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Vol. 39 No. 3 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.145

Surgery for distal hypospadias: what about the catheter?

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Received: 6 November 2016
Accepted: 22 August 2017
Published: 28 September 2017
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TIPU, Catheter, Fistula, Urinary retention, Stent
Pediatric Surgery and Urology

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Maria-Grazia Scarpa
mariagrazia.scarpa@burlo.trieste.it
Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Giordano Perin
Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Massimo Di Grazia
Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Daniela Codrich
Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Federica Pederiva
Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Edoardo Guida
Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Maria Antonietta Lembo
Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Antonio Giannotta
Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Jürgen Schleef
Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
No agreed recommendations exist for timing of urethral stent removal, after distal hypospadias surgery. We compared our preliminary case series with outcomes from literature: 18/44 patients were treated with catheter and 26/44 without it. The surgical outcome was comparable in the two groups. After hypospadias surgery, the main advantage of the immediate postoperative catheter removal was the shorter hospital stay without negatively affecting the care and home management.

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Surgery for distal hypospadias: what about the catheter?. (2017). La Pediatria Medica E Chirurgica, 39(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.145