Reduced bacterial colonisation of the glans penis after male circumcision in children--a prospective study.

Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the effect of male circumcision on the bacterial colonisation of the glans penis in children.

Patients And Methods: 244 males were included in this study. The study group consisted of 143 boys admitted for circumcision between August 2009 and July 2010.

Lower limb salvage in a 7-month-old infant using free tissue transfer.

Free flap reconstruction in infants is extremely rare. A seven-and-a-half-month-old male infant sustained an extensive soft tissue defect on his left knee caused by extravasation of an intraosseous arterenol infusion. A free latissimus dorsi flap was successfully performed for soft tissue reconstruction.

Hepatoblastoma in a 4-year-old girl with Fanconi anaemia.

Case Report: Hepatoblastoma was diagnosed in a 4-year-old girl receiving growth hormone substitution therapy for short stature. Owing to multiple congenital malformations, VACTERL-H (vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheal, renal and limb anomalies with hydrocephalus) association had been suggested. Elevated chromosomal breakage rates and G2 phase arrest induced by DNA-crosslinking agents in cellular assays confirmed the diagnosis of Fanconi anaemia (FA), a tumour susceptibility syndrome known to be associated with hepatocellular carcinoma following androgen therapy.

Improvement of continence with reoperation in selected patients after surgery for anorectal malformation.

Purpose: Fecal incontinence is a serious complication after repair of anorectal malformations. We investigated whether reoperation can improve fecal continence.

Methods: Medical records of 41 patients (40 children and one adult; 26 male and 15 female) who underwent reoperation after previous reconstruction of an anorectal malformation were reviewed for outcomes of bowel function.