Does hypospadias affect male development?

Many people don't know what kind of disease hypospadias is. In fact, hypospadias is a very common male disease, and this disease has a great impact on the human body and has many side effects. When many men suffer from hypospadias, they worry that such a disease will have a great impact on development and will eventually affect men's fertility. This will lead to great risks. So, will men's hypospadias affect development?

Hypospadias is very harmful, affecting urination, poor quality of sex life, psychology, couple relationship, and late-stage male reproductive diseases. Therefore, male friends should pay great attention to it and seek early treatment and recovery to avoid greater harm to themselves and their children.

Treatment of Hypospadias

(I) Surgical goals

1. Complete correction of penile curvature;

2. The urethral opening is located in the correct position of the glans penis;

3. Form a normal forward urine flow during urination;

4. The appearance of the penis is close to normal, and normal sexual life can be carried out in adulthood.

(II) Timing of surgery

From the perspective of psychological development, there are two appropriate times for surgery.

1.6 to 15 months. The advantages include: children at this age do not have gender awareness and cannot realize that surgery is traumatic; treatment can be completed before the child starts school if treatment begins at this age; complications of short penis can be treated with medication; and healing is faster at this age.

2.3 to 4 years old.

At present, the surgical method is mostly selected based on the severity of hypospadias and whether it is combined with penile flexion. There are many methods for repairing hypospadias, which can be divided into one-stage repair method and staged repair method. Cases that can be repaired in one operation are mostly selected for one-stage repair method. When hypospadias is more serious or accompanied by deformity and penile flexion or cannot be repaired in one operation, staged repair method can be selected. One-stage repair method includes: one-stage repair of hypospadias by urethral extension, urethral reconstruction by scrotal longitudinal septum vascular cluster flap, urethral reconstruction by dorsal penis skin tube, and urethral reconstruction by foreskin flap transfer. The first stage of the staged repair method is to correct the penile curvature deformity, and the second stage of the surgery is urethral reconstruction. It is mainly divided into buried leather strip urethral reconstruction method, local flap urethral reconstruction method, skin graft transplantation urethral reconstruction method, bladder mucosa graft transplantation urethral reconstruction method, and oral mucosa graft transplantation urethral reconstruction method according to the source of the material for urethral reconstruction.

There are many surgical methods for hypospadias. So far, there is no ideal surgery that is suitable for all types of hypospadias. The surgical method should be selected based on the patient's age, the type of lesion, and one's understanding and experience of the surgical procedure. Regardless of the method used, complications after surgery may still occur. The most common surgical complications are urethral fistula (5-15%) and urethral scar hyperplasia and stenosis. Other complications include recurrence of penile flexion, urethral stenosis, urethral diverticulum, etc.

In the above content, we introduced the hazards that will occur when a man develops hypospadias. These hazards will cause great harm to the man's body and will also cause fertility problems. Of course, development will definitely be affected. When we face hypospadias, we must also treat ourselves in time and must undergo surgery smoothly when treating the disease.