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Hypospadias for Medical Personal
Hypospadias - Clinical Examination

  • Clinical examination of hypospadias - There are 3 key features of hypospadias, although not all 3 are required for the condition:

    • Ventral opening of the urethral meatus

    • Ventral curvature of the penis or “Chordee”

    • Dorsal hooded foreskin

  • For description purposes, especially for students during examination, hypospadias can be described on following points.

    • Meatus location

    • Chordee

    • Glans width

    • Urethral plate quality and width

    • Penile length & girth

    • Penile torsion

    • Scrotal transposition

    • Prepuce status

  • Meatus location- Glanular, coronal, mid penile, proximal penile, penoscrotal, pereneal

  • Chordee- absent, less than 30 degree or more than 3- degree

  • Glans width - deep ( >14mm, poor-12-14 mm, flat< 12mm)

  • Urethral plate quality and width - supple or fibrotic, with width > 8mm or less

  • Prepuce status- well developed or poorly developed or circumcised

  • Penile length & girth- short ( less than 3 cm stretched penile length) or normal( > 3cm stretched penile length)

  • Penile torsion - no torsion, left torsion or right torsion

  • Scrotal transposition- no transposition, incomplete transposition or complete transposition

  • Testes- normal, undescended- unilateral or bilateral

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Dr Shandip Kumar Sinha

Pediatric Surgeon,Paediatric Urologist and Paediatric Laparoscopic Surgeon

Avaialble At:

Medanta,The Medicity Gurugram , Medanta Mediclinic, South Delhi,Medanta Hospital Lucknow and Medanta Hospital, Patna India

For appointment
contact 0124-4141414 or
clickheretobook
Email:
consult@pediatricsurgery.in

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