Initial experience with negative-pressure wound therapy with instillation in complex wounds.

Objective: to report the initial experience with Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy with instillation in infected or contaminated complex wounds.

Methods: the negative-pressure wound therapy with instillation used was V.A.

Prevalence of enuresis and daytime urinary incontinence in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease.

Purpose: There is a known association between sickle cell disease and enuresis. However, the cause of this association is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that children with sickle cell disease would have more symptoms of overactive bladder than a control group.

Use of the internet by legal guardians of patients from public and private pediatric urology health services in Brazil.

Objective: To describe the internet access characteristics of parents of patients in both public (PubHS) and private (PrivHS) pediatric urology health services.

Materials And Methods: Question sheets (200) were supplied to the legal guardians (LG) of patients seen in the PubHS (100) and a PrivHS (100) which have different socio-economic perspectives. LG were questioned on whether they sought on the web information about the urologic problem of their child, the kind of information sought, and whether it affected communication and the overall relationship with their physicians.