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Part 10 Hypospadias
Hypospadias are basically.
“A birth defect in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis or below the penis. Treatment involves surgery to repair and reconstruct the urethra.”
“A birth defect in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis or below the penis. Treatment involves surgery to repair and reconstruct the urethra.”
So in this thread I’m only gonna talk about hypospadias in males since it’s the one with more information.
These articles give a definition of what Hypospadias are. https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7846">https://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...
Hypospadias happen in about one in 250 males in the USA.
https://www.statpearls.com/kb/viewarticle/23294
https://www.statpearls.com/kb/viewar... href=" https://www.jpurol.com/article/S1477-5131(15)00454-4/pdf
https://www.jpurol.com/article/S... href=" https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/hypospadias.html
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bi... href=" https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-06665-3_68">https://link.springer.com/chapter/1...
https://www.statpearls.com/kb/viewarticle/23294
Cause of Hypospadias is unknown but genetics, the environment and hormones are believed to factors.
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https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1... href=" https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/h/hypospadias">https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/h/...
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Symptoms of Hypospadias are included on these articles.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15060-hypospadias
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/di... href=" https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001286.htm">https://medlineplus.gov/ency/arti...
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15060-hypospadias
Types of hypospadias are.
Anterior (subcoronal and glandular)
Middle (distal penile, proximal penile and midshaft)
Posterior (scrotal, penoscrotal and perineal)
Anterior (subcoronal and glandular)
Middle (distal penile, proximal penile and midshaft)
Posterior (scrotal, penoscrotal and perineal)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482122/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK...
In nearly 50% of cases, the location is anterior, 20% of cases have a middle location and the rest are posterior. Overall, the subcoronal position is the most common abnormal location.
That’s the end of this thread.
