Hemostasis During Hypospadias Surgery

A Comparison Between Tourniquet Application and Epinephrine Injection for Hemostasis During Hypospadias Surgery: the Effect on Bleeding and Post-operative Outcome

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02268019

Enrollment

Registered

2014-10-20

Start date

2013-01-31

Completion date

2015-03-31

Last updated

2014-10-20

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Conditions

Hypospadias Repair

Keywords

hypospadias, dehiscence, urethral stricture, side effects

Brief summary

A comparison between the two hemostatic methods of hypospadias repairing operation, in terms of early and mid-term (up to 6 months) failure rate (wound dehiscence and urethral stricture needing reoperation) between the two groups: Group A) diluted Epinephrine injection, Group B) tourniquet application in children

Interventions

PROCEDUREtourniquet application

DRUGepinephrine injection

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

No minimum to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

\- age under 15 Hypospadiasis ( Distal, Midshaft, Proximal)

Exclusion criteria

\- Bleeding tendency Penoscrotal Hypospadiasis Other method

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Bleeding	During surgery

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
fistula	after surgery for 6 months

Other

Measure	Time frame
meatal and neourethral stricture	after surgery for 6 months
wound dehiscence	after surgery for 6 months

Countries

Iran

Contacts

Primary ContactFarshid Alizadeh

f_alizadeh@med.mui.ac.ir+983136685555

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026