title: [Penile and scrotal skin flaps: first choice for urethroplasty in the treatment of hypospadias].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the feasibility of the treatment of hypospadias with penile and scrotal skin flaps.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-three hypospadias patients aged 3.5-19 (mean 6. 8) years underwent urethroplasty with penile and scrotal skin flaps. All were followed up for 6 years and analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the total number of patients, 21 (91.3%) succeeded in one operation and the other 2 developed complications, including urethral fistula and urethral structure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Penile and scrotal skin, advantageous for its adequacy, rich blood supply and contribution to high success rate of surgery, is believed to be the first choice for urethroplasty in the treatment of hypospadias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China. zhangzyph@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Zheng-Yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jing-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Shui-Gen
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Wen-Quan
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Hong-Qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012611:Scrotum / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps