Hypospadias

Definition
- A developmental anomaly
- characterized by a defect on the ventral surface of the penis
- so that the urethral meatus (opening) is proximal to its normal glanular (pertaining to the glans penis) location


Third degree hypospadias
- associated birth defects
- such as chordee (a condition in which the head of the penis curves downward (that is, in a ventral direction) or upward, at the junction of the head and shaft of the penis) or cryptorchidism (failure of one or both of the testes to descend)

Treatment
- surgery