A team of surgeons from the Canadian Specialist Hospital , Dubai successfully performed a three-hour corrective surgery on a 5-year-old child with a rare congenital defect, known as hypospadias . In the condition, the opening of the urethra is located on the underside of the penis, instead of being positioned at the tip. According to the operating surgeon, Dr. Muthanna Alrawi , execution of this corrective procedure was challenging as the surgery should have been performed earlier when the patient was one and a half-year-old. Nonetheless, in this corrective plastic surgery procedure, a new channel was created to allow the child to pass urine with ease and comfort.
Dr. Alrawi further added that the boy was recovering gradually and it might take up to 6 months for complete recovery. Only one in 250 males are affected by hypospadias. Moreover, not many such cases have been encountered in…
