URETHEROPLASTY

Objectives: The objective of this study is to compare urethroplasty with vicryl andPDS. Study Design: Comparative prospective study. Setting: Department of Pediatric Surgery,The Children’s Hospital and The Institute of Child health, Lahore. Period: 6 months. Methods:The sample size was twenty patients that were divided into two groups of equal strength. In firstgroup Vicryl was used an in the second group PDS was used. A perfoma was formed whichwas filled by observing the patient’s condition until they discharges after that patients werecalled in OPD and wound nature was observed. Results: There was a significant differencebetween both groups. Results showed that PDS was better than vicryl. Because vicryl is braidedwhile pds is monofilament. So bacteria can easily entrap in vicryl .Tensile strength of PDS isalso better than vicryl. Conclusion: In the current study the most common reason of infectionbecause of vicryl is that it is braided and bacteria can easily entrap and can cause infection.While pds is monofilament. Monofilament suture goes through tissues with less resistance thenmultifilament. Monofilament resists infection. Multifilament suture allow wicking (a method bywhich bacteria can enter the tissue). So pds is better than vicryl.