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Incision of the Urethral Plate

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Midline incision of the urethral plate (UP) was introduced as a modification of Mathieu hypospadias repair to improve cosmetic appearance of the meatus and to have a slit-like meatus. Application of the midline incision to the Thiersch principle evoluted into the tubularized incised plate (TIP) technique.

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Abbreviations

CHOP:

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

LIJ:

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

MAGPI:

Meatal advancement and Glanuloplasty

POST:

Plate Objective Score Tool

PSARVP:

Posterior sagittal anorectal vaginoplasty

TD:

Thiersch-Duplay

TIP:

Tubularized Incised Plate

UP:

Urethral Plate

UPJO:

Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction

VCUG:

Voiding Cystourethrogram

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Rich, M. (2022). Incision of the Urethral Plate. In: Hadidi, A.T. (eds) Hypospadias Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94248-9_26

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