[Extensive Hirschsprung's disease associated with intestinal malrotation].

Hirschsprung's disease (HD) involves the entire colon in less than 5% of cases, and the association of extensive HD with intestinal malrotation is very rare. This association of symptoms may delay both diagnosis and treatment. An infant presented with an intermittent occlusive syndrome that began neonatally.

[Urinary lithotripsy in children. Multicenter study of the Pediatric Urology Study Group].

The authors present the results of a survey conducted among French paediatric urologists belonging to the Groupe d'Etudes en Urologie Pédiatrique (GEUP) (Paediatric Urology Study Group). This study, based on 122 cases observed in 13 centres, is not exhaustive, but is nevertheless statistically significant. The preoperative assessment confirms the usual findings of urinary stones in children: pyelonephritis, haematuria and abdominal pain, the usual presenting complaint, concomitant malformative uropathy (10% of cases) and a predominance of calcium stones.

[Extramucosal pylorotomy via the umbilical route under general anesthesia and para-umbilical cord: evaluation of intra- and postoperative analgesia].

Objective: To assess both intra- and postoperative analgesia in infants undergoing extramucosal pylorotomy via a circumumbilical incision under general anaesthesia with neither opioid nor muscle relaxant, associated with a paraumbilical block.

Study Design: Open prospective study covering a 1-year period.

Patients: The study included 32 infants (age = 1.