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}}</ref> Roughly 90% of cases are the less serious distal hypospadias, in which the urethral opening (the [[Urinary meatus|meatus]]) is on or near the head of the [[Glans penis|penis glans]]. The remainder have proximal hypospadias, in which the meatus is all the way back on the shaft of the penis, near or within the [[scrotum]]. Shiny tissue that should have made the urethra extends from the meatus to the tip of the glans; this tissue is called the [[urethral plate]]. | }}</ref> Roughly 90% of cases are the less serious distal hypospadias, in which the urethral opening (the [[Urinary meatus|meatus]]) is on or near the head of the [[Glans penis|penis glans]]. The remainder have proximal hypospadias, in which the meatus is all the way back on the shaft of the penis, near or within the [[scrotum]]. Shiny tissue that should have made the urethra extends from the meatus to the tip of the glans; this tissue is called the [[urethral plate]]. | ||
The prevalance of hypospadias is highest in North America and lowest in Asia.<ref name="vanderhorst2017>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=van der Horst | |||
|first=HJ | |||
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|last2=de Wall | |||
|first2=HJ | |||
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|etal=no | |||
|title=Hypospadias, all there is to know | |||
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|journal=Eur J Pediatr | |||
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|date=2017-04 | |||
|volume=176 | |||
|issue=4 | |||
|pages=435-41 | |||
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5352742/ | |||
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|pubmedID= 28190103 | |||
|pubmedCID=5352742 | |||
|DOI=10.1007/s00431-017-2864-5 | |||
|accessdate=2019-10-23 | |||
}}</ref> The foreskin frequently does not develop normally. | |||
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