Hydronephrosis and Hydroureter Improvement Rates in Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Uretero-Ureterostomies: Does Anastomotic Site Matter?

Objective: To compare improvement/change of hydronephrosis and hydroureter in patients with complete ureteral duplications that underwent upper and lower robotic-assisted laparoscopic uretero-ureterostomies. The hypothesis being that improvement of hydronephrosis and hydroureter between the two groups was similar.

Methods: 35 subjects met inclusion criteria and were reviewed retrospectively.

2-octyl cyanoacrylate hypospadias repair dressing: a retrospective, controlled comparison.

Introduction: 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (OC) has been shown to be a viable option for usage following standard circumcision but data on its utilization following hypospadias repair is limited. Both OC and a standard waterproof transparent dressing (WD) are used following hypospadias repair at our children's hospital. Our hypothesis is that patients with distal hypospadias repair using OC for surgical dressing have similar outcomes as compared to patients with WD.

Association of O-Antigen Serotype with the Magnitude of Initial Systemic Cytokine Responses and Persistence in the Urinary Tract.

Unlabelled: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common ailments requiring both short-term and prophylactic antibiotic therapies. Progression of infection from the bladder to the kidney is associated with more severe clinical symptoms (e.g.

Relationship among bacterial virulence, bladder dysfunction, vesicoureteral reflux and patterns of urinary tract infection in children.

Purpose: We hypothesized that virulence levels of Escherichia coli isolates causing pediatric urinary tract infections differ according to severity of infection and also among various uropathies known to contribute to pediatric urinary tract infections. We evaluated these relationships using in vitro cytokine interleukin-6 elicitation.

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Novel management of urinary tract infections.

Purpose Of Review: To highlight observations that have suggested the need for changing the conventional approach to the evaluation and management of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and vesicoureteral reflux in children and examine new alternative approaches to prevention of UTI and renal scarring based on research into host-pathogen interaction.

Recent Findings: Recent studies have questioned the traditional approach of using prophylactic antibiotics to prevent recurrence of UTI and development of renal scarring in children with vesicoureteral reflux. Ongoing research on host-pathogen interactions reveals a promising capability to analyze virulence factors in bacteria causing UTIs in children, identify highly virulent bacteria capable of causing pyelonephritis and renal injury, and to selectively target the gastrointestinal reservoirs of these bacteria for elimination using probiotics.

Ultrasonography underestimates the volume of normal parenchyma in benign testicular masses.

Purpose: In children with testicular masses characteristic ultrasonographic features may occasionally allow the preoperative determination of a benign process and permit a testis sparing procedure to be performed. Often the amount of normal parenchyma surrounding the mass may be seemingly negligible, which may prompt some investigators to wonder what a testis sparing procedure might realistically spare.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 7 consecutive patients with intratesticular lesions who underwent surgical exploration.

Vesicoscopic cross-trigonal ureteral reimplantation: a minimally invasive option for repair of vesicoureteral reflux.

Purpose: Cross-trigonal ureteral reimplantation is a commonly performed procedure for the correction of vesicoureteral reflux. Most previously described laparoscopic techniques have used an extravesical approach. A "vesicoscopic" technique is analogous to standard open cross-trigonal repair in principle, except that 3 ports with insufflation of the bladder are used to perform the ureteral reimplantation.