Preservation of the urethral plate in repair of penile hypospadias with chordee

ABSTRACT

Over a period of one year, 17 boys with various forms of penile hypospadias with evident chordee were treated in our unit. Their age ranged from 2 to 8 years. All of them were primary cases, no redo. The position of the meatus was coronal in 6 boys, mid penile in 5, and proximal penile in 6 and all of them were non circumcised with evident chordee. The repair of hypospadias was done using various techniques with preservation of the urethral plate despite the presence of chordee, with a low incidence of complications. The preservation of the urethral plate in hypospadias repair is a principle with significant implications to an extended variety of hypospadias