Journal article
Urethral plate quality assessment and its impact on hypospadias repair outcomes: A systematic review and quality assessment
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The variability of the urethral plate (UP) characteristics is one of the factors that influence technical choices for hypospadias correction. However, it is difficult to objectively evaluate the UP, leading to controversies in this subject, and vague terms utilized in the literature to describe its characteristics.
OBJECTIVE: We aim to analyze the previously described methods used to characterize and evaluate UP quality, emphasizing …
Authors
Abbas TO; Braga LH; Spinoit AF; Salle JP
Journal
Journal of Pediatric Urology, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 316–325
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.02.017
ISSN
1477-5131