[Reconstruction of the urethral plate or ventral penile skin with foreskin or penile skin island flaps].

PURPOSE

Reconstruction of urethral plate with hairless skin. Reconstruction of ventral penile skin in patients with hypospadia.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Utilization of foreskin or a circular penile island flap to form the urethral plate. Second stage urethral reconstruction with buccal mucosa. Resurfacing of the ventral surface of the penis with a foreskin island flap using the buttonhole technique. An innovation in contrast to previously described procedures is the resection of a transversal strip of dorsal penile skin to avoid bulky wedges of skin on the sides of the penis.

MATERIAL AND RESULTS

The urethral plate was reconstructed in 2 hypospadia-scripples and in one patient with penoscrotal hypospadia. Urethra reconstruction with buccal mucosa was accomplished without complications in 2 patients in a second stage. Partial necrosis of the most distal port of penile skin was observed as a complication after the first operation in one patient. Functional and cosmetic results were good after treatment with split skin thickness grafts. The penis was straightened in 2 patients with hypospadis sine hypospadis and the urethra reconstructed according to Mathieu in 3 patients with distal urethral defects. The ventral skin defect was covered with an outer leaflet of foreskin island flap using the buttonhole technique. Complications were not observed postoperatively or in later follow-ups. Functional and cosmetic results were good in all patients.

CONCLUSION

The foreskin island flap is excellent for reconstruction of missing skin on the ventral shaft of the penis.