Assessment of urethral plate appearance through digital photography: Do pediatric urologists agree in their visual impressions of the urethral plate in children with hypospadias?

OBJECTIVE: There is a paucity of literature on a definition or set criteria evaluating urethral plate (UP) quality. We sought to determine whether pediatric urologists are in agreement in their assessment of UP quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cohort of 21 pediatric urologists attending a national annual meeting were surveyed with a questionnaire inquiring about practice patterns and perceived impressions of UP quality. Nineteen sequentially …