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Hypospadias is the commonest congenital urological anomaly, occurring in 1–3 per 1,000 live births. The spectrum of hypospadias anomalies include an abnormal urethral orifice on the ventral aspect of the penis, chordee (ventral curvature of the penis), an incomplete prepuce, an abnormal looking globular glans, rotation of the penis, abnormal raphe, and a disorganised corpus spongiosum and penile fascia.
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Hadidi, A.T. (2013). F13 Principles of Hypospadias Surgery. In: Carachi, R., Agarwala, S., Bradnock, T.J., Lim Tan, H., Cascio, S. (eds) Basic Techniques in Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20641-2_126
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