Professor Yaakov Ben ChaimHead of the Pediatric Urology Department
Qualified and experienced urological surgeons at the leading Israeli clinic Top Ichilov perform hundreds of successful surgeries for the treatment of hypospadias each year. The doctors at Top Ichilov are proficient in all modern surgical techniques and complex medical equipment, and their professionalism is well-known abroad.
One of the best urologists at Top Ichilov is Dr. Yaakov Ben-Chaim – an experienced physician who trained at one of the best urological centers in the world in Baltimore (USA). Many children, whose parents chose hypospadias treatment in Israel, were quickly and without complications returned to a healthy life by him and other specialists at the clinic.
Treatment Methods for Hypospadias in Israel
Hypospadias is a relatively common congenital condition, affecting one in three hundred boys, and in cases of family predisposition, one in seven boys in the family. Hypospadias is an anomaly in the anatomical structure of the penis, characterized by the downward displacement of the urinary opening. It may be located not at the tip but on the shaft of the penis, in the perineum, or even in the scrotum, and the penis itself may also be deformed, being underdeveloped, with partial development of the foreskin, bent, small, thin, or even fused to the scrotum.
In rare cases, the urinary opening is in its usual place, but the penis is curved downward due to a shortened urethra.
Correction of hypospadias is usually performed between the ages of 6 to 12 months, depending on the child's development. The reason for such early surgery is the need to leave the child with no, even subconscious, memories of the problem or the surgery that could cause psychological trauma.
Correction of hypospadias is a complex reconstructive surgery that requires experience and high qualifications from the surgeon. The surgery is performed under general anesthesia and lasts from one and a half to two hours. In the final stage of the operation, a soft silicone tube is inserted into the urethra, stitched to the tip of the penis, allowing urine to drain gradually, and the penis is bandaged with a special transparent plastic bandage. While the tube is in the child's urethra, he is dressed in double diapers to prevent contamination of the penis with feces. A small hole is cut in the first diapers for the tube to exit.
After a day of observation in the pediatric urology department, the child is discharged. For 8-10 days, he receives antibiotics, and then he is invited back to the clinic with his parents, and if the healing process is going well, the tube is removed.