TIP HYPOSPADIAS REPAIR: A PEDIATRIC INDICATOR OPERATION By Warren Snodgrass MD and Nicol Corbin Bush MD, MCS The TIP operation created by Dr Warren Snodgrass is the most common hypospadias repair used by surgeons around the world. 20 years after he published the first article, Dr Snodgrass and Dr Bush wrote this update to describe… Read More »
Announcing free educational webinars to help answer your questions about hypospadias. March 10: Distal Hypospadias March 31: Proximal Hypospadias April 7: Complications after Hypospadias Repair April 21: Hypospadias Repair for Teens and Adults email webinar@parcurology.com to RSVP
TUBULARIZED INCISED PLATE PROXIMAL HYPOSPADIAS REPAIR: CONTINUED EVOLUTION AND EXTENDED APPLICATIONS By Warren Snodgrass MD and Nicol Corbin Bush MD, MCS TIP hypospadias repair is the most common surgery done for distal hypospadias around the world. Given the success of that operation, naturally the next question was how good would TIP be for proximal hypospadias… Read More »
Dr. Bush and Dr. Snodgrass have read reports that older age can be associated with higher risk of complications after hypospadias repair. They decided to statistically analyze their data to evaluate if this was true in their patients. They found that age did not impact the rate of urethroplasty complications. In other words, no particular… Read More »
Dr. Bush and Dr. Snodgrass demonstrate that a small glans (head of the penis) that measures <14mm across is a risk factor for complications after hypospadias repair. In 490 boys who underwent hypospadias repair, those with a small glans had a 3.5-fold risk of complications such as fistula and glans dehiscence compared to boys whose… Read More »
