The ‘learning curve’ in hypospadias surgery

For urologists who do not perform hypospadias surgery, the number of techniques which has been described may seem astonishing, but each one seems to have added something new to the art of penile and urethral reconstruction in these children. The authors from the USA describe the learning curve in this complicated technique.

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