Open AccessOur experience of proximal hypospadias repair using the Cloutier–Bracka technique at the Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital, Yaounde-Cameroon
Author(s) -
Mouafo Tambo Faustin Felicien,
AS Nwaha Makon,
Cyril Kamadjou,
G Fossi,
C. Le Coultre,
OG Andze,
MA Sosso,
Pierre-Yves Mure
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.194673
Subject(s) - hypospadias , medicine , meatal stenosis , chordee , urethroplasty , surgery , meatus , glans , foreskin , dehiscence , fistula , penis , urethra , biology , genetics , cell culture
In parts of Africa, routine circumcision is practised and sometimes even on children with hypospadias. The lack of preputial foreskin renders urethroplasty more difficult and often requires to use of a mucosal graft as described by Bracka.