NCT06413901

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

TIP Repair of Distal Penile Hypospadias Using Rapidly Absorbable Braided Vs Slowly Absorbable Monofilament Sutures: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 6 Months – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Hypospadias Repair

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	TIP	TIP hypospadias repair

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2022-09-30
• Completion: 2022-09-30
• First posted: 2024-05-14
• Last updated: 2024-05-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt