Management of refractory overactive bladder in children by transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation: A controlled study.

Objective: To assess the objective efficacy of transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation in children presenting with overactive bladder resistant to well conducted treatment.

Material And Method: This was a randomized, double-blind, controlled study on 20 children with OAB. All patients were previously treated with anticholinergic drugs associated with detrusor rehabilitation, diet advice, bladder-voiding hygiene and constipation treatment, with poor clinical results.

Outcome of alimentary tract duplications operated on by minimally invasive surgery: a retrospective multicenter study by the GECI (Groupe d'Etude en Coeliochirurgie Infantile).

Background: Alimentary tract duplications (ATD) are a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in childhood. There are many case reports but few series about laparoscopy or thoracoscopy for ATD. The aim of our study was to report the outcome of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for ATD.

Cleft palate and bilateral congenital cataract: a familial observation: a new syndrome?

We report a family with a rare association of congenital bilateral cataract and cleft palate that has not to our knowledge been previously reported. The lineage has unveiled abnormalities over four generations affecting 21 people with congenital bilateral cataract, with or without cleft palate. The transmission seems autosomal dominant.

Laparoscopic gastropexy for the treatment of gastric volvulus associated with wandering spleen.

A 2.5-year-old boy was referred to the emergency room for a sudden onset of diffuse and increasing abdominal pain with lethargy, abdominal distension, and vomiting, all in the past 24 hours. A plain abdominal X-ray showed gastric distension.