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NCT number NCT03136224
Other study ID # 2011-KAEK-2. 2016/3:35
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received April 23, 2017
Last updated April 26, 2017
Start date May 1, 2014
Est. completion date May 1, 2015

Study information

Verified date April 2017
Source Kocatepe University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Since circumcision is a significant workload for surgeons working at the rural state hospitals in Turkey, the use of circumcision techniques that are easy to implement and have low complications is becoming widespread. In this study, thermocautery, plastic clamping, and conventional (open surgical) circumcision techniques were compared to each other in terms of their short and long term complications.


Description:

The study was carried out in accordance with the Helsinki declaration rules, with the approval of the local ethics committee. Male patients who applied to Hakkari State Hospital and YĆ¼ksekova State Hospital pediatric surgery clinics between May 2014 and May 2015 for the circumcision operation were analyzed retrospectively by using the hospital registry system. Patients were evaluated in terms of age groups, accompanying pathologies, anesthesia techniques, duration of the surgery, complication rates, and circumcision techniques. Data obtained from the study were transferred to a computer environment and assessed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences Version 19.0. Chi-square test was used to evaluate categorical data and Mann-Whitney U test was used to evaluate quantitative variables. The distribution of the data was tested by using one of the normality tests such as Shapiro-Wilk test in case of the comparison of surgical time. Kruskal Wallis test was used for nonparametric tests in group comparisons when data were not normally distributed. The Dunn test was used as a post-hoc test when different groups were determined. P <0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Circumcision was performed by a pediatric surgeon and an assistant health professional under sterile conditions in the operating room or circumcision room.

Penile block and local infiltration anesthesia (penile ring block, penile dorsal nerve block) were performed to all other patients with Bupivacaine, and Prilocaine. Open surgery, thermocautery, and plastic clamp (Alisklamp) methods were used as circumcision techniques.

In classical surgical circumcision, foreskin was hung up with the clamp. The outer skin and secondly the mucosa was cut by using scissors. Following the hemorrhage intervention, the skin-mucosa integrity was ensured by using the 5/0 absorbable suture. Medical dressing was done.

Alisklamp was used in the plastic clamp technique. The clamp size was chosen according to the diameter of the penis of the patient. The clamp was inserted into the glans and then the skin and the mucosa were pulled to the appropriate size and clamped. The skin and mucosa were excised from the distal part of the clamp with the aid of a lancet. After the operation, the clamp was removed on the 4th day.

In the thermocautery method, a digital thermocautery device with 6 different temperature settings was used. Circumcision was performed in the same way as the surgical circumcision. Only cutting and bleeding intervention was done by using a thermocautery device. Cutting was performed by making the appropriate heat adjustment according to the age of the child and the thickness of the glans. Hemorrhage control was performed with a thermocautery device and then the skin-mucosa integrity was ensured by using a 5/0 absorbable suture.

Routine warm sitting pool and daily medical dressing were recommended after circumcision. Furthermore, it was recommended to patients with phimosis to apply epithelium cicatrising cream. On the 10th postoperative day, all patients were recruited for routine control. Patients with complications were followed up for a long term. Complications were treated.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 2062
Est. completion date May 1, 2015
Est. primary completion date May 1, 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Male
Age group N/A to 18 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:Circumcised by Thermocautery, Alisklamp and surgical circumcision techniques

Exclusion Criteria: Other circumcision Techniques (Tara, Mogen clamp...) excluded

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Device:
Thermocautery

Plastic Clamping

Surgical Circumcision


Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Kocatepe University

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Complication rate The diversity in circumcision techniques is because of the search for a more practical, cheaper, safer, and less complicated technique. In this study, complications of circumcisions performed by pediatric surgeon specialists by using three different techniques (thermocautery, alisklamp, and surgical circumcision) in two different hospitals in Turkey were investigated retrospectively. May 2014 and May 2015 (circumcised in 1 year period)
Secondary Surgical processing time Surgical processing time of groups were analyzed retrospectively by using the hospital registry system May 2014 and May 2015 (circumcised in 1 year period)
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