Table 1.
Patients demographics and outcome in the three studied groups
| Patients’ demographics | Group I (n = 40) | Group II (n = 40) | Group III (n = 40) | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient age (month) | 10–49 | 15–45 | 11–52 | 0.319 | ||
| 31 ± 18 | 28 ± 17 | 34 ± 18 | Ӏ and II | IӀ and III | Ӏ and III | |
| 0.449 | 0.132 | 0.449 | ||||
| Meatal location | ||||||
| Coronal | 12 (30%) | 12 (30%) | 11 (27.5%) | 0.971 | Ӏ and II (0.965) | |
| Sub coronal | 13 (32.5%) | 14 (35%) | 16 (40%) | II and III (0.899) | ||
| Distal penile | 15 (37.5%) | 14 (35%) | 13 (32.5%) | Ӏ and III (0.780) | ||
| Urethral plate width | 0.412 | |||||
| Range | 4–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | Ӏ and II | II and III | Ӏ and III |
| Mean ± SD | 5.6 ± 1.2 | 6 ± 1.1 | 5.8 ± 0.8 | 0.378 | 0.753 | 0.811 |
| Chordee | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0.875 | ||
| Ӏ and II | II and III | Ӏ and III | ||||
| 0.606 | 0.263 | 0.799 | ||||
| Out come | Group Ӏ (n = 40) |
Group II (n = 40) |
Group III (n = 40) |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ӏ and II | II and III | Ӏ and III | ||||
|
Operative time (min.) Range Mean ± SD |
81–112 98 ± 14 |
76–111 86 ± 25 |
60–93 71 ± 22 |
< 0.01 | ||
| 0.011* | 0.0001* | 0.0001* | ||||
| Success | 35 (87.5%) | 33 (82.5%) | 25 (62.5%) | 0.018* | ||
| 0.531 | 0.045* | 0.010* | ||||
| Fistula | 2 (5%) | 2 (5%) | 5 (7.5–12.5%) | 0.339 | ||
| 1 | 0.432 | 0.432 | ||||
| Narrow meatus | 2 (5%) | 3 (7.5%) | 7 (17.5%) | 0.143 | ||
| 0.644 | 0.311 | 0.154 | ||||
| Glans dehiscence | 1 (2.5%) | 2 (5%) | 8 (20%) | 0.014* | ||
| 0.556 | 0.043* | 0.029* | ||||
| Diverticulum | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||