Parents ask the nurse, "When should our child's hypospadias be corrected?" The nurse responds based upon the knowledge that correction of hypospadias should be accomplished by the time the child is:
a. 1 month of age.
b. 6 to 8 months of age.
c. school age.
d. sexually mature.
B
The correction of hypospadias should ideally be accomplished by the time the child is 6 to 8 months of age and before toilet training. Surgery to correct hypospadias is not performed when the infant is less than 6 months of age. It is preferable for hypospadias to be surgically corrected before the child enters school so that the child has normal toileting behaviors in the presence of his peers. Corrective surgery for hypospadias is done long before sexual maturity.
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