In this review article, Dr. Snodgrass evaluates the available literature about long-term outcomes of hypospadias repair. Unfortunately, most of the articles available at that time involved older techniques. Techniques such as flap-based hypospadias repairs are known to have very high complication rates, especially for proximal hypospadias. He concluded that additional studies are needed on patients… Read More »
Dr. Snodgrass and Dr. Bush have been performing foreskin reconstruction at the time of hypospadias repair for nearly 2 decades. In this paper, Dr. Snodgrass recounts his early experience with foreskin reconstruction in patients with penile birth defects like hypospadias. Read publication here.
One particular form of hypospadias, called megameatus with intact prepuce (MIP) hypospadias, can be discovered during newborn circumcision. Although many medical schools teach that the circumcision should be stopped mid-procedure when this is the case, we and others have found that this is not necessary. Repairing MIP hypospadias after a patient has had a circumcision… Read More »
Dr. Snodgrass and Dr. Bush have worked to develop a standardized list of complications after hypospadias repair. This was an early attempt to define some of these outcomes. They now share the standardized list with surgeons throughout the world, so that comparisons can be made to determine the best ways to help our hypospadias heroes!… Read More »
In this article in the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI), Dr. Snodgrass details the equipment needed to perform TIP repair. It has accompanying illustrations of the TIP (Snodgrass) technique. Read publication here.
