Treatment of chordee without hypospadias / 中华整形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the methods of dealing with chordee without hypospadias.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From November 1982 to December 2000, 18 cases of chordee without hypospadias were treated using the methods of urethra extension, urethra elongation with a pedicled transverse prepuce entoplastron flap, a longitudinal prepuce flap or a scrotum mediastinum flap.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>One case was cured with the first method; 5 cases with the second method; 6 cases with the third method; 6 cases with the fourth method. Fistula occurred in one case treated with the second method.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The essential defect of chordee without hypospandias is short of urethral tissue. The principal treatment is repairing the urethra using tissue transplatation. Different method should be used based on the characteristics of the defects.</p>