The role of corrugate drain in decreasing postoperative complication of penile fracture surgery

Abstract EN

Objective: to study the role of corrugate drain (which is used by some urosurgeons) followed surgical correction of fractured penis in decreasing post operative complications such as penile swelling, pain and curvature.

Patient and method: comparative cross sectional study was carried out at the urological department of Al-Hilla teaching hospital from March 2008 to April 2011.

Twenty male patients (age between 21-40 years) admitted to the urological department in Al-Hila teaching hospital suffering from penile fracture from March 2008 to April 2011 were included in this study.

Immediate surgical repair done to all those patients ,corrugate drain put post operatively for 10 patients while the remaining 10 patients without drains.

All patients are fallowed for at least 3 months regarding postoperative penile swelling, deformity, pain and sexual function.

Result: regarding age distribution of patients suffering from fracture penis, from twenty patients included in this study 11 patients their age range from (20-30)years, 7 patients their age group range from (31-45)years and only 2 patients their age range from (46-60)years.

Fifteen patients are married and only 5 patients are unmarried.

No one develop postoperative penile swelling in patients with corrugate drain and only one patient develops swelling in patients without corrugate drain.

Regarding postoperative pain, in patients surgically corrected with drain, 6 patients develop pain and only 2 patients surgically corrected without drain develops pain.

Conclusion: No beneficial effect of corrugate drain in decreasing postoperative penile swelling or curvature and on the other hand it increase post operative penile pain.