Indications for nephrectomy in children: a report on 119 cases.

The objective of the study is to review the indications for nephrectomy in children. This study was conducted in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan, between the years 1997 and 2009. The medical records of 119 of 141 patients who underwent nephrectomy were reviewed.

The effect of rectourogenital fistula in high imperforate anus.

To determine the incidence of rectourogenital fistulae and the possible role of fistulae on the mechanism of defecation in patients with high imperforate anus, we retrospectively studied 42 children, 38 males and four females, all with high imperforate anus presenting in the period from 1982 to 1995. All children underwent radiological evaluation, to determine the level of the rectal pouch 18-24 hours after birth and to study the bony spine. A preliminary colostomy was performed in all patients after the diagnosis shortly after birth.

Ectopia vasa deferentia inguinal hernia, vesicourteric reflux, imperforate anus, and recto-vesical fistula: a case report.

Urologic congenital anomalies are frequently associated with anorectal abnormalities. Vas deferens anomalies in the general population are estimated to be less than 0.05%.