Sexual and social life of men operated in childhood for hypospadias and phimosis. A comparative study.

Objective: Hypospadiacs have been reported to be sexually less active, make their sexual debut later, have more negative genital appraisal and have less qualified professions than other men. We studied whether the reported differences are due to circumcised-like penile appearance.

Methods: We compared the social and sexual life of hypospadias patients to circumcised patients.

Outcome of patients operated on for esophageal atresia: 30 years' experience.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome and late sequelae of patients with esophageal atresia or tracheoesophageal fistula.

Methods: Sixty patients with esophageal atresia or tracheoesophageal fistula (EA-TEF) were treated in Tampere University Hospital in the years 1963 through 1993. Long-term outcome was evaluated with a questionnaire, pulmonary and esophageal function test results, 24-hour pH level monitoring, tracheobronchoscopy findings, and esophagogastroscopy with biopsy sections and samples for bacterial cultures.

Long-term functional sequelae after paediatric burns.

Ninety-one patients with at least 5 per cent (median 10 per cent, maximum 50 per cent) total body surface area (TBSA) burns were clinically re-examined on average 17.3 yr after primary injury. The patients had sustained mostly superficial dermal scalds.

The late appearance of scars after burns in childhood.

The late appearance of scars in children who had been burned, mainly scalded (n = 82, 90%) were analysed retrospectively from patient records and by clinical reassessment. All 91 patients who were re-examined had primarily sustained a burn of at least 5% of their total body surface area (TBSA). Only five patients showed no visible scars.

Early childhood appendicitis is still a difficult diagnosis.

We report on 90 pre-school children operated on for suspected acute appendicitis. The data analysis was retrospective. The outcome of exploration was negative in 54% (49/90) of cases; inflamed nonperforated appendix was removed 28% (25%/90) and a perforated appendix in 18% (16/90) of cases.