The subjects were divided into two groups. Each group comprised 30 children. Children were randomly allocated in two groups via computer generated tables. Children in group-A underwent single dartos tubularized incised plate urethroplasty while those in group-B underwent double dartos tubularized incised plate urethroplasty.
In group A dartos flap is raised from foreskin of the patient and applied as a single layer after tubularization in between neourethra and skin . In group B dartos flap is raised from the foreskin of patient and divided in two equal halves.Both flaps are placed as two layers in between skin and neourethra.After surgery patient is kept in ward for 10 days with stent.Patient is followed up in OPD on after 7th day after discharge for outcome.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
KEMU
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Recurrence of urethro-cutaneous fistula
Abnormal communication between urethra and penile skin after urethroplasty, presenting with complaints of two streams of micturition and noted on examination at 17th postoperative day.
Time frame: 17 days
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