Usually, hypospadias is noticed at birth. Along with the misplaced opening, the foreskin is often incomplete and forms a hood. This is called a dorsal hood. However, some newborn boys have uncommon foreskin with a normal positioned urethral opening.

During the ninth to 12th week of fetal (unborn child) development, the urethral opening does not completely form at the tip of the penis. Hypospadias occurs in one out of every 150 to 300 boys. There is a family tendency that if one boy has hypospadias, another son has a 15 percent chance of having the condition. Eight percent of fathers who have a son with hypospadias also had the condition.

Some boys with mild forms of hypospadias can have no symptoms from their hypospadias.

If the hypospadias and/or chordee is not repaired, your child may have these issues as he grows:

His urine stream may be hard  to direct and control

The penis may curve as he grows causing sexual dysfunction later in life

If the urethral opening is near or behind the scrotum, he may have fertility problems later in life