Staged buccal mucosa graft Bracka urethroplasty in children with proximal hypospadias
For management of proximal hypospadias in children both one-stage (Hodgson, Ducket), and two-stage (Bracka) technieuqa are used. The staged Bracka repair is preferable because of fewer complications. The objective of the study was to assess and improve the outcomes of treating children with proximal hypospadias by improving the staged buccal mucosa graft Bracka repair. Patients and methods. In the department of uroandrology of the National Children’s Clinical Hospital in the period from 2013 to 2019 126 boys with proximal hypospadias received operative treatment according to the methos of buccal mucosa graft Bracka repair. Depending on whether it was primary surgery or an operation after failed repair, all patients were divided into 2 groups. Results. Both functional and cosmetic outcomes of treatment were assessed in the near and long-term post-operative periods. The assessment of the functional outcomes was based on the following criteria: recovery of free passage of urine with a wide stream (average urinary flow rate) and absence of penile curvature. Cosmetic outcomes were analysed by the HOPE score. Conclusion. Staged buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty permits to obtain positive functional and cosmetic outcomes of treatment in 60% (51% good and 9% satisfactory) of patients in the near and long-term periods. The percentage of complications is 41% and they are mainly presented by urethral fistulae. In patients with a history of failed surgery the risk for developing complications is practically the same as in primary patients. Key words: hypospadias, curvature correction