• Department of Pediatric Surgery of Children's Medical Center, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu Sichuan, 610072, P. R. China;
TANGYunman, Email: tangyunman@126.com
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Objective To explore the short-term effectiveness of hypospadias repairs with free inner prepuce tube. Methods Forty-two males with hypospadias were repaired with free inner prepuce tube between May and October 2015. The age ranged from 1 year and 1 month to 28 years and 2 months with a median of 2 years and 9 months. Initial operation for hypospadias was performed in 41 cases and re-operation in 1 case of chordee after 16 months of hypospadias repair. There were 36 cases of hypospadias (6 cases of proximal penile type, 1 case of penile scrotal type, 26 cases of scrotal type, and 3 cases of perineal type) and 6 cases of typeⅣchordee according to Donnahoo classification criteria. Results The length of reconstructed urethra was 2.0-5.5 cm (mean, 3.6 cm). The patients were followed up 6-10 months (mean, 8 months). Urinary fistulae was noted in 10 patients, which healed spontaneously in 5 cases within 3 months after surgery, and was cured after repair in 5 cases. Urethral stenosis occurred in 4 cases (2 external orifice stricture and 2 distal urethral stricture) and urethral incision was performed. Wound infection was noted in 3 cases, 2 of them needed further surgery for a permanent fistula. Skin ischemic necrosis was found in 3 cases, 1 of them had infection and fistula, and needed further surgical repair. Diverticulum of scrotum developed in 1 case. Ten patients need re-operation, and the success rate was 76.2% (32/42). At 3 months after surgery, the HOSE score ranged from 11 to 16 (mean, 14.7). The maximum urinary flow rate was 1.9-28.4 mL/s (mean, 10.5 mL/s) in 22 cases of outpatient at 3 months after surgery. Conclusion Free inner prepuce tube can survive and play a role of normal neourethra. The short-term effectiveness has shown a relatively high complication rate and suggests this procedure should be carefully applied.

Citation: TANGYunman, WANGXuejun, MAOYu, CHENShaoji, LIUMao, CHENYuejiao. Short-term effectiveness of hypospadias repair with free inner prepuce tube. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2016, 30(7): 866-870. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20160176 Copy

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