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The Role of Local Long Acting Corticosteroid Injection in Hypospadias Surgery.

Early Phase 1
Conditions
Hypospadias
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04196400
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief Summary

Post-operative tissue oedema is one of the main causes of failure of hypospadias repair. Severe oedema may disrupt the suture line, invite infection and result in repair failure. Thus, we suggested that local injection of corticosteroids in just below coronal sulcus into dartos and buck's fascia may limit this oedema thus improving the outcome of hypospadias repair.

Detailed Description

This is a prospective comparative trial : comparing the use of local steroids injection to reduce tissue edema after hypospadias and to preserve the final cosmesis after tissue repair.

The patients will be divided into 2 groups(each group 20 patients): one group will be injected steroids just after hypospadias surgery while the other will not.

The short and long term outcomes between both groups will be compared.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • Hypospadias Patient
  • Recurrent Cases
  • 6 months or more
  • Distal, and mid penile hypospadias
Exclusion Criteria
  • None

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Steroid injectionsteroid betamethasoneSteroid (betamethasone) 2 ml is injected subcutaneously after finishing the operation at the repair site.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Failure rate2 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
incidence of Tissue edema3 days, 5 days, 10 days, 2 weeks
Fistula rate2 weeks
Final cosmesis3 days, 5 days, 10 days, 2 weeks

The shape of the glans penis and surrounding tissue

Infection Rate3 days, 5 days, 10 days, 2 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo Univeristy Hospital

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Cairo, Egypt

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