Epispadias is Different from Hypospadias
About 2 months ago, I operated on a 1-year old boy with complete Epispadias. The child was referred to me by a pediatric surgeon from another city for expert surgical advice. The child had...
Hypospadias Clinics Surgery for failed Hypospadias
Re-Operation for Failed Hypospadias
Last month I saw a 17-year old boy in my clinic. I couldn’t recognise him as I had seen him many years ago. His mother also wore a mask due to the corona scare...
Two-Stage Hypospadias Repair
Last week we operated on 2 children with severe hypospadias. One of them underwent stage 1 operation. The other child, who had undergone stage 1 operation last year, now underwent stage 2 operation. When...
Single-Stage Repair of Hypospadias
Hypospadias is a common congenital defect. The severity of hypospadias varies in every child. Many hypospadias are mild or moderate variety, which means that the urinary opening is on the penile shaft and the...
Assessment of Outcome of Hypospadias Repair
About 2 years ago, I operated on a child with distal hypospadias. When he saw me, he had one failed operation already (done elsewhere), with complete dehiscence of the repair. I performed a re-operation...
Adult with Untreated Hypospadias
Recently I saw a 40-year old Adult with hypospadias . He apparently underwent one operation 25 years ago but the operation failed and he has been living with hypospadias ever since. However, the operation had...
What is the right age for Hypospadias Surgery?
This is another query commonly asked by the parents. I have dealt with this question in the ‘FAQ’ section of my ‘Hypospadias Surgery’ book. In most standard textbooks, the best time for hypospadias operation...
How do we Know our Child has Hypospadias?
This is a very common doubt expressed by parents. Hypospadias is an external defect, hence it is very easy to observe and diagnose. Today most deliveries are attended by the pediatric doctor who examines...
Surgery for Hypospadias: Why is it important to get it right the first time? And How?
Last week I saw a 17-year old boy with a history of 4 failed hypospadias operations. He had a moderate type of hypospadias to begin with, which probably could have been fixed well in...
What is the cause of my Child’s Hypospadias?
Several parents of hypospadias children ask me one question, typically at the end of a detailed discussion about the plan of treatment of their child: Doctor, what is the cause of this hypospadias? Why...
My Experience with Writing a Book on Hypospadias.
DR. VVS. Chandrasekharam, author of the book on Hypospadias, has dealt with 1200 cases of hypospadias over 20 years. Hypospadias is a common congenital (birth) defect of the genitalia in boys, occurring in about...