Hypospadias repair under the age of 1 year.
Hypospadias repair is a complex and challenging problem. Psychological, physiological, technical, and logistic problems all play a part. A retrospective survey of 108 infants, aged between 6 and 12 months, operated upon at the two Brisbane children's hospitals between 1977 and 1982, by a one stage total repair procedure, produced results comparable technically, functionally and aesthetically with other reported series. There were minimal psychological effects on the infant, and coincidentally reduced financial cost of the repair and hospitalization to the parents and society.
D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies