Table 2.
Relationship Between Characteristics and Long-Term Outcomes
| Variables | Patients with At Least One Long-Term Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| n(%) | p-value | |
| Age at time of operation | ||
| Less than 2 years | 41(57.75) | 0.395 |
| More than 2 years | 115(63.54) | |
| Surgeon experience | ||
| <5 cases operated | 100(79.37) | <0.001 |
| >5 cases operated | 56(44.44) | |
| Suture size | ||
| 3 | 2(50) | 0.109 |
| 4 | 106(65.03) | |
| 5 | 32(65.31) | |
| 6 | 16(44.44) | |
| Type of suture material | ||
| Monocryl | 13(61.9) | 0.78 |
| Pds | 10(71.43) | |
| Vicryl | 133(61.29) | |
| Suture technique | ||
| Continuous | 3(60) | 0.879 |
| Interrupted | 4(80) | |
| Subcuticular | 149(61.57) | |
| Location of hypospadias | ||
| Distal | 54(43.2) | <0.001 |
| Mild | 32(68.09) | |
| Proximal | 70(87.5) | |
| Surgical technique | ||
| Ducket | 25(78.13) | <0.001 |
| Magpi | 2(100) | |
| Mathias technique | 13(86.67) | |
| Snodgrass | 51(39.23) | |
| Staged hypospadias repair | 61(88.41) | |
| Onlay/inlay | 4(100) | |
| Chordee | ||
| Mild | 26(72.22) | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 19(95) | |
| Severe | 47(92.16) | |
| No chordee | 64(44.14) | |
| Total | 156(61.60) | |