Can Ischemia-Modified Albumin Be a Helpful Marker in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Childhood Intussusception?

Objectives: Intussusception is the invagination of a proximal segment of the intestine into a more distal segment. The present study aimed to determine the sensitivity of the ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) and the correlation between IMA and the severity of intestinal ischemia in intussusception cases.

Methods: Thirty-six consecutive children aged between 0 and 16 years presenting with the clinical and radiological features of intestinal obstruction caused by intussusception were enrolled in the study.

Testicular volume loss in the long-term follow-up after surgical detorsion of the testis.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate sonographic testicular volume of patients who underwent surgical detorsion due to testicular torsion and to reveal the frequency of long-term testicular volume loss and the factors affecting it.

Method: The files of patients who underwent surgical detorsion due to unilateral testicular torsion in our hospital between 2011 and 2019 were reviewed retrospectively. Age at the time of detorsion surgery, time from the onset of pain to surgery, degree of torsion, and ultrasonographic testicular volumes before detorsion were noted.

Evaluation of parental sociocultural background and education level in response to pediatric testis torsion.

Introduction: Acute scrotal pain (ASP) remains one of the most common male urologic emergencies in the pediatric age group. The most concerning outcome of testicular torsion (TT) is the need for orchiectomy, which has a negative impact on the child's development in general and on sexual development and psychology in particular. Time is the most important factor in the treatment of TT.

Unusual localization and coexistence of primary hydatid cyst: a case report.

Hydatid cysts are zoonotic parasitic infections caused by . Although witnessed in all body parts, the first and most important locations for this parasite are the liver and lungs. Unusually, hydatid cysts are rarely located in the pelvic region.

A case report with sacral appendage: Is it accessory penis or human tail?

Kocaoğlu C, Kocaoğlu Ç, Akkoyun İ, Karaniş İE. A case report with sacral appendage: Is it accessory penis or human tail? Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 335-337. Lumbo-sacro-coccygeal appendages are very rare congenital anomalies.

Experience of Using Shear Wave Elastography Imaging in Evaluation of Undescended Testes in Children: Feasibility, Reproducibility, and Clinical Potential.

We aimed to determine the difference in tissue stiffness, which might reflect histologic damage, by comparing the potential of the shear wave elastography (SWE) values of operated undescended testes (OUT) with those of undescended testes (UT) and normal testes. A total of 120 patients (235 testes) were enrolled in the current study. Quantitative SWE values were measured by manually drawing contours of the entire testis structure with a free region of interest.

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in children exposed to circumcision under general or local anesthesia.

Kozanhan B, Kocaoğlu C, Gündüz M, Akça ÖF. Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in children exposed to circumcision under general or local anesthesia. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 718-725.

Unexpected Death Due to Acute Gastric Dilatation and Gastric Necrosis in an 11-Year-Old Boy.

This report is related to the unusual case of an 11-year-old boy presenting with acute gastric dilatation after the intake of excessive food and carbonated beverages after a 12-hour fasting who died of complications of acute reperfusion syndrome after decompression of the stomach with gastrotomy. An enormously distended stomach was encountered without volvulus and obstruction in the operation. Autopsy and histological findings revealed a severely distended stomach, the walls of which were notably thin and displayed transmural necrosis.

Endoscopic treatment of grades IV and V vesicoureteral reflux with two bulking substances: Dextranomer hyaluronic acid copolymer versus polyacrylate polyalcohol copolymer in children.

Purpose: We aimed at evaluating the efficacy and complications of two bulking substances: dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer(Dx/Ha;Dexell®) versus polyacrylate polyalcohol copolymer(PPC;Vantris®) in subureteric injection treatment of children with high grades (grades IV-V) vesicoureteral reflux(VUR).

Methods: Data of patients undergoing endoscopic treatment of high grade VUR (January 2009-August 2015) were retrospectively investigated. Patients with high grade VUR caused by posterior urethral valve, duplex system, paraureteral diverticula and neurogenic bladder were excluded.

The effectiveness of 4.5F ultrathin semirigid ureteroscope in the management of ureteral stones in prepubertal children: is there a need for any ureteral dilatation?

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of 4.5F ultrathin semirigid ureteroscope (ultrathin-URS) in the management of ureteral stones in prepubertal children without active or passive ureteral dilatation.

Materials And Methods: Records of 36 children undergoing ureteroscopy with ultrathin-URS were retrospectively reviewed in 2 different centers for ureteral calculi between November 2011 and December 2013.