The study aims to compare wound healing, wound healing complications, cosmetic outcome, and level of parental satisfaction amongst four techniques of neonatal circumcision.
Circumcision of a male child is the most common surgery performed globally. The prevalence of circumcision in this part of the world is over 80%, with the majority conducted in the neonatal period. The techniques of circumcision are diverse, and the method of circumcision may account for the differences in the outcome of the procedure. Circumcision has complications like all surgical procedures. These typically include early complications such as leakage, hemorrhage, wound infection, pain, and swelling. However, more serious problems such as prolonged bleeding and amputation of the glans penis may also be encountered.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Patients will undergo circumcision by Plastibell (PB).
Patients will undergo circumcision by the Gomco (GM).
Tanta University
Tanta, El-Gharbia, Egypt
RECRUITINGPost circumcision bleeding
All infants will be followed up for 2 hours for early detection and management of post circumcision bleeding.
Time frame: 2 hours postoperatively
Wound healing
Superficial wound healing will be assessed on the 7th post-operative day.
Time frame: 7 days postoperatively
Parental satisfaction
Degree of parental satisfaction will be assessed on a 5-point Likert scale patient satisfaction (1, extremely dissatisfied; 2, unsatisfied; 3, neutral; 4, satisfied; 5, extremely satisfied)
Time frame: 4 weeks postoperatively
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