Penile Curvature Incidence in Hypospadias: Can It Be Determined?

Penile Curvature Incidence in Hypospadias: Can It Be Determined?

The aim was to retrospectively determine the real incidence of congenital penile curvature in various forms of hypospadias, in order to indicate intraoperative assessment and correction of curvature. We analyzed 842 patients with hypospadias who underwent surgery from 2003 to 2010, classified into two groups. First group was intraoperatively checked for curvature as a routine procedure, while a...

Marine microbial diversity: can it be determined?

Estimates of the order of magnitude for the total number of microbial species on Earth range from 10(3) to 10(9). Despite global dispersal of microorganisms, this number is probably rather large. The total biodiversity of an ecosystem is composed of two elements: first, a set of abundant taxa that carry out most ecosystem functions, grow actively and suffer intense losses through predation and ...

Penile Length in Hypospadias

Objective: We compared the stretched penile length (SPL) in hypospadias with SPL-for-age nomogram and studied the penile growth after chordee correction in proximal hypospadias. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study from April to September 2013. Hundred pre-operative hypospadias patients upto 10 years age underwent SPL measurement for comparison with nomogram. Hypospadias severity was recorde...

Commentary: Management of High-Grade Penile Curvature Associated with Hypospadias in Children

Management of High-Grade Penile Curvature Associated With Hypospadias in Children

Penile curvature is a frequent feature associated with hypospadias with also a great variability of severity among each patient. While the low-grade curvature (<30°) can be relatively easily corrected by simple techniques like penile degloving and dorsal plication, severe cases often demand more complex maneuvers to manage it. A great number of surgical techniques have been developed to adequat...