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Trial reportAsian journal of andrology

Disposable circumcision suture device: clinical effect and patient satisfaction.

Bo-Dong Lv, Shi-Geng Zhang, Xuan-Wen Zhu, Jie Zhang, Gang Chen, Min-Fu Chen, Hong-Liang Shen, Zai-Jun Pei, Zhao-Dian Chen

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Trial report in Asian journal of andrology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Adult male circumcision with a circular stapler versus conventional circumcision: A prospective randomized clinical trial.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2015
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  6. Novel penile circumcision suturing devices versus the shang ring for adult male circumcision: a prospective study.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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  15. [Clinical effectiveness of disposable circumcision suture in children: a prospective randomized controlled trial].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bo-Dong Lv
Shi-Geng Zhang
Xuan-Wen Zhu
Jie ZhangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Gang Chen
Min-Fu Chen
Hong-Liang Shen
Zai-Jun Pei
Zhao-Dian ChenThe First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In our experience patients undergoing circumcision are mostly concerned about pain and penile appearances. We conducted a prospective randomized trial to assess the benefits of a new disposable circumcision suture device (DCSD). A total of 942 patients were equally divided into three groups (conventional circumcision, Shang ring and disposable suture device group). Patients in the DCSD group were anesthetized with compound 5% lidocaine cream, the others with a 2% lidocaine penile block. Operation time, intra-operative blood loss, incision healing time, intra-operative and post-operative pain, the penile appearance and overall satisfaction degree were measured. Operation time and intra-operative blood loss were significantly lower in the Shang ring and suture device groups compared to the conventional group (P < 0.001). Intra-operative pain was less in the suture device group compared with the other two groups (P < 0.001); whereas post-operative pain was higher in the conventional group compared to the other two groups (P < 0.001). Patients in the suture device (80.57%) and Shang ring (73.57%) groups were more satisfied with penile appearances compared with the conventional circumcision group (20.06%, P < 0.05). Patients in suture device group also healed markedly faster than the conventional group (P < 0.01). The overall satisfaction rate was better in the suture device group (78.66%) compared with the conventional (47.13%) and Shang ring (50.00%) groups (P < 0.05). The combination of DCSD and lidocaine cream resulted in shorter operation and incision healing times, reduced intra-operative and post-operative pain and improved patient satisfaction with the cosmetic appearances.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultCircumcision, MaleEquipment DesignHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient SatisfactionPhimosisPostoperative PainProspective StudiesSuture TechniquesYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID24759586
PMCPMC4023377
OpenAlexW1981747504

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