A comparison of polymer clips and endoloop applications for securing the appendiceal stump during laparoscopic surgery in children.

Introduction: In this study, for the first time in children a polymer clip and endoloop (EL) for securing an appendiceal stump have been prospectively correlated and evaluated radiologically.

Methods: Forty-nine patients aged 1 to 15 years were operated upon by the same surgeon for acute or perforated appendicitis between May 2008 and May 2009. The appendiceal stump was ligated by an EL or polymer clip.

The evaluation of the adrenal and thyroid axes and glucose metabolism after burn injury in children.

Introduction: Burn injury is an important trauma and can cause many hormonal and metabolic changes in the human body. In contrast to the situation with adults, there are inadequate number of studies on children with this condition. Our aim in this study was to determine the changes in the adrenal, thyroid axes and glucose metabolism in the acute and subacute period and relation to the percent total body surface area (TBSA) burned in children with major burn injury.

Urological problems or fecal continence during long-term follow-up of patients with anorectal malformation.

Introduction: Anorectal malformations comprise a wide spectrum of diseases. The main concerns for the surgeon in correcting these anomalies are bowel control, urinary control, and sexual function. The aim of this study was to evaluate fecal continence together with additional urinary anomalies in patients with anorectal malformations (ARM) and determine which of them is more troublesome for life quality in long-term follow-up.

Clinical experience in hypospadias: results of tubularized incised plate in 496 patients.

Objectives: To review the tubularized incised plate, a recently popularized technique, and provide outcomes.

Methods: From January 2000 to December 2006, 496 patients underwent the tubularized incised plate technique for hypospadias at our clinic. The patient age range was 6 months to 14 years.