This week, our office is very excited to be celebrating our FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! To commemorate this milestone, we have some exciting changes coming your way. One of those changes is our company name! We are going to be saying goodbye to PARC Urology and hello to our new business name, Hypospadias Specialty Center. We… Read More »
5 Year Anniversary! An Announcement From PARC Urology.
PARENT POINTERS: HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) and Hypospadias Repair FAQs
Hello and welcome back to PARC Parent Pointers! This week is the long-awaited video about hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatments. If you haven’t already, check out my previous videos, this segment is a continuation of HBOT. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatments increase vascularity to the surgery site, increase the elasticity of the skin, and make the skin… Read More »
News from the American Urological Association meeting 2018: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Hypospadias Reoperations
Dr. Bush presented PARC Urology’s data for patients undergoing hypospadias reoperations after multiple failed repairs done elsewhere. She compared the graft measurements in a group of patients who received Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) versus a group of patients who did not. Even though the patients in the hyperbaric oxygen HBOT group had failed more previous… Read More »
News from the American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2018: Recurrent penile curvature after proximal hypospadias surgery
Dr. Snodgrass presented PARC Urology’s finding that recurrent penile curvature (chordee) was found in over 80% of patients with complications following hypospadias repair done somewhere else. Click here to read the abstract. We found that patients were more likely to have recurrent curvature when their surgeon repaired the chordee with a stitch, called a plication,… Read More »
Doctors Work To Repair Hypospadias in Boys
<a href=”http://www.wfaa.com/mb/news/local/doctors-work-to-repair-destigmatize-common-birth-defect-in-boys-/450811976″>Link to story.</a> Dr. Snodgrass and Dr. Bush work to raise awareness about penile birth defects. Hypospadias is one of the world’s most common birth defects – far more common than cleft lip, club foot, and Down’s Syndrome. Sometimes, just knowing you are not alone when you’re told about your son’s hypospadias can help…. Read More »
