title: Hypospadias repair in elderly patients.
abstract: Although surgical repair of hypospadias has been performed for decades, some older men with this anomaly have never been treated or even referred. Age alone should not be a contraindication for surgery. Rather, the physician needs to consider the degree of urethral stricture and voiding impairment caused by the disorder and the extent those factors affect the patient's quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Marshfield Clinic, WI.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Thomalla
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male