Hypospadias hidden by a complete prepuce.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-1989
Abstract
Nine boys were found to have hypospadias despite the presence of a complete prepuce. The urethral meatus was in the subcoronal position in six boys, the distal shaft position in one boy and on the corona glandis in two boys. Although it is generally thought that boys with hypospadias have a dorsal hooded prepuce resulting from incomplete development of the ventral phallus, we have found hypospadias in boys with complete preputial development. Thus, physicians who perform circumcision should fully retract the prepuce to detect occult hypospadias before completing the procedure. Parents of newborns with hypospadias and a complete prepuce should be told, before circumcision, that preputial tissues may be needed to repair the hypospadias.
Volume
169
Issue
3
First Page
233
Last Page
234
ISSN
0039-6087
Published In/Presented At
Hatch, D. A., Maizels, M., Zaontz, M. R., & Firlit, C. F. (1989). Hypospadias hidden by a complete prepuce. Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics, 169(3), 233–234.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2772793
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article