The nurse is caring for a newborn with hypospadias. To correct this disorder, the nurse will anticipate preoperative care measures for which surgical repair?

Explanation

•Tuburlarized urethroplasty is a common surgical technique used to repair hypospadias by using penile skin as a graft for the urethra.

•Hypospadias is a urethral defect in which the urethral opening is not the at the end of the penis but on the ventral aspect of the penis.

•Orchiopexy is a surgical procedure for undescended testes.

•Orchiectomy is removal of the testis due to a malignancy.

•Sclerotherapy is an injection of a drug to decrease the size of blood vessels.

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