TIP Repair of Distal Penile Hypospadias Using Rapidly Absorbable Braided Vs Slowly Absorbable Mon… (NCT06413901) | Clinical Trial Compass
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TIP Repair of Distal Penile Hypospadias Using Rapidly Absorbable Braided Vs Slowly Absorbable Monofilament Sutures
Egypt69 participantsStarted 2021-09-01
Plain-language summary
Objective:
To study the effect of tubularizing the urethral plate in DPH in children using 2 different absorbable suture materials, rapidly absorbable, braided 6/0 Vicryl and slowly absorbable monofilament 6/0 Polydioxanone, on complication rates.
Patients and methods:
A prospective, randomized controlled study conducted at the Urology Department, Cairo University Specialized Pediatric Hospital, Abou El Reesh, between September 2021 and September 2022. A total of 69 boys aged between 8 and 120 months with DPH were randomly divided into 2 groups: group(A) Vicryl included 39 boys and group(B) PDS included 30 boys. All boys were uncircumcised with no chordee and were primary repairs. TIP was the surgical technique used by a single pediatric urologist. Follow up was performed in outpatient clinic at 7 days, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months postoperatively. The complications and reoperation rates for both groups were compared.
Who can participate
Age range
6 Months – 12 Years
Sex
MALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Any child(aged from 6m to 12 years old) with distal penile hypospadias (DPH) ( uncircumcised, without chordae, with good penile size and urethral plate(candidates for T.I.P repair)
Exclusion Criteria:
* reccurent cases,
* circumcised cases
* other types of hypospadias rather than DPH,
* presence of chordae,
* poor urethral plate
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