What Adults Teach Urologists About Hypospadias

Warren Snodgrass; Nicol Bush

doi:10.1016/j.ucl.2023.04.005

What Adults Teach Urologists About Hypospadias

Urol Clin North Am. 2023 Aug;50(3):447-453. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2023.04.005. Epub 2023 May 19.

Authors

Warren Snodgrass¹, Nicol Bush²

Affiliations

¹ Hypospadias Specialty Center, 3716 Standridge Drive Suite 200, The Colony, TX 75056, USA. Electronic address: snodgrass@hypospadias.com.
² Hypospadias Specialty Center, 3716 Standridge Drive Suite 200, The Colony, TX 75056, USA.

PMID: 37385706
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2023.04.005

Abstract

Knowledge regarding the impact of hypospadias in adults helps inform decision-making in childhood and potentially answers the question if repair should be delayed until during or after puberty. Earlier studies suggested that men with uncorrected hypospadias were either not aware of their condition or not bothered by it. Recent reports disagree and find that those with hypospadias are concerned by their difference and experience more penile dysfunction that men without this birth defect.

Keywords: Adult hypospadias; Penile curvature; Sexual dysfunction; Urine spraying.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Humans
Hypospadias*
Male
Penis
Urologists