The specialists at the Hypospadias Specialty Center, Dr. Warren Snodgrass and Dr. Nicol Bush, continue their Masterclass Series. In sessions 1-5, they discuss distal hypospadias. Now, starting with Session 6, they discuss fundamental principles for correcting proximal hypospadias. Most importantly, the penis HAS to be straight. They discuss the (inappropriate) use of the term chordee and its history. They review the actual causes of congenital penile curvature, including short ventral penile skin, short urethra/urethral plate, and short ventral corpora (corporal disproportion). The state of the art for correcting penile curvature is also reviewed, as well as historical methods of correction that are still used by many surgeons to date despite high rates of recurrent penile curvature.
Dr. Bush and Dr. Snodgrass discuss the evolution from "chordee resection" to ventral corporotomies, which they have used for the past 20 years.
The video also includes audience questions from the live webinar feed. Surgeons from around the world have joined in for the Hypospadias Masterclass series.
