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Recent advances, opinions and management of hypospadias

Guest Editor:
Sachit Anand: Pediatric Surgeon-Urologist, Assistant Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India


BMC Urology welcomed submissions to our Collection on Recent advances, opinions and management of hypospadias.

Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies in boys. The surgical repair of hypospadias remains a challenge for hypospadiologists. There are more than 400 different types of surgical procedures described for hypospadias, and the choice of the procedure varies among surgeons across the globe. Several debatable topics, such as staged or single-stage repair, method of correction of chordee, the preservation or division of urethral plate and so on, exist in the field of hypospadiology.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Sachit Anand: Pediatric Surgeon-Urologist, Assistant Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India

Dr. Anand works  as a Pediatric Surgeon-Urologist and an Assistant Professor at AIIMS New Delhi, India. He is a Researcher Clinician and has more than 100 research papers to his name. His clinical interests include bladder exstrophy, hypospadias, ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO), vesicoureteric reflux (VUR), obstructive megaureter, and neurogenic bladder. 


About the collection

BMC Urology welcomed submissions to our Collection on Recent advances, opinions and management of hypospadias.

Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies in boys. The surgical repair of hypospadias remains a challenge for hypospadiologists. There are more than 400 different types of surgical procedures described for hypospadias, and the choice of the procedure varies among surgeons across the globe. Several debatable topics, such as staged or single-stage repair, method of correction of chordee, the preservation or division of urethral plate and so on, exist in the field of hypospadiology.

Therefore, this comprehensive article collection sought to include a diversity of research and opinion papers from around the globe on topics including, but not limited to:

  • different surgical techniques for the management of hypospadias
  • short-term postoperative outcomes
  • long-term outcomes in terms of quality of life & sexuality
  • molecular & genetic research
  • vascular dysfunction in hypospadias.


Submissions from hypospadiologists were invited on topics related to their research and clinical expertise. We welcomed original research papers (both basic and clinical research), technical descriptions, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, case reports, narrative reviews, debates and study protocols.

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  1. The application of a second layer between the neourethra and skin was a major contribution, which has improved the outcome of hypospadias repair. Here, we report our experience of revisiting the original Smith...

    Authors: Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid, Reda Abualyazeed Habak, Mostafa Mahmoud Hamad and Alaa-Eldin Medhat Shahin
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:143
    Content type: Research Published on:

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Recent advances, opinions and management of hypospadias" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.