[Factors involved in the success or failure of endoscopic treatment in paediatric primary vesicoureteral reflux: A systematic review.].

Objective: The objective of this paper isidentifying the factors that may condition the success or failure of endoscopic therapy for vesicoureteral reflux in the paediatric population.MATERIAL AND METHODS: A bibliographic review was performed in the Cochrane Library and PUBMED of all the studies which the principal subject was about identifying factors involved in the success or failure of endoscopic therapy for vesicoureteral reflux in the paediatric population.

Results: Of a total of 1410 studies, 14 studies and17 factors potentially involved in the success or failure of endoscopic therapy were fully analysed according to the different studies reviewed.

Study of kidney damage in paediatric patients with neurogenic bladder and its relationship with the pattern of bladder function and treatment received.

Objectives: Kidney failure is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with myelodysplasia. We analysed the presence of renal lesions in these patients using dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy and related their presence with the type of vesical function and the delay in receiving appropriate management.

Material And Methods: We performed a retrospective study of patients with myelodysplasia treated in our hospital since 2004.

Complete penoscrotal transposition: A three-stage procedure.

Complete penoscrotal transposition (CPST) with an intact scrotum is a rare anomaly in which the scrotum is located cephalic to the penis. It is the most severe degree of malformation of a spectrum of abnormalities in scrotal development. There are few cases reported in the literature, and there are few descriptions of the technique for correction and results.

[Quality of life in children operated on for anal atresia].

Introduction: Most children with anorectal malformations have some type of intestinal dysfunction. A correct follow up in this aspect after surgery affects their quality of life.

Material And Methods: We gathered a sample of 20 children that were lost in their follow up after posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP).