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. 2009 Apr 20;11(4):417–422. doi: 10.1038/aja.2008.60

Table 2. Psychosexual analysis of patients with hypospadias after surgery.

  SDS (mean ± SD) SAS (mean ± SD) Depression (n, [%]) Anxiety (n, [%])
Type
Distal (n = 80) 50.9 ± 7.1 47.6 ± 8.0 26 (32.5) 28 (35.0)
Proximal (n = 50) 54.6 ± 7.0 51.0 ± 6.6 26 (52.0) 28 (56.0)
P-value 0.004 0.012 0.027 0.019
Number of operations
Single (n = 92) 51.2 ± 7.2 48.6 ± 7.1 31 (33.7%) 34 (36.9%)
Multiple (n = 38) 55.7 ± 7.2 52.9 ± 8.6 21 (55.2%) 22 (57.9%)
P-value 0.001 0.003 0.022 0.028
Surgical procedure
Free (n = 84) 52.5 ± 7.8 50.1 ± 8.0 33 (39.3%) 34 (40.5%)
Pediculated (n = 46) 52.5 ± 6.9 49.5 ± 7.3 19 (41.3%) 22 (47.8%)
P-value 0.967 0.643 0.822 0.418

Abbreviations: SAS, Self-rating Anxiety Scale; SDS, Zung's Self-rating Depression Scale.

Patients with proximal hypospadias and multiple procedures were significantly different from those with distal hypospadias and a single procedure in all parameters of sexual psychology. There was no such difference between individuals with different surgical procedures.