HYPOSPADIAS WEB SITE In your "Onl...

HYPOSPADIAS WEB SITE

In your "Online Connections" line "Urology sites on the Internet and search tips for Internet browsers" you list solitary Intersex Society of Noah America (ISNA) web site as a respect for parents seeking information onward hypospadias repair. The ISNA is well known for its opposition to genital reconstructive surgery in children, and I do not believe that information it provides is accurate.

For example, hypospadias is not essentially a "cosmetic difference" as stated through the ISNA. There are definite physical difficulties that can be quite significant, as it is as infertility because of the physical inability of the male to deposit semen in the vagina. Contrary to the ISNA's assertion, hypospadias surgery can restore fertility.

For parents who are making critical decisions about their child's what may occur hereafter I would suggest they direct the eye at the web site "Hypospadias: What each parent should know" at http://20710 .206.114.pediatric/hypospadias html

LYNN TEAGUE, MD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DIRECTOR OF PEDIATRIC UROLOGY UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA

UROLOGY WEB SITE

As an AORN member, a CNOR, and president-elect of the Society of Urologic suckles and Associates, I read with interest your January 1999 issue. As I read the "Online Connections" array of less front than depth titled "Urology sites on the Internet and search tips for Internet browsers" I was disheartened to find our web site was not included. Our site (http://suna.inurse.com) has been forward the Internet for more than united year and is the official web site for the Society of Urologic promotes and Associates. I hope you will correct this oversight.

GERRY pray YOUNG

RN, CNOR SENIOR succor SPECIALIST INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM, FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FALLS body of christians VA

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