hypospadius
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hi, i have just read the articles left about hypospadius as my second son has this and has just had his consulttion. We new from birth that the chances of him having to have surgery to correct it was definate and i have been dreading the day ever since. After his consultation i am still petrifide. He is 7 months now and they said surgery will be around 15 months and i am just trying to put it to the back of my mind. I didin't realise that it was going to be such a long op 2 1/2 hours but i know that this is the best thing for him. if anyone has been through this with their child please let me know how it went as i don't really know anyone who's been there. :? :?
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He was initially diagnosed with a peno-scrotal web which was operated on a week before his second birthday.
At the six month check up following this op the paed. realised that he had evidence of a chordee. He was referred to a urologist and this has subsequently resulted in the surgery tomorrow.
Everyone we have spoken to says it is so much better for the 'boys' to have this operation done as young as possible. As for tomorrow - mixed emotions but hopefully this will be our final hospital visit!
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Mandy, my son (now 28 months) underwent a hypospadias repair and chordee correction at just under 6 months and his lasted 2.5hrs too. Our specialist said he was 8 on the scale of 1 to 10 in terms of difficulty and that some kids take only half an hour to an hour and more complex cases even four hours - it all depends how severe it is.
He also had fistulae appear after this op so we had a repeat at around 19 months to close the second hole and tidy up the rest of the site a bit more and has just recently passed his check up with flying colours (next one in year's time).
I won't kid you about it being a simple op - it isn't in my opinion - but it is something that is not life threatening and very fixable, if you know what I mean. To make you laugh (although I time I felt more like crying), my monkey managed to catch the chicken pox during the second op so we that to deal with and to be honest that bothered him more than the actual op.
Your hospital should do a fam trip before the surgery so that both you and your boy can get a bearing of where you are going to be. If you need any help in terms of what to take, what to do, what to expect, shout and I will try and answer your questions.
Great Ormond Street Hospital has a good factsheet on their site that relates to the op, and this may help you a bit.
Best of luck! x
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