Penile Curvature Incidence in Hypospadias: Can It Be Determined?

Table 1

Type of hypospadias and incidence of associated curvature.

Hypospadias type	Group I curvature/Pts (%)	Group II curvature/Pts (%)	Summary	Ratio group I/group II
Distal
Glanular	15/36 (41.7%)	4/28 (14.3%)	19/64 (29.7%)	𝑃=0.094, 𝑃>0.05
Coronal	11/32 (34.4%)	7/43 (16.3%)	18/75 (24%)	𝑃=0.091, 𝑃>0.05
Subcoronal	29/108 (26.9%)	9/72 (12.5%)	38/180 (21.1%)	𝜒^2=1.992, 𝑃>0.05
Distal total	55/176 (31.3%)	20/143 (14%)	75/319 (23.5%)	𝜒^2=𝟔.𝟐𝟐𝟐 , 𝑃<0.𝟎𝟓
Midshaft	89/223 (40%)	10/114 (8.8%)	99/337 (29.4%)	𝜒^2=𝟐𝟏.𝟑𝟒𝟖 , 𝑃<0.𝟎𝟏
Proximal
Penoscrotal	11/18 (61.1%)	10/16 (62.5%)	𝑃=0.378, 𝑃>0.05	𝑃=0.378, 𝑃>0.05
Scrotal	23/31 (74.2%)	10/14 (71.4%)	𝑃=0.491, 𝑃>0.05	𝑃=0.491, 𝑃>0.05
Proximal total	34/49 (69.4%)	20/30 (66.7%)	54/79 (68.3%)	𝑃=0.328, 𝑃>0.05
Redo	6/64 (9.4%)	4/43 (9.3%)	10/107 (9.3%)	𝜒^2=0.184, 𝑃>0.05
Summary	184/512 (36%)	54/330 (16.4%)	238/842 (28.3%)	𝜒^2=𝟐𝟒.𝟐𝟐𝟗 , 𝑃<0.𝟎𝟏

Group I: patients with hypospadias standardly tested for curvature, treated by the first group of surgeons.
Group II: patients with hypospadias not standardly tested for curvature, treated by the second group of surgeons.