Urinary bladder auto augmentation using INTEGRA and SURGISIS: an experimental model.

Objective: We present our experience with an experimental urinary bladder auto augmentation model using SURGISIS and INTEGRA (collagen layer) in comparison with seromuscular enterocystoplasty. The aim of the study was to evaluate the change in compliance and elasticity of the urinary bladder.

Materials And Methods: Eighteen lambs were divided into three different groups.

Timing of morphologic and apoptotic changes in the sheep fetal kidney in response to bladder outflow obstruction.

Purpose: Posterior urethral valves are the main cause of bladder outflow obstruction in human fetuses. Thirty per cent of boys with valves develop end-stage renal disease, despite intervention in the postnatal period. The timing and mechanisms of renal damage in bladder outflow obstruction are unknown.

Primary sternal osteomyelitis: a case series and review of the literature.

Purpose: Primary sternal osteomyelitis is rare in the pediatric population.

Methods: We present 4 recent cases that demonstrate a wide range in age, presenting features, and clinical course, and we performed a literature review.

Result: A combination of diagnostic aspiration with prolonged appropriate antibiotic therapy led to successful resolution in all cases.

Advances in the treatment of oesophageal atresia over three decades: the 1970s and the 1990s.

Oesophageal atresia management has evolved alongside the development of paediatric surgery. An analysis of a 30-year prospective collection of oesophageal atresia cases treated at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, NSW, Australia is presented. There has been a dramatic change in the surgical approach.