Utility of hospital admission after successful enema reduction of ileocolic intussusception.

Background: In-hospital observation of 24 to 48 hours has been the standard practice after successful enema reduction (ER) of ileocolic intussusceptions, but this practice has not been validated. We evaluated retrospectively the safety of short-term emergency department observation.

Methods: Between April 2000 and October 2004, 121 patients presented to the emergency department with ileocolic intussusception, and all had ER attempts.

Fetal hydronephrosis: is there hope for consensus?

This review article aims at summarizing the data regarding fetal and neonatal hydronephrosis, at correlating controversial data with the differences in the practice of obstetrical sonography from one country to another, and finally, at presenting our own criteria for fetal renal collecting system dilatation along with our own guidelines of postnatal investigation.

US of the pediatric female pelvis: a clinical perspective.

When investigating pelvic pathologic conditions in female pediatric patients, one needs to be aware of the developmental changes that take place around puberty. The prepubertal uterus is thin, with a fundus equal in size to the cervix. Owing to the hormonal stimulation of puberty, the uterus enlarges and the fundus becomes prominent.

Outcome of the prenatally diagnosed congenital cystic adenomatoid lung malformation: a Canadian experience.

Unlabelled: Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung (CCAM) is diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography with an increasing frequency but controversy persists as to its prognosis and prenatal management.

Method: A multi-institutional study of cases of CCAM diagnosed antenatally identified by ultrasonographers and by a review of hospital charts.

Results: We obtained 48 cases from five centers.

Preoperative manual detorsion of the spermatic cord with Doppler ultrasound monitoring in patients with intravaginal acute testicular torsion.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of preoperative manual detorsion in acute testicular torsion.

Materials And Methods: Between June 1998 and March 1999, seven patients presenting with testicular torsion underwent manual manipulation under US monitoring in order to restore the flow to the testis prior to surgery (orchidopexy). All detorsions were lateral in direction.