Fun Facts

-up to 10% of boys with Hypospadias have at least 1 undescended testicle & a similar number have an inguinal hernia

-It is estimated that each year about 5 boys out of every 1,000 born in the United States have hypospadias

-1/300 surgeries fail

-occurs in girls but it's extremely rare estimating 1/500,000

-female hypospadias a developmental anomaly in the female in which the urethra opens into vagina.

-Boston Children's Hospital sees about 250-300 children a year