Orthotopic continent urinary diversion after radical cystectomy in pediatric patients with genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma.

Purpose: We present our experience with orthotopic continent urinary diversion following radical cystectomy due to genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma in children not responding to radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

Materials And Methods: Four children with persistent genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma underwent radical cystectomy with reconstruction of an orthotopic ileal neobladder.

Results: Average followup was 50.

Kidney transplantation into bladder augmentation or urinary diversion: long-term results.

Background: We report on a single-institutional experience with renal transplantation in patients with severe lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) who underwent bladder augmentation or urinary diversion, and assess the long-term results.

Methods: From September 1987 to January 2005, 255 patients (161 male and 94 female), 7 months to 39 years old of age (median age at time of transplantation 14 years), received 271 kidney transplants. Etiology of end-stage renal disease was LUTD in 83 cases.

Polytetrafluoroethylene giant granuloma and adenopathy: long-term complications following subureteral polytetrafluoroethylene injection for the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux in children.

Purpose: The use of polytetrafluoroethylene as bulking agent for the endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux in children has raised many concerns about the implant histocompatibility and the risk of migration of polytetrafluoroethylene particles. We report on 3 cases of long-term complications following subureteral polytetrafluoroethylene injection (STING) and an extensive review of the literature is presented.

Materials And Methods: Between January 1993 and December 1995, 3 children (2 males, 1 female; 4, 7 and 6 years old), previously submitted to STING, underwent open surgery for recurrent vesicoureteral reflux.

Painless scrotal masses in the pediatric population: prevalence and age distribution of different pathological conditions--A 10 year retrospective multicenter study.

Purpose: In the pediatric population a broad spectrum of intrascrotal pathology ranging from congenital to neoplastic lesions present as a painless scrotal mass. The aim of our 10-year retrospective study was to review 71 pediatric cases of a painless scrotal mass to determine the overall and age specific prevalence of diseases manifesting as such masses.

Materials And Methods: From 1980-1991, 71 patients 1 day to 16 years old with a painless scrotal mass underwent evaluation using 7.