A pediatric urologist who pioneered a surgical technique for repairing a common birth defect in boys reports the procedure is singularly effective in correcting the problem with few complications. A ...

Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Hypospadias can be corrected using surgery to achieve normal appearance and functioning of the penis. The outcomes of the surgery can be assessed depending upon ...

Hypospadias is a birth abnormality in which the opening of the urethra is not at the tip of the penis. Instead, it is either somewhere along the penis or on the scrotum. According to the Centers for ...

The worried parents were directed to a pediatric surgeon who did a through physical check-up of the baby, and told them that he was suffering from hypospadias -- a penile defect in male newborns where ...

Hypospadias is the inborn genital disease in male urethra commonly occurring in one among 300 live births. It is characterized as an obstruction in the normal development of penile in which an ...

Hayashi and co-workers report the application of a scrotal dartos flap wrapping surgical technique to prevent the occurrence of urethrocutaneous fistula in 14 patients with hypospadias.