[Results of single-stage repair of distal hypospadias using the King modification]

From 1975 to 1986 34 patients undergoing repair of distal hypospadias between the age of 2 and 11 were explored. Standard method of the one-stage correction of distal hypospadias without or with moderate chordee was the operative technique according to the modification of King. After rolling the urethral groove into a tube the neourethra is covered with an asymmetrical part of dorsal hood. Thus the operative aims such as nonproblematic micturition, normal cohabitation and ejaculation and a good cosmetic result, avoiding psychological problems, can be obtained. The total complication rate was 23.4%; the correction of urethral fistulas in two layers as ambulatory operations was nonproblematic. By using Silastic foam the incidence of postoperative edema could be reduced significantly.