Patient's question:
A two-month-old child suffers from unilateral cryptorchidism and hypospadias, having been afflicted with the condition at birth.Doctor's answer:
Currently, clinical treatment in our country primarily adopts a staged surgical approach, involving one corrective surgery followed by urethral reconstruction six months later. This technique is prone to complications such as urethral fistula and stricture, with a success rate of only around 50%. Since 1987, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital has been performing urethral reconstruction. To alleviate the suffering of children earlier, experts such as Chief Physicians Huang Min and Chen Guoying have repeatedly innovated and improved the procedure, advancing the age of surgery to two years. For children over two years old, they employ the "internal preputial skin, scrotal septal skin loop, and bladder mucosa substitution for urethral reconstruction in one stage" technique, which involves a single surgery to create a urethra in its normal position. The success rate of this procedure is approximately 90%, far exceeding the national average.