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...
Children with Hypospadias
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...
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...
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...
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...