By Warren Snodgrass MD and Nicol Corbin Bush MD, MCS In this article Snodgrass & Bush describe TIP for severe hypospadias, reporting a high rate of success. Therefore, TIP (the “Snodgrass” repair) can be used for both mild and many severe cases of hypospadias. TIP hypospadias repair is the most common surgery done for… Read More »
There is a common belief that teenagers and adults have more complications after hypospadias surgery. Dr. Snodgrass and Dr. Bush were the first to directly compare results after hypospadias repair in teens and adults to children, and in this article report that they were the same. For that reason, they recommend complete correction of hypospadias… Read More »
It is not clear how long patients with hypospadias should be followed after surgery to watch for complications, because most articles discussing these problems have not said when they were found. Dr. Snodgrass and Dr. Bush reviewed their database and found 80% of complications were diagnosed within 1 year. For example, glans dehiscence was usually… Read More »
Read publication here. Dr. Bush participated in this international hypospadias study looking at results of hypospadias repair, which scored cosmetic results and determined a way to compare outcomes by different surgeons using different operations.
Read publication here. Warren Snodgrass and Nicol Bush have been searching for the best operation to repair severe hypospadias in boys with chordee. For a time they did TIP repair after extensive dissection of the urethral plate. Most of these operations were a success, but a few patients developed strictures needing reoperation using grafts from… Read More »
