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Warren Snodgrass, MD. Warren Snodgrass is a pediatric urologist specializing in the repair of hypospadias, the second most common birth defect.In 1994 he described the tubularized incised plate (TIP) repair of hypospadias, which has become known as the Snodgrass repair and has become the most common approach to repairing most forms of hypospadias.
Hypospadias is a common malformation in fetal development of the penis in which the urethra does not open from its usual location on the head of the penis. It is the second-most common birth defect of the male reproductive system, affecting about one of every 250 males at birth, [3] although when including milder cases, is found in up to 4% of newborn males. [4]
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Djordjevic works in the field of genital reconstructive surgery.Djordjevic has published many papers on the surgical treatment of hypospadias, epispadias, Peyronie's disease, adult hypospadias, buried penis, urethral reconstruction, pediatric reconstructive urology, and penile enhancement surgery, as well as transgender surgery.
Glanuloplasty is plastic surgery carried out on a glans. Typical examples include correcting a hypospadias on the penis , [ 1 ] or attempting to restore a clitoris mutilated by female genital cutting .
A meatotomy (/ m iː ə ˈ t ɒ t əm ɪ / [1] [2]) is a form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split, extending the urinary meatus.The procedure may be performed by a doctor to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture.
The principal treatment of chordee is surgery in infancy, [6] usually by a pediatric urologist. With chordees caused by circumcision, the preferred method of surgical treatment is a z-plasty. [7] The preferred time for surgery is between the ages of 6 and 18 months and correction is usually successful. [citation needed]
As one article states: “The view of the surgeon about the success of an operation may be totally different from that of the boy or man with hypospadias or his parents. Many urologists and plastic surgeons who perform a large number of these operations appear to take the view that hypospadias surgery should be performed because: