Flaps Versus Grafts

Continued clinical experience shows that no single type of urethroplasty is uniformly applicable to all types of hypospadias. Surgeons involved in hypo spadias treatment should be able to offer a variety of technical solutions to the gamut of anatomical va riations usually encountered. Surgeons who master one technique of repair or who plan to operate only on distal hypospadias are not acting in their patients’ best interests. This chapter evaluates the role of dif ferent flaps and grafts in the management of hypo spadias.