Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Descriptive Epidemiology of Hypospadias (pp. 1-36)
A. J. Agopian, PhD, S. Shahrukh Hashmi, MD PhD and Anushuya Ramakrishnan (Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA, and others)

Chapter 2 – New Insights into Hypospadias, with Emphasis on Etiology and Epidemiology (pp. 37-60)
Ali Tourchi,, Maryam Ebadi,, Anne-Françoise Spinoit, and Piet Hoebeke (Robert D Jeffs Division of Pediatric Urology, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, and others)

Chapter 3 – Current State of Tissue Engineering for Repair of Congenital Hypospadias (pp. 61-78)
Jessica H. Hannick, and Arun K. Sharma (Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA, and others)

Chapter 4 – Urethrocutaneous Fistula After Hypospadias Surgery: To Prevent and to Repair (pp. 79-104)
Mirko Bertozzi, Niccolò Nardi, Marco Prestipino and Antonino Appignani (S. C. di Clinica Chirurgica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Italy)

Chapter 5 – Elastosonography of the Corpus Spongiosum: Comparison between Normal and Hypospadic Anatomy(pp. 105-118)
Nicola Zampieri, Costanza Bruno, Silvia Zambaldo and Francesco Saverio Camoglio (Department of Surgical Sciences, Paediatric Surgery Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B.Rossi, Verona, Italy, and others)

Index