Evaluating pediatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction: Dynamic magnetic resonance urography renal scintigraphy 99m-technetium mercaptoacetyltriglycine.

Background: Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is a common congenital urinary tract disorder in children. It can be diagnosed as early as due to the presence of hydronephrosis or later in life due to symptomatic occurrence.

Aim: To evaluate the discrepancy between dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance urography (dMRU) and scintigraphy 99m-technetium mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG-3) for the functional evaluation of UPJO.

Staged laparoscopic orchiopexy of intra-abdominal testis: Spermatic vessels division versus traction? A multicentric comparative study.

Background: Staged laparoscopic management of intra-abdominal testes using pedicular section is recognized as gold standard technique, successful in 85 % of cases for scrotal testicular position with less than 10 % testicular atrophy. Recently, Shehata proposed a new technique without pedicular division for these testes, using spermatic vessels traction, but did not provide a comparative study of the two techniques.

Objective: To evaluate the laparoscopic spermatic pedicular traction (Shehata technique, ST) for the treatment of intra-abdominal testis, as an alternative to gold standard pedicular section (2-stage Fowler-Stephens, FS).

Anti-reflux surgery in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A prospective cohort study on a controversial practice.

Introduction: Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the most frequent long-term morbidity of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) survivors. Performing a preventive fundoplication during CDH repair remains controversial. This study aimed to: (1) Analyze the variability in practices regarding preventive fundoplication; (2) Identify predictive factors for fundoplication.

Redo Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty in Infants and Children: Feasible and Effective.

To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of redo laparoscopic pyeloplasty among patients with failed previous pyeloplasty, specifically examining rates of success and complications. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all patients, who underwent redo laparoscopic pyeloplasty from 2006 to 2017. This included patients who underwent primary pyeloplasty at our institution and those referred for failures.

Reflective Practice About Retroperitoneal Laparoscopy in Comparison to Open Surgery for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction Repair in Children Less Than 1 Year of Age.

The interest in laparoscopy in the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) in children under 12 months of age remains controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate feasibility and benefits of retroperitoneal laparoscopy (RL) compared to open surgery in this age group. Between January 2012 and May 2017, we performed 222 pyeloplasties: 144 by laparoscopy and 78 by open surgery.

One-Year Outcome for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Results From the French National Register.

Objective: To evaluate the status of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) management in France and to assess predictors of adverse outcomes.

Study Design: We reviewed the first-year outcome of all cases of CDH reported to the French National Register in 2011.

Results: A total of 158 cases were included.

Retroperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children: long-term outcome and critical analysis of 10-year experience in a teaching center.

Background: Laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children remains controversial and is not included in most pediatric urology centers because of technical difficulties and lack of long-term results.

Objective: To critically analyze our 10-yr experience with the retroperitoneal approach (RA), with a particular interest on the impact of the learning curve in a teaching center.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Patients who underwent pyeloplasty between 1999 and 2010 at our institution were reviewed (n=390).

Duhamel operation vs neonatal transanal endorectal pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung disease: which are the changes for pathologists?

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether performing definitive surgery for Hirschsprung disease (HD) in neonatal period with a transanal endorectal pull-through (TEPT) procedure had modified our diagnostic relevance, particularly during intraoperative frozen sections (IOFS), compared to classic Duhamel (DH) surgery performed in older children.

Methods: We collected pathologic data for 47 children who underwent surgery for neonatal nontotal HD over a 5-year period.

Results: Twenty-nine patients underwent TEPT and 18 the DH operation.

Cytomegalovirus infection as a possible underlying factor in neonatal surgical conditions.

Background: The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in France is about 38%. Fetal contamination during pregnancy is 40%. We report a series of gastrointestinal conditions associated with CMV in neonates.

Retroperitoneal laparoscopic versus open pyeloplasty in children.

Purpose: The indications for laparoscopy in pediatric urology are expanding and yet the advantages over open surgery remain unclear. We compared the results of retroperitoneal laparoscopic vs open pyeloplasty for pyeloureteral junction obstruction in children.

Materials And Methods: A total of 22 children with a mean age of 88 months (range 25 to 192) underwent laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty via the retroperitoneal approach.