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TIP Repair of Distal Penile Hypospadias Using Rapidly Absorbable Braided Vs Slowly Absorbable Monofilament Sutures

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hypospadias Repair
Interventions
Procedure: TIP
Registration Number
NCT06413901
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
69
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)
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Exclusion Criteria
  • reccurent cases,
  • circumcised cases
  • other types of hypospadias rather than DPH,
  • presence of chordae,
  • poor urethral plate
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PDS groupTIPTIP hypospadias repair
Vicryl groupTIPTIP hypospadias repair
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
complication rateone year

urethrocutaneous fistula, wound infection, wound dehiscence, overall complications, and reoperation rates

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo University

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Cairo, Egypt

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