Hypospadias – the Surgical Treatment Performed in “Grigore Alexandrescu” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children

Hypospadias represents one of the most frequent con-genital anomalies, in 1 out of 300 male newborns, involving significant biological and socioeconomical implications. Furthermore, recent studies show an increase in its incidence, even after ajusting it according to race, geographic region or socioeconomical status[3]. The same pattern was recorded by the EUROCAT study group, which was monitoring the statistical and epidemiological data regarding the congenital anomalies in Europe. One prospective study, which evaluated the incidence of the hypospadias in Holland (0.7%), demonstrated that it is more frequent than congenital heart anomalies (0.5%), which are considered to be the most frequent ones by the EUROCAT study group[5]. […]