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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 1972; 05(01): 15-18
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1778213
Review Article

Scrotal Flap for Hypospadias Urethroplasty Fistulae

Authors

  • Dr. Rajinder Singh

    1   Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Government Medical College (Rajendra Hospital), Patiala (India)
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Summary

Sixteen patients having nineteen fistulie following urcthroplasty in hypospadias are described.

The repair of fistulae at various penile sites have been donc by the transposition scrotal flap in single stage. The procedure has been detailed.

The advantages of this method are that it provides additional skin and the suture lines of the two layers do not overlap each other. Therefore, it is a principally sound single stage procedure for the repair o the big postoperative fistulac.

Follow up in this series is for the period varying from of 4 months to 5 years and all the fistulae except one were successtully closed.



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13. Februar 2024

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