Identifying variability in surgical practices and instrumentation for hypospadias repair across the Western Pediatric Urology Consortium (WPUC) network.
Justine R YamashiroJ Christopher AustinLuis H BragaKai-Wen ChuangCarol A Davis-DaoSarah HechtSarah A HolzmanAntoine E KhouryEric A KurzrockSteven E LermanMelissa McGrathPaul A MerguerianAmanda F SaltzmanAnthony J SchaefferCasey SeidemanJennifer S SingerPeter WangElias J WehbiHsi-Yang WuRenea M SturmPublished in: Journal of pediatric urology (2023)
Wide variability in technical surgical details of categorically similar hypospadias repairs was demonstrated across a large surgical network. Surgeon-specific modifications of commonly described procedures are common, and further evaluation of short- and long-term outcomes accounting for these technical variations is needed to determine their relative influence.