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What is the genetic risk of hypospadias?
Hypospadias is known to run in families; a boy with hypospadias has a 28% chance of having a male relative with the condition.
What is the cause of hypospadias and epispadias?
Hypospadias and epispadias are congenital defects of the urinary tract. This means they occur during intrauterine development. There is no genetic basis for the defects. Specific causes for hypospadias are not known.
What defines the severity of hypospadias?
The severity of hypospadias is defined according to the distance of the urethral opening from its normal location at the tip of the penis.
Can people with hypospadias join the military?
if it is Education Core then there are chances to accept you otherwise there are a lot of chances that you will be rejected, however, the condition of Hypospadias will be observed,
Is it possible for hypospadias to occur in a female patient?
Hypospadias and epispadias are both congenital conditions of the urethra. Both conditions are more common in males, but can occur in females.
What congenital abnormalities of the urinary system is only found in male infants?
Hypospadias Found only in male infants; urethral orifice is located on ventral surface of penis.
Can you get a girl pregnant you have hypospadias?
yes..it depends on your sex position!
What is the purpose of hypospadias?
To permit emptying of the bladder standing up.
How are hypospadias and epispadias treated?
Surgery is the treatment of choice for both hypospadias and epispadias. All surgical repairs should be undertaken early and completed without delay. This minimizes psychological trauma.
What is hypospadias repair?
Hypospadias repair refers to a group of surgical approaches used to correct or reconstruct parts of the external genitalia and urinary tract related to a displaced meatus, or opening of the urethra.
What is the ICD-9-CM code for meatal advancement?
Use ICD-9 code 752.61 for the diagnosis of Hypospadias. And CPT code 54324 for 1-stage distal hypospadias repair for which meatal advancement is performed.
What does hypospadias in girls involve?
The most common surgical technique for correcting hypospadias in girls is construction of a new urethra that opens to the outside of the body rather than emptying into the vagina. Tissue is taken from the front wall of the vagina for this purpose.
