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Hypospadias

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'''Hypospadias''' is a common variation in fetal development of the [[penis]] in which the [[urethra]] does not open from its usual location in the head of the penis. It is the second-most common birth abnormality of the male reproductive system, affecting about one of every 250 males at birth.<ref name="Snodgrass">{{REFbook
|last=Snodgrass
|first=Warren
|editor=Allan Wein, Meredith F Campbell, Patrick C Walsh
|edition=10
|title=Campbell-Walsh Urology
|publisher=Elsevier
|year=2012
|pages=3503–3536
|chapter=Chapter 130: Hypospadias
|isbn=978-1-4160-6911-9
}}</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]].

{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Hypospadias cripple surgery]]
* [[Hypospadias repair video]]
* [[Hypospadias surgery - Snodgrass technique]]

{{REF}}

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[[Category:Penile disorders]]
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