Unilateral J-cut division versus partial and subtotal removal techniques in female patients with mesh-related urethral obstruction: Multicentric comparative study.

Objective: To compare the functional (obstruction relieving) outcomes and complications of unilateral J-cut division, partial and subtotal vaginal removal techniques were performed for mesh-related urethral obstruction (MRUO) in females.

Methods: Patient review included demographics, a medical history and proforma with details of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), physical and urodynamic findings, detailed surgical reports and follow-up data. Variables were compared between the three groups.

Voiding dynamics of pelvic organ prolapse: Large scale comparative study.

Purpose: To determine the voiding dynamics of the patients with pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective patient file review was performed of 877 female patients with lower urinary tract symptoms. After exclusion criteria 373 female patients were eligible for the study.

Is frenuloplasty a risk factor for post-circumcision meatal stenosis?

Introduction: Meatal stenosis (MS) is a common complication of circumcision. In this study, we aimed to examine the role of frenuloplasty in the development of MS in school-age boys undergoing circumcision.

Materials And Methods: Medical data of 502 patients who were circumcised surgically in the hospital setting aged ≥6 years between July 2019 and July 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.

Ureteral wall thickness at the stone site: A critical predictor of success and complications in children undergoing semi-rigid ureteroscopy.

Introduction: We retrospectively assessed the role of ureteral wall thickness (UWT) at the ureteral stone site in predicting the stone-free status and the complication rates in children undergoing semi-rigid ureterorenoscopy (URS).

Patients And Methods: The children who underwent URS and had undergone non-contrast abdominal computerized tomography before the URS were included in the study. The following protocol was used to determine the outcome.

Intestinal perforation in necrotizing enterocolitis: Does cardiac surgery make a difference?

Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the patients with intestinal perforation secondary to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) following cardiac surgery in the terms of risk factors and diagnosis/treatment process.

Methods: A series of cases operated for intestinal perforation secondary to NEC were retrospectively reviewed in two groups. Group I involved patients who had cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease previous to intestinal perforation secondary to NEC.

Pediatric stone disease: Current management and future concepts.

Treatment of pediatric urolithiasis consists of medical and surgical approaches. The main goal of the treatment is to prevent stone recurrence by avoiding multiple surgical interventions. In recent years, many innovations have been reported in the medical diagnostic evaluation protocol and in surgical treatment.

Risk factors predicting upper urinary tract deterioration in children with spinal cord injury.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the risk factors predicting upper urinary tract (UUT) deterioration in children with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: The medical records of 108 children with SCI who were referred to our unit between 1996 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. The data included general patient demographics, SCI characteristics, bladder management methods, presence of urinary tract infection, radiological evaluation of the UUT and lower urinary tract (LUT), and videourodynamic findings.

Natural history of patients with infantile nephrolithiasis: what are the predictors of surgical intervention?

Background: We evaluated the risk factors for the requirement of surgical intervention in infants with nephrolithiasis.

Methods: The medical records of 122 (156 kidney units (KU)) infants were reviewed. The clinical features, stone characteristics, changes in stone status, and treatment protocols were noted.

Does Previous Open Stone Surgery Affect the Outcome of Shock Wave Lithotripsy Treatment in Children?

Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficiency of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in children who previously underwent ipsilateral open renal stone surgery (ORSS).

Methods: A total of 315 renal units (RUs) with renal stones underwent SWL treatment in our department over a period of 18 years. A total of 274 RUs (87%) with no history of ORSS were categorized as group 1 and 41 RUs (13%) with a history of ORSS were categorized as group 2.

The Efficacy of Guy's Stone Score for Predicting the Stone-Free and Complication Rates in Children Treated by Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.

To determine the efficacy of Guy's stone score (GSS) for predicting stone-free and complication rates after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in children. A total of 197 renal units (RUs) in 173 children (≤17 years) who referred to our clinic were included in our study. RUs with stones were classified as four groups according to GSS.

Laparoscopy-assisted excision of ileocecal dermoid cyst in an 11-year-old boy.

The ileocecal region is an extremely rare location for a dermoid cyst (DC) in children, and as such, it is not considered in the differential diagnosis of cystic masses of the ileocecal region. Herein, the authors present the first childhood case of ileocecal DC, which was treated with laparoscopy-assisted excision. DC should be included in the differential diagnosis for a cystic mass located in the ileocecal region in children.

Rhabdomyosarcoma of the common bile duct: an unusual cause of obstructive jaundice in a child.

Biliary rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare malignancy of childhood. The radiological findings and clinical presentation of the tumor can mimic an entirely different pathology. The incidence of RMS has impeded the development of a standardized form of treatment.

An unexpected diagnosis in children with male phenotype and bilateral nonpalpable gonad: congenital adrenal hyperplasia with female genotype.

Purpose: Female pseudohermaphroditism is the most frequent form of ambiguous genitalia in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). However, a small group of children with complete urethral development in contrast to 46XX karyotype can be encountered. We aimed to define the characteristics of patients with 46XX CAH but having fully developed male external genitalia.

Covered exstrophy with ectopic intestinal tissue and bifid phallus: one-stage repair of a complex abnormality.

Variant presentations of the exstrophy-epispadias complex are rare congenital malformations, such as covered exstrophy with bifid phallus. We describe a male neonate with covered exstrophy with an intestinal remnant and epispadiac bifid phallus. We report this case to emphasize the simultaneous successful repair of bifid phallus and exstrophy in this rare complex abnormality.