Does grafted tubularized incided plate improve the outcome after repair of primary distal hypospadias: A prospective randomized study?

Objective: To detect whether grafting the incised plate during Snodgrass repair would improve outcome.

Materials And Methods: Sixty patients with primary distal hypospadias were included. Patients were equally randomized using closed envelop method to either Snodgrass or grafted tubularized incised plate repair (GTIP).

Bricker Conduit for Pediatric Urinary Diversion--Should we Still Offer It?

Purpose: We sought to evaluate long-term outcomes of the Bricker conduit urinary diversion in children.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the database of a single tertiary center for children who had undergone ileal conduit between 1981 and 2011. Patients followed for less than 1 year were excluded.

Treatment of pouch stones after augmentation ileocystoplasty in children: is it always bothersome?

Objective: To report our experience with different approaches for management of pouch stones in children with ileal-based urinary reservoir.

Patients And Methods: Charts of children who underwent ileal-based urinary reservoirs between 2000 and 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who were diagnosed with reservoir calculi were identified; medical records were reviewed for patients' demographics, diversion details, stone criteria, mode of treatment, perioperative complications, and recurrence rate.