Assessment of quality of life after laparoscopic GERD surgery in children: a prospective study.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this study is to assess quality of life (QoL) after laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery (LARS) in children with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and to evaluate GERD symptoms and their impact on daily life and school. From June 2016 to June 2019, all children with GERD from 2 to 16 years of age, without neurologic impairment or malformation-related reflux, were prospectively included in a monocentric study. Patients (or their parents according to the age of the child) answered the Pediatric Questionnaire on Gastroesophageal Symptoms and QoL (PGSQ) before surgery and 3 and 12 months after surgery.

Symptomatic Parapelvic Cysts in Children: Anatomical and Histological Features, Diagnostic Pitfalls and Urological Management.

Background: Symptomatic parapelvic cysts (PPC) are rare entities. Our objective is to highlight specific features of PPC to avoid a misdiagnosis of UPJ obstruction.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of children managed between 2012-2017.

Peritoneovenous Shunt for Intractable Ascites in Children: A Series of 4 Cases.

Intractable ascites is a rare condition in children mainly caused by cirrhosis or lymphatic disorders. Internal drainage may be considered as rescue therapy. In our department, 4 patients ages from 2 months to 15 years old underwent a peritoneovenous shunt (PVS) placement between 2010 and 2020.

Comprehensive Review of 3D Segmentation Software Tools for MRI Usable for Pelvic Surgery Planning.

Patient-specific 3D modeling is the first step towards image-guided surgery, the actual revolution in surgical care. Pediatric and adolescent patients with rare tumors and malformations should highly benefit from these latest technological innovations, allowing personalized tailored surgery. This study focused on the pelvic region, located at the crossroads of the urinary, digestive, and genital channels with important vascular and nervous structures.

Surgery for no palpable testis before the age of one year: a risk for the testis?

Introduction: Surgery for undescended testis is now commonly recommended before the age of one year. However, the risk of testicular atrophy or miss location after surgery at a young age has not been clearly evaluated.

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the rate of testicular atrophy after surgery for non-palpable testis before the age of one year.

Safety of laparoscopic fundoplication in children under 5 kg: a comparative study.

Background: Laparoscopic fundoplication in children under 5 kg is still debated. Our objective was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic fundoplication (LF) in children under 5 kg.

Methods: We reviewed the cases of 96 children treated by laparoscopic fundoplication between 2005 and 2014.

Low-Cost Training Simulator for Open Dismembered Pyeloplasty: Development and Face Validation.

Purpose: Surgical simulation has benefited from a surge in interest over the last decade because of the increasing need for a change in the traditional apprenticeship model of teaching surgery. Open surgery for ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) poses unique training challenges owing to smaller workspaces, and finer sutures used that require increased surgical dexterity when compared with adult analogues. We describe the development and face validation of a low-cost training simulator for open dismembered pyeloplasty.

The Fisher Technique for Correction of Penile Torsion in Children: Who Are the Candidates?

Objective: To report our experience in the treatment of penile torsion with a special reference to the Fisher technique.

Patients And Methods: We reviewed 30 cases of congenital penile torsion treated from 2009 to 2015 in a single center. Sixteen patients presented a moderate rotation of 45°-90° and 14 had a severe rotation with an angle greater than 90°.

[Experience of the single scrotal approach for recurrent undescended testis after primary orchiopexy or inguinal surgery].

Objective: To report our experience of the unique scrotal incision for the redo cases of orchiopexy after previous inguinal surgery or orchiopexy for undescended testis with a special attention regarding the place of the single scrotal approach.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-six patients operated between January 2003 and September 2015 in our surgical unit for secondary orchiopexy after previous inguinal surgery or orchiopexy for undescended testis (UDT) were included in a retrospective study. The secondary surgical procedure was initiated by a scrotal incision (Bianchi).

[The surgical management of undescended testis between 6 and 12 months: A difficult message to convey].

Purpose: The undescended testis (UT) is the most common congenital malformation of the genital apparatus in male infants. The main objective of the management of these patients is to reduce the risk of infertility and cancer. Since these risks increase with age of operation, learned societies have recommended earlier intervention.

Adrenocortical tumor with precocious puberty in a 2-month-old girl.

Adrenocortical tumor is a rare childhood tumor with a median age at onset of 3.2 years. Virilization is the most common sign.

[Outpatient pediatric urology in France: A still under developed practice. Results of a survey of the French Section of pediatric Urology (SFUP)].

Purpose: Outpatient surgery is a very well adapted practice to the pediatric population. Our goal was to evaluate its actual development in the field of the pediatric urology.

Materials And Methods: A questionnaire was addressed to all the French pediatric surgery centers in which at least one surgeon was member of the French Section of Pediatric Urology.

Predictors of physical activity in older adults in an independent living retirement community.

This study was undertaken to examine potential predictors of physical activity in older adults in an independent living retirement community. Participants received a self-developed questionnaire that included questions regarding age, gender, educational attainment, physical activity habits, and physicians' physical activity counseling habits. One hundred nine of 150 questionnaires (72.