Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2017

Tunica Vaginalis Flap Repair for Recurrent Urethrocutaneous Fistulae Following Hypospadias Surgery

Manikandan. M, Praveen N, Madhavan. N

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 There are many techniques in Hypospadia surgery. The tubularized incised plate  repair is currently the most widely used technique. The most significant and frequent  complication is formation of one or more urethrocutaneous fistula. Tunneled tunica vaginalis flap (TVF) is a well–described technique for the repair of UCF. We retrospectively reviewed all of our patients underwent repair of UCF  from 2008 to 2014. 28 boys underwent TVF repair at our institution for UCF. Fistulae ranged from distal penile to penoscrotal junction in location. Median surgical time was 45 minutes and no postoperative complications occurred. After a median follow–up of 67 months (range 24–118 months), no patient had a recurrence of UCF. So,according to our study, TVF repair is very successful in the treatment of UCF after a failed hypospadias repair. TVF is technically simple to perform and should be considered for treating UCF following Hypospadias surgery especially  in a repeat surgery.

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Manikandan.M, Praveen N, Madhavan.N, Tunica Vaginalis Flap Repair for Recurrent Urethrocutaneous Fistulae Following Hypospadias Surgery, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾5 | May‾2017

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