OUR EXPIRIENCE IN DISTAL HIPOSPADIAS AND TIP URETHROPLASTY

Abstract

PURPOSE: We began performing the Snodgrass procedure in 2012 /tabularized incised plate urethroplasty, described by Orkiszewski in 1987/ and improved and popularized by Warren Snodgrass in 1994 (1). METHODS: Snodgrass TIP urethroplasty was performed between January 2013- January 2020 for distal hypospadias in 12 boys aged 8 months to 12 years were included, with data on the demography of the patients, type of hypospadias, extent of urethral plate incision, type of flap, used to cover the urethroplasty, the surgical outcome and follow-up for meatal stenosis. RESULTS: We reviewed the boys with hypospadias repair of Snodgrass TIP urethroplasty, who is performed between January 2013-January 2020 in the Pediatric Surgery Department of University hospital–Stara Zagora. Cases of proximal hypospadias with severe chordae and those who had undergone previous urethroplasty were excluded. CONCLUSION: On the basis of our experience we feel that the Snodgrass considered not only for primary but also for reoperative repair of distal hypospadias.

Keywords

• : hypospadias
• tip urethroplasty