Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . e older patients post-operative erection must be controlled by full doses of bromide by mouthor rectum, very light diet, and the ice-bags. Allowance for this erectionshould also be made in planning the flaps, and there should be no ten- ^ My special interest in this malformation is due to the fact that a number of them havebeen referred to me through the courtesy of Dr. Hugh H. Young and Dr. J. T. Geraghtyof the Brady Urological Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. 316 HYPOSPADIAS 317 sion on the sutures. The after care is all important. Many


Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . e older patients post-operative erection must be controlled by full doses of bromide by mouthor rectum, very light diet, and the ice-bags. Allowance for this erectionshould also be made in planning the flaps, and there should be no ten- ^ My special interest in this malformation is due to the fact that a number of them havebeen referred to me through the courtesy of Dr. Hugh H. Young and Dr. J. T. Geraghtyof the Brady Urological Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. 316 HYPOSPADIAS 317 sion on the sutures. The after care is all important. Many operationswhich would otherwise be successful are spoiled by inefficient post-opera-tive care. TREATMENT The success of every method for correcting these defects dependson the thorough preliminary straightening of the penis. This should bedone before anything else is attempted. If the skin is tight, a transverseincision is made and the fibrous bands holding down the penis aredivided or excised. These bands are composed of the poorly developed.


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