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Last updated: 02/17/2009
Surgical repair of hypospadias has a fairly high short-term complication rate:
- leakage of urine from the area around the urethral meatus: 3–9%
- formation of a fistula: 0.6–23% for one-stage procedures; 2–37% for two-stage procedures
- urethral...
stenosis: 8.5% - persistent chordee: less than 1%
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Definition:
Hypospadias repair is surgery to correct a birth defect in boys in which the urethra does not properly exit the tip of the penis.
For information on the condition itself, see: Hypospadias.
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The surgery is done while the child is under general anesthesia (asleep and pain-free). The type of repair depends on the severity of the defect. Mild defects may be repaired in a one procedure, while severe defects may require two or more procedures.
A small piece of foreskin, or tissue from another site, can be used to create a tube to extend the length of the urethra. The urethra is the tube that releases urine from the body. Extending the length allows an opening to be placed at the tip of the penis.
Circumcision should not be performed at birth in boys with hypospadias, so that the foreskin can later be used for the repair.
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