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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relationship between the operative methods and the therapeutic results of the patients with hypospadias. METHODS: Nine operative types and different tissue materials taken in hypospadias operations in the past 12 years were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: The operative types and tissue materials had significantly effects on the therapeutic results besides the clinical experience of the operators. The cure rates of Tunneltron Urethroplasty, Preputial island flap urethroplasty and Bladder mucosa graft urethroplasty were 86.4%, 83.3% and 83.0% respectively. CONCLUSIONS: All the nine types and different tissue materials of Hypospadias operations have its own advantages and disadvantages. They are worth further study and improvement.