Introduction: Enuresis, defined as an intermittent urinary incontinence that occurs during sleep, is a frequent condition, occurring in about 10% of children at 7 years of age. However, it is frequently neglected by the family and by the primary care provider, leaving many of those children without treatment. Despite of many studies in Enuresis and recent advances in scientific and technological knowledge there is still considerable heterogeneity in evaluation methods and therapeutic approaches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We present the outcomes of one of the largest series specifically of laparoscopic hysterosalpingectomy with bilateral gonadectomy in 46,XX patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia raised as a male.
Patients And Methods: From June 2005 to March 2008, five patients raised as male were treated at our institution using laparoscopic surgery. 46,XX disorder of sex development was diagnosed in all the patients because of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
Purpose: We report the first use of single-incision multiport access to perform 1-stage laparoscopic orchidopexy in children without section of the spermatic vessels.
Material And Methods: Three boys with cryptorchidism were submitted to primary laparoscopic 1-stage orchidopexy by using 3 ports (a 10-mm [or 5-mm] port placed using open technique and 2 additional 5-mm [or 3-mm] ports) inserted through the same periumbilical skin incision with different entrances through the abdominal wall. After dissection of the testicular vessels and vas deferens, a 5-mm port was placed in a tunnel from the scrotum to pull the remnant of the gubernaculum down and fix the testicle in a dartos pouch.
Malignant mesotheliomas of the tunica vaginalis are extremely rare tumors, especially in young patients. We report a case of a 15-year old patient presenting with clinical signs of hydrocele. Preoperative ultrasound scanning revealed two papillary lesions.
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