OBJECTIVETo investigate the methods of dealing with chordee without hypospadias.

METHODSFrom November 1982 to December 2000, 18 cases of chordee without hypospadias were treated using the methods of urethra extension, urethra elongation with a pedicled transverse prepuce entoplastron flap, a longitudinal prepuce flap or a scrotum mediastinum flap.

RESULTSOne case was cured with the first method; 5 cases with the second method; 6 cases with the third method; 6 cases with the fourth method. Fistula occurred in one case treated with the second method.

CONCLUSIONThe essential defect of chordee without hypospandias is short of urethral tissue. The principal treatment is repairing the urethra using tissue transplatation. Different method should be used based on the characteristics of the defects.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Humans ; Hypospadias ; surgery ; Male ; Penis ; abnormalities ; surgery ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ; methods ; Scrotum ; surgery ; Surgical Flaps ; Treatment Outcome