Second-Time fix for a birth defect shows promise in small study
NCT ID NCT07424768
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at a single surgery to correct hypospadias in children who had already had one repair. Hypospadias is a birth defect where the opening of the urethra is not at the tip of the penis. The surgery used a technique called tubularized incised plate urethroplasty. The study included 15 children and measured how often the repair was successful and what complications occurred, such as fistulas or narrowing. The goal was to see if this single-stage approach is a good option for repeat repairs.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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Who is studied
We will conduct a retrospective review of 15 pediatric cases who presented or referred with complications requiring reoperation after primary hypospadias repair, including urethrocutaneous fistula, meatal stenosis, or poor urinary stream. This study will be conducted at Tanta university hospitals from January 2021 to december 2025. The data will be collected from 1st January 2026 to 1st February 2026.
- Ages
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1 year to 16 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Both sexes. * Children with recurrent or residual hypospadias in whom the urethral plate is deemed suitable for reuse, defined as a plate width of at least 8-9 mm with acceptable vascularity and without severe fibrosis. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with severely scared or fibrotic urethral plates are not suitable for tubularization. * Absent or destroyed urethral plates following previous failed hypospadias repairs. * Patients require staged urethral reconstruction rather than a single-stage procedure. * Presence of poor urethral plate vascularity or ischemic tissue. * Extensive penile scarring or fibrosis resulting from multiple previous surgical attempts. * Severe penile curvature requiring excision of the urethral plate. * Inability to achieve adequate, well-vascularized tissue coverage over the neourethra.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tanta University
Tanta, El-Gharbia, 31527, Egypt
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