‘Hidden’ Hypospadias Failures: Residual Chordee
Recently I saw an 18-year-old boy who underwent 3 prior operations for hypospadias in another state. He told me that he came to me for closure of the fistula (an abnormal opening on the...
Hypospadias Surgery
Is Distal Hypospadias Repair truly a Minor or Simple Operation?
Recently I saw a child who had a failed operation for hypospadias that was done elsewhere. The child was in severe pain and had great difficulty in passing urine because the entire urethra (urine...
Urethral dilatation after Hypospadias Repair? Is it required in all cases?
Two weeks ago, a family saw me with their child. The child had undergone surgery for repair of distal Hypospadias Elsewhere. The surgery was done over 1 year ago, but the parents had been...
Residual or Recurrent Chordee after Hypospadias Surgery
Recently, we published a very important paper in the prestigious international journal “Pediatric Surgery International”. In that paper, through a meta-analysis of previously published data, we assessed the various techniques of correction of chordee...
How to Identify an Expert in Hypospadias Surgery or Any Surgery?
‘Doctor, we took our child for hypospadias surgery to a big hospital, but unfortunately the operation has failed; Where did we make a mistake? How did we fail to identify the best surgeon for our...
Adult with Multiple Hypospadias Failures
A 24-year old software engineer came to me last year with four failed hypospadias operations during his childhood. He was still passing urine from an opening in his scrotum, so he had to always...
Is Hypospadias Surgery a Minor Operation?
Doctor, we thought Hypospadias surgery is a minor operation. Only after my son’s operation failed 2 times, I realised that it is a major and difficult operation. Last week I had a call from...
How to choose the Right Surgeon for your child’s Hypospadias Operation?
Many children are born with hypospadias. It is estimated that in India, about 75000 children with hypospadias are born each year. Except for the very mild types of hypospadias (Glanular type without Chordee), surgical...
Importance of Chordee Correction in Hypospadias Repair
Last week in the outpatient clinic I saw a 11-year old child with previously operated hypospadias. The child had been operated on many years ago at another hospital. The parents were not satisfied with...
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...