ReviewCanadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada2018
Transitioning patients with hypospadias and other penile abnormalities to adulthood: What to expect?
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Surgical approaches for distal urethral strictures after failed hypospadias repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of impotence research · 2026Pooled it
- A Thorough Analysis of The Effects and Complications of Two Different Suturing Techniques in Hypospadias Repair Using Tubularized-Incised Plate Urethroplasty: a Meta-Analysis.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2023Pooled it
- Management of andrological disorders from childhood and adolescence to transition age: guidelines from the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) in collaboration with the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP) - part-2.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Article
- Call the experts: identifying stakeholders in the long-term care of youth with hypospadias.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Adult non-urethral complications after hypospadias repair in childhood: presentation, treatment and outcomes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Management of the Transitional Urology Patient: the Role of the Adult Reconstructive Urologist.Current urology reports · 2021Review
- Comparison of Penile Appearance and Outcomes Between Prefabricated Urethra and Pre-implanted Urethral Plate for Treatment of Children With Severe Hypospadias: A Retrospective Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Psychosexual Functioning Outcome Testing after Hypospadias Repair.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Genome-wide association study in Chinese cohort identifies one novel hypospadias risk associated locus at 12q13.13.BMC medical genomics · 2019Article
- Characterization and outcomes of urethroplasty for hypospadias-associated urethral strictures in adults.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2019Article
- Needs Assessment in Care of Adults With Anorectal Malformations and Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex in Germany.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2018Article
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Abstract
Hypospadias patients presenting to adult urologists do so with a wide range of symptoms and problems, including urethral stricture (45-72%), lower urinary tract symptoms (with or without stricture) (50-82%), urethrocutaneous fistula (16-30%), persisting hypospadias (14-43%), micturition spraying (24%), ventral curvature (14-24%), urinary tract infection (15-25%), or lichen sclerosus (13%; range 8-43). Many of these men have concurrent complications as the result of multiple operations and a variety of techniques. Patients with childhood repairs performed by a pediatric urologist are often lost to followup during adolescence and will reemerge in adulthood after what appeared to be a successful pediatric single-stage repair, stressing the need for long-term followup and transitional care. One of the major challenges in successful transitional care is that patients can feel traumatized with feelings of hopelessness surrounding their defects, leaving them hesitant to seek care. As well, these patients often have little knowledge regarding the type of repair or original location of the meatus. Urethral stricture is the most common presenting complication and could be related to various factors, with the clear etiology still under debate. These strictures can fall under four categories based on length, location, and previous surgeries. To lessen the difficulties in transitioning hypospadias patients from pediatric to adult practitioners, followup throughout childhood and adolescence for physical examination, as well as uroflowmetry, is mandatory.
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