Comparative Study of Snodgrass and Mathieu’s Procedure for Primary Hypospadias Repair

Table 3

Literature review.

Variable	References	Snodgrass	Mathieu
Mean operative time (in minutes)	Oswald et al. [12]	75 min.	115 min.
	Guo et al. [13]	106.1 min.	94.0 min.
	Chatterjee et al. [14]	45–110 min.	40–80 min.
	Our series	63.7 min.	95.0 min
Postoperative complications; (1) Urethrocutaneous fistula	Guo et al. [13]	8.3%	25.6%
	Guo et al. [13]	13.3%	5.5%
	Oswald et al. [12]	0%	6.6%
	Chatterjee et al. [14]	3.3%	7.7%
	Imamoǧlu and Bakirtaş [15]	7.1%	7.4%
	Tonvichien and Niramis [10]	14.0%	—
	Singh et al. [11]	11.5%	—
	Our series	5.76%	12.5%
(2) Meatal stenosis	Chatterjee et al. [14]	5.5%	5.5%
	Guo et al. [13]	6.6%	0%
	Oswald et al. [12]	0%	3.3%
	Al-Saied and Gamal [3]	6.2%	—
	Singh et al. [11]	1.9%	—
	Our series	5.76%	12.5%
(3) Repair breakdown	Chatterjee et al. [14]	1.1%	1.1%
	Guo et al. [13]	8.3%	2.3%
	Imamoǧlu and Bakirtaş [15]	5.3%	7.4%
	Singh et al. [11]	1.9%	—
	Guo et al. [13]	0%	0%
	Our series	0%	6.25%
Mean hospital stay (in days)	Imamoǧlu and Bakirtaş [15]	7.5 days	5.7 days
	Guo et al. [13]	4.5 days	3.9 days
	Chatterjee et al. [14]	2.5 days	3.0 days
	Our series	15.4 days	14.8 days
Shape of meatus	Oswald et al. [12]	Slit like in 100%	Rounded in 100%
	Our series	Slit like in 92.3%	Rounded in 100%
Cosmesis	Chatterjee et al. [14]	Excellent
	Guo et al. [13]	Highly satisfactory
	Imamoǧlu and Bakirtaş [15]	Highly satisfactory
	Our series	Excellent in 100%	Excellent in 83.3%