Hadidi A.T., Azmy A.F. Hypospadias Surgery

Springer, 2004. — 372 p. — ISBN: 978-3-662-07843; ISBN: 978-3-662-07841-9.The challenge of hypospadias correction has always tested the ingenuity of surgeons and, although many of the older methods have been discredited and discarded, the diversity of procedures in current practice suggests that the perfect operation has yet to be devised. Evidently there have been important advances during the past 30 years, and the results now obtained would be the envy of older surgeons. It is instructive to note that particular attention is now given to securing a meatus at the tip of the glans (even in those minor degrees of hypospadias which would formerly have been left untreated), reflecting the pursuit of physical perfection which now fuels the popularity of cosmetic surgery.There was undoubtedly a need for a cornprehensive text dealing with all aspects of the abnormal development and its consequences as well as giving guidance on methods of surgical correction. The editorial duo of Hadidi and Azmy are to be congratulated on assembling a distinguished and expert team to fulfil this requirement. This volume will be indispensable reading for all those called upon to treat hypospadias, but it is gratifying to see that although the techniques of plastic surgery have contributed to the newer methods, it is the paediatric urologists who are now principally concerned. Hopefully they will ensure that hypospadias is fully corrected early in life and that adult urologists will no longer be asked to rescue sadly mismanaged young men with serious sexual and psychological handicaps.