title: Effect of thioglycolic acid instillation to stop hair growth on the urethral mucosa after urethroplasty with hairy skin in a rat model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of thioglycolic acid on normal urethral mucosa.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four rats were used. Three control and three study groups were formed each consisting of 4 rats. Controls groups were given 0.9% NaCl and study groups received thioglycolic acid instillation. The groups were allocated according to the time of urethral resection and the number of thioglycolic acid instillations (2, 4 or 8 instillations). The urethras of the rats were resected and examined under a light microscope in control and study groups 1, 2 and 3 on days 15, 30 and 60.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no difference in the urethral mucosa of rats in the study or control groups, and no differences were found when the study groups were compared to each of the other groups at the microscopic level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The application of thioglycolic acid is an easy and inexpensive way of clearing urethral hair and does not cause pathological changes in the normal urethral mucosa.
authors.affiliation: 1st Clinic of Urology, Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. dr.m.sunay@gmail.com
authors.forename: Melih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunay
authors.forename: Mümtaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dadali
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Emir
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karabulut
authors.forename: Demokan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erol
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006197:Hair / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development*; D007322:Instillation, Drug; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013864:Thioglycolates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D013864:Thioglycolates; C017487:2-mercaptoacetate