Urethrocutaneous fistulae after hypospadias repair: When do they occur?

Aim: The aim is to determine the incidence and timing of urethrocutaneous fistula diagnosis after hypospadias surgery.

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients who had both initial hypospadias surgery and subsequent fistula repair from 1995 to 2012. A comparison was made between patients who had an initial onlay island flap procedure and those who had a tubularised incised plate repair.

The infection risk of plastic wrap as an acute burns dressing.

Background: Domestic plastic wrap has been recommended as an appropriate acute burn wound dressing in the Emergency Management of Severe Burns course. There remain limited studies reporting the risk of infection associated with this dressing.

Aim: To determine the potential infection risk of domestic plastic wrap used to treat acute burns wounds by assessment for the presence of clinically significant micro-organisms.

Oesophageal complication from button battery ingestion in an infant.

The substantial risks of button battery ingestion in children have been known to clinicians for some time. Modern button batteries are twice as large (20 mm rather than 10 mm) and twice as powerful (3 V rather than 1.5 V) as older batteries.