Correction: Neonatal Circumcision: What Are the Factors Affecting Parental Decision?

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.7759/cureus.19415.

Small Intestinal Submucosa for corporeal body grafting in patients with proximal hypospadias and severe chordee: Long term follow-up assessing erectile function and genital self-perception.

Background: Proximal hypospadias and severe ventral chordee are often challenging to repair. To preserve penile length in chordee repair, Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS) corporal grafting is often performed with potential long-term complications including recurrent curvature and erectile dysfunction (ED). There is a paucity of data evaluating sexual function in mid, late and post-pubertal patients.

Neonatal Circumcision: What Are the Factors Affecting Parental Decision?

Introduction: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines state that the health benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks, but these benefits are not enough to recommend universal newborn circumcision. Therefore, it is the guardians' decision to circumcise their son. In this study, we assess the factors that influence the decision-making process for newborn circumcision.

Predictive factors for early discharge (≤24 hours) and re-admission following robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children.

Introduction: Minimally invasive pyeloplasty (MIP) for correction of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children has significantly improved the postoperative management of these patients. In this study, we sought to examine the factors associated with early discharge (≤24 hours) in children who underwent robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (RALP).

Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of all children who underwent RALP from 2012-2018 in our center.

Robotic Management of Urolithiasis in the Pediatric Population.

A variety of surgical techniques exist for the management of urolithiasis. Minimally invasive techniques have replaced open surgery in the last few decades. For complex stone management, robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) has emerged as a safe and feasible alternative in adults.

Ureterocolic fistula secondary to a self-expanding retrievable ureteral stent.

Self-expanding stents are relatively new in the field of urology and have primarily been used for permanent remodeling of benign or malignant stricture. We are presenting a rare and interesting case of a ureterocolic fistula that formed secondary to placement of an expandable, retrievable metal stent in the ureter. After multiple retrieval efforts, the self-expanding metal stent was finally retrieved and a ureterocolic fistula was appreciated on antegrade pyelography.

Renal pelvis rupture in a kidney with ureteropelvic junction obstruction and extrarenal calyces.

The extrarenal calyx (ERC) is a rare congenital anomaly, associated with various other abnormalities of the urogenital system. We report a unique case of ERC in a solitary functioning kidney with a massively dilated pelvis that developed spontaneous rupture. A dismembered pyeloplasty was performed at the time of rupture.

Surgical management of a neuroendocrine tumor of the inferior vena cava.

Neuroendocrine tumors occurring outside of the gastrointestinal tract or lungs are very few, and to find a primary neuroendocrine tumor of the infrahepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) is extremely rare. We present a case of a patient with a large, 7 × 4 cm neuroendocrine tumor of the IVC, where the IVC and renal veins were completely extirpated and not reconstructed. As a result, the liver was anastomosed to the intrapericardial IVC, and the patient relied on collateral drainage.

Pannexin 1 contributes to ATP release in airway epithelia.

ATP is a paracrine regulator of critical airway epithelial cell functions, but the mechanism of its release is poorly understood. Pannexin (Panx) proteins, related to invertebrate innexins, form channels (called pannexons) that are able to release ATP from several cell types. Thus, ATP release via pannexons was examined in airway epithelial cells.

Calcium-mediated, purinergic stimulation and polarized localization of calcium-sensitive adenylyl cyclase isoforms in human airway epithelia.

Purinergic stimulation of human airway epithelia results in a prolonged increase in ciliary beat frequency that depends on calcium-mediated cAMP production [Lieb, T., Wijkstrom Frei, C., Frohock, J.