Results of preputial reconstruction in 77 boys with distal hypospadias.

PURPOSE: There is growing interest in preputial reconstruction combined with hypospadias repair. We retrospectively analyzed its results for future developments and patient information. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated 77 boys who underwent distal hypospadias repair combined with preputial reconstruction to determine complications, risks and failures. RESULTS: At a mean followup of 2.5 years 52 patients had an anatomically normal penis with a normal retractable foreskin, while 25 (33%) presented with a complication. The most common complications were partial dehiscence, and fistula of the prepuce and urethra. There was a complication of the reconstructed foreskin only in 16 cases (21%), a combined problem with the reconstructed foreskin and reconstructed urethra in 7 (9%), and a problem with the reconstructed urethra in 2 (3%). Of the 25 patients with complications 19 underwent reoperation with closure of the fistula or dehiscence and 5 were circumcised, while in 1 the parents accepted the minor cosmetic problem and refused reoperation. CONCLUSIONS: Preputial repair combined with hypospadias repair may lead to anatomically correct reconstruction of the penis at the cost of a 33% complication rate. Parents are informed about this risk and to date in 15% of all boys with distal hypospadias the parents have elected preputial reconstruction.