Do the materials matter? A review of the literature and analysis of the materials properties of urethral stents for hypospadias repair.

Introduction: Despite the prevalence of hypospadias surgery and the common use of postoperative urethral stents, there has been no evaluation of the material properties of common stents. Our study sets out to close this gap with a literature review of recent publications comparing outcomes after hypospadias surgery for different urethral stent types and an evaluation of the material properties of four common urethral stents.

Study Design: A review of the English language literature from 2011 to 2021 was performed.