epispadias
Sign in to savethumb Epispadias is a birth defect in which the urethra fails to fully develop, resulting in urine leaving the body from an abnormal site. In males, this may be an opening on the upper aspect of the penis, and in females when the urethra develops too far anteriorly. It occurs in around one in 117,000 newborn boys and one in 484,000 newborn girls.
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Research
1,387 papers- Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex.The Urologic clinics of North America · 2023
- Ensuring our exstrophy-epispadias complex patients and families thrive.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2024
- The exstrophy-epispadias complex.Current urology reports · 2008
- Genetic Counseling for Bladder Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex.European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie · 2021
- Management of epispadias.The Urologic clinics of North America · 2002
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Relationship to other conditions
- Causes
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- References
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thumb Epispadias is a birth defect in which the urethra fails to fully develop, resulting in urine leaving the body from an abnormal site. In males, this may be an opening on the upper aspect of the penis, and in females when the urethra develops too far anteriorly. It occurs in around one in 117,000 newborn boys and one in 484,000 newborn girls.
==Signs and symptoms== Most cases involve a small and bifid penis, which requires surgical closure soon after birth, often including a reconstruction of the urethra. Where it is part of a larger exstrophy, not only the urethra but also the bladder (bladder exstrophy) or the entire perineum (cloacal exstrophy) are open and exposed on birth, requiring closure.