Volume of the normal prostate gland in polish boys, aged 1-17 years: Based on transabdominal ultrasound - Prospective study.

Background: Until now, there are no established norms for prostate size in children. Prostate volume during development has been analyzed in small study groups. In diagnostic imaging, transabdominal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are used.

Bladder autoaugmentation in myelodysplastic children.

Objective: To present the long-term results of bladder autoaugmentation in myelodysplastic children with low compliance neurogenic bladders who failed attempts at medical management, including clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) and pharmacological bladder relaxation.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-one patients with a neurogenic bladder after myelomeningocele operations (mean age 9.5 years, range 3-16) underwent autoaugmentation; 12 children were paraplegic and hydrocephalic, and were treated by insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal valve.