Long-time urethral catheterization may be responsible for various complications such as urethral stricture, urethral fracture, urinary tract infections, and hypospadias. Hypospadias is the most common congenital anomaly of male external genitalia. However, urethral catheter-induced iatrogenic hypospadias is a rare entity. In this article, we describe a case of an elderly male who was found to have iatrogenic hypospadias 2 months after urinary catheterization.
Journal of family medicine and primary care. 0000 Jan [Epub]
Gunjan Garg, Vishal Baghele, Naveen Chawla, Atul Gogia, Atul Kakar
Department of Internal Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India., Department of Family Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.