@article{Scarpa_Perin_Di Grazia_Codrich_Pederiva_Guida_Lembo_Giannotta_Schleef_2017, title={Surgery for distal hypospadias: what about the catheter?}, volume={39}, url={https://pediatrmedchir.org/pmc/article/view/145}, DOI={10.4081/pmc.2017.145}, abstractNote={No agreed recommendations exist for timing of urethral stent removal, after distal hypospadias surgery. We compared our preliminary case series with outcomes from literature: 18/44 patients were treated with catheter and 26/44 without it. The surgical outcome was comparable in the two groups. After hypospadias surgery, the main advantage of the immediate postoperative catheter removal was the shorter hospital stay without negatively affecting the care and home management.}, number={3}, journal={La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica}, author={Scarpa, Maria-Grazia and Perin, Giordano and Di Grazia, Massimo and Codrich, Daniela and Pederiva, Federica and Guida, Edoardo and Lembo, Maria Antonietta and Giannotta, Antonio and Schleef, Jürgen}, year={2017}, month={Sep.} }