfactory.


CONCLUSIONS
The technique is easily performed and very suitable for penile and penoscrotal junction hypospadias with severe chordee.
Lin
Huang
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Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing 100144, China.
Li
Sen-Kai
SK
Li
Yang-Qun
YQ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult