Table 1.
Distribution of Characteristics from the Study Population
| Variables | n(%) |
|---|---|
| Age (mean (sd)) | 4.74(2.99) |
| Age at time of operation | |
| Less than 2 years | 71(28.17) |
| More than 2 years | 181(71.83) |
| Surgeon experience | |
| <5 cases operated | 126(50) |
| >5 cases operated | 126(50) |
| Suture size | |
| 3 | 4(1.59) |
| 4 | 163(64.68) |
| 5 | 49(19.44) |
| 6 | 36(14.29) |
| Type of suture material | |
| Monocryl | 21(8.33) |
| Pds | 14(5.56) |
| Vicryl | 217(86.11) |
| Suture technique | |
| Continuous | 5(1.98) |
| Interrupted | 5(1.98) |
| Subcuticular | 242(96.03) |
| Location of hypospadias | |
| Distal | 125(49.6) |
| Mild | 47(18.65) |
| Proximal | 80(31.75) |
| Surgical technique | |
| Ducket | 32(12.7) |
| MAGPI | 2(0.79) |
| Mathias technique | 15(5.95) |
| Snodgrass | 130(51.59) |
| Staged hypospadias repair | 69(27.38) |
| Onlay/inlay | 4(1.59) |
| Chordee | |
| Mild | 36(14.29) |
| Moderate | 20(7.94) |
| Severe | 51(20.24) |
| No chordee | 145(57.54) |
| Total | 252(100.00) |