title: Rapid intraoperative tissue expansion with Foley catheter in a challenging cripple Hypospadias.
abstract: Failed hypospadiass cases may result in hypovascular, scarred penis with residual penile chordee and leave the patient with minimal residual skin for penile resurfacing and urethroplasty. Local tissue expansion has become a good alternative to provide skin for penis by using expanders however they require long periods of time for expansion. Besides, rapid tissue expansion was also described in different tissues.We used rapid intraoperative expansion technique by using a Foley catheter in a failed hypospadias case who had minimal residual skin secondary to infection and we concluded that rapid intraoperative tissue expansion with Foley catheter is an effective, feasible reconstructive method for easy dissection and penile resurfacing in failed hypospadiass cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Cebeci, Ankara.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakmak
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Cebeci, Ankara.
authors.forename: Gulnur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gollu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Cebeci, Ankara.
authors.forename: Gonul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kucuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Cebeci, Ankara.
authors.forename: Berktug
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bahadir
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D062885:Urinary Catheters