Chordee without hypospadias in children.

We discuss 20 children who have undergone surgical correction of chordee without hypospadias. In 9 patients ventral curvature was demonstrated secondary to corporeal disproportion, 8 had chordee secondary to deficiency of the dartos fascia (skin chordee) and 3 had deficiency of the dartos and Buck's fasciae. Eight patients underwent excision of dorsal ellipses according to the Nesbit principle, 8 had lysis of the dartos fascia using the Allen-Spence technique, 2 underwent mobilization of the urethra with excision of underlying fibrous tissue and 2 had division of the urethra with a staged urethroplasty. The majority of cases of chordee without hypospadias are a result of anomalies of the tissue layers of the penis, and adequate straightening can be achieved by excision of underlying abnormal fascial tissue. All patients have achieved a satisfactory cosmetic and functional result with a straight penis and a urethral meatus positioned distally at the glans tip.