Table 1 Patients characteristics

age at surgery mean/median [months]

49 / 15

36 / 15

26 / 14

no penile malformation (%)

13 (30.2%)

12 (37.5%)

1 (9.1%)

hypospadias

26 (60.4%)

19 (59.4%)

7 (63.6%)

 distal hypospadias (% of all hypospadias)

16 (61.5%)

11 (57.9%)

5 (71.4%)

 proximal hypospadias (% of all hypospadias)

10 (38.5%)

8 (42.1)

2 (28.6%)

 thereof with preoperative androgen treatment (local DHT^b for 6 weeks until 4 weeks before surgery)

7 (70%)

7 (87.5%)

0

other penile malformations

4 (9.3%)

1 (3.1%)

3 (27.2%)

 buried penis

2 (50%)

0

2 (66.6%)

 epispadias

2 (50%)

1 (100%)

1 (33.3%)