What is epispadias?

What is epispadias?

Epispadias is a rare birth defect, a condition a baby is born with. It affects the urethra, the tube that carries urine outside of the body from the bladder. In a baby with epispadias, the urethra doesn’t fully develop.

Epispadias usually happens in males, though epispadias in females is rarer. Pediatric urologists, doctors who specialize in problems of the urinary system of babies and children, can fix the problem with surgery.