Hypospadias is a condition affecting the penis.

Sometimes when boys are born, the opening of the

penis (meatus) is not at the tip. Instead, it is lower on the head of the penis or along the shaft of
the penis. It occurs in about one in every three hundred children.*

Most hypospadias repairs are day surgery. You will bring your child to the hospital for the day and
then go home with them after the surgery is complete. Your child will spend their time healing at
home.

This handout shows the normal stages of healing that occur after hypospadias repair. It shows how
healing can look different in different patients. Your child's healing after hypospadias repair should
look like the images shown. If it does then there is no reason for you to bring your child to the
emergency department. However, if you are concerned about your child's healing process, please
do not hesitate to contact the urology team.

* Snodgrass, W.T. (2012) Hypospadias. In L. Kavoussi, A. Novick, A. Partin, and C. Peters (Eds.),
Campbell-Walsh Urology (10 ed.) (pp. 3505). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders
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17 month old
– distal
hypospadias
repair

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4

DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 11

DAY 14 DAY 24 DAY 29

11 month old
– Subcoronal
hypospadias
repair

DAY 0 DAY 1 DAY 2

DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7

DAY 10 DAY 14 DAY 28

11 month old
– distal
hypospadias
repair

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4

DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 10 DAY 14

DAY 21 DAY 28 DAY 35 DAY 42

PRE-OP DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4

DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 10 DAY 14

7 month old –
distal
hypospadias
repair

DAY 21 DAY 28 DAY 35 DAY 42

10 month old
– coronal
hypospadias
repair

PRE-OP DAY 1 DAY 2

DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6

DAY 7 DAY 10 DAY 14 DAY 21

9 month old
– distal
hypospadias
repair

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DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9

DAY 14 DAY 21 DAY 28 DAY 35 DAY 42

4.5 year old –
distal
hypospadias
repair

DAY 1 DAY 3 DAY 4

DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7

DAY 10 DAY 14 DAY 21