Short-Term Outcomes of Treatment of Boys with Posterior Urethral Valves.

Background: Posterior urethral valve (PUV) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among male children resulting in renal failure in 25%-30% before adolescence irrespective of initial treatment. This study aimed at evaluating the early outcomes of children managed for PUV.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective study of all children who were treated for PUV between 2012 and 2016 at a single referral institution.

Sonographic guided hydrostatic saline enema reduction of childhood intussusception: a prospective study.

Background: The management of childhood intussusception in our sub-region is still via surgical intervention. Currently, the gold standard of treatment is non-operative reduction. We sought to assess the suitability of hydrostatic (saline) reduction of intussusception in children in our institution.

Analysis of Presentations and Outcomes of Care of Children with Disorders of Sexual Development in a Nigerian Hospital.

Study Objective: To describe the presentation, diagnosis, management, and short-term outcome of children with disorders of sexual development (DSD) in the context of multidisciplinary team care.

Design: Prospective descriptive study.

Setting: University Teaching Hospital.

Is non-operative management still justified in the treatment of adhesive small bowel obstruction in children?

Background: Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is a feared complication after abdominal operations in both children and adults. The optimal management of ASBO in the pediatric population is debated. The aim of the present study was to examine the safety and effectiveness of non-operative management in ASBO.

Complicated childhood inguinal hernias in UITH, Ilorin.

Background: Complicated inguinal hernias pose a threat to the life of the child as well as increase the morbidity associated with management of an otherwise straightforward condition. The aim of this study was to determine the presentation, treatment and management outcome of complicated inguinal hernias in children.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study of all children 15 years and less managed for complicated inguinal hernia between 2002 and 2010.

Congenital prepubic sinus: a variant of epispadiac dorsal urethral duplication.

Congenital prepubic sinus is a tract originating in the skin overlying the base of the penis. Its embryologic basis is still debated. We present a 9-month-old boy with a recurrent muco-purulent discharge from a tiny opening in the midline prepubic area on the base of the penis.