Summary
Introduction
Patient/parent education and participation helps improve post-operative care. Dressing
and catheter care after hypospadias surgery varies widely and young parents are keen
to use available media when seeking for help, especially if surgery is done in an
outpatient setting. An information video about post-operative care after hypospadias
is made available through a tertiary referral hospital's website.
Materials and methods
Hypospadias surgery is an outpatient surgery in our setting. A double diaper system
is used to prevent contamination of the urinary catheter and penile bandage with stools.
A video explaining how the dressing works was made, helping parents maintaining the
dressing and thereby solving possible questions/problems about dressing or medications
while at home. Warning signs and symptoms are mentioned in which case parents should
contact the urologist: fever, continuous blood loss and lack of urinary output.
Results
An information folder summarizing the latter, including a link to the video is given
to all parents pre-operatively, providing reassurance according to parents’ feedback.
Conclusion
Parent participation can help improve post-operative care, especially in outpatient
clinic setting. This video helps parents through post-operative care after hypospadias
surgery. Its availability through informative folders and hospital's website is destined
to educate and reassure parents.
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References
Steven L, Cherian A, Yankovic F, Mathur A, Kulkarni M, Cuckow P. Current practice in paediatric hypospadias surgery; A specialist survey. J Pediatr Urol [Internet]. (0). Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477513113001010.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 30, 2022
Accepted:
September 26,
2022
Received in revised form:
September 5,
2022
Received:
April 19,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofIdentification
Copyright
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