Single-Leg Balance and Lower Limb Strength: Quantitative Analysis with the Balance Master System.

: This study investigates the relationship between lower limb strength and postural stability in single-leg stance using the Balance Master system. : The research involved 64 participants divided into sedentary and physically active groups based on metabolic equivalents of task (METs) values, normal weight, overweight, and obese according to body composition. Postural control was evaluated using the Sensory Organization Test.

Leisure Time Habits and Levels of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents.

Background/objectives: Childhood and adolescence are important stages of life for acquiring healthy habits. There is a high prevalence of sedentary lifestyles worldwide during these ages, which negatively impacts health. This is attributed, in part, to excessive time spent engaging in sedentary behaviors.

Distal Urethral Advance and Glanduloplasty (DUAGPI) for Distal Hypospadias: A 15 Years Experience.

Background: Meatal advancement with glanduloplasty (MAGPI) has been in the recent years one of the most frequently surgical techniques used for the correction of distal hypospadias. Multiple modifications have been described to improve the results ofthis technique. In 2004 we presented the initial results of the New Modern MAGPI or DUAGPI (distal urethral advancement and glanduloplasty) as a surgical alternative to the original MAGPI.

[Commentary on Symptoms severity profile and expectations in hyperactive bladder patients. VHEXPECTA Study.].

Estimado Editor: Escribimos esta carta en relación al artículo publicado en su revista el pasado mes de Julio de 2020, por Castro-Díaz et al., titulado "Perfil de severidad sintomática y expectativas en pacientes con vejiga hiperactiva. Estudio VHEXPECTA" (1), y que hemos leído con gran interés.

Update on sacral neuromodulation and overactive bladder in pediatrics: A systematic review.

Objectives: Sacral electrical stimulation has been used for more than a century as an alternative therapy for adult urinary syndromes. In the literature, several studies have validated the efficacy of this technique based on clinical and urodynamic criteria. Nevertheless, few studies have shown beneficial results in children with overactive bladder.

Transcutaneous sacral electrical stimulation versus oxibutynin for the treatment of overactive bladder in children.

Background: Nowadays there is still no ideal treatment for paediatric overactive bladder. Initial management measures (urotherapy and constipation control), resolve 40% of cases. The second line of treatment in overactive bladder is anticholinergic drugs, above all oxybutynin.

Dermal regeneration sheet Integra® in management of recurrent Urethrocutaneous fistula after hypospadias surgery.

Background: Urethrocutaneous fistula UCF is the most common complication following surgical repair of hypospadias. Currently, the surgical technique mostly used to prevent recurrence employs preputial dartos or testicular tunica vaginalis flaps as a urethral covering. However, autologous tissues are limited in patients with multiple surgeries, and the use of biomaterials as a urethral coverage may represent a good alternative.

[Integra™ artificial sheet as urethral covering during surgery for hypospadias sequel.].

Estimado Editor: Escribimos esta carta en relación al artículo publicado en su revista el pasado mes de Diciembre de 2017, por Tardáguila Calvo et al., titulado "Reconstrucción genital con dermis artificial Integra® tras resección radical en un niño con linfangiomatosis difusa" (1), y que hemos leído con gran interés. A propósito de este trabajo creemos conveniente ampliar la información de los autores compartiendo nuestra experiencia previa (2,3).

Surgical treatment for necrotizing enterocolitis: a new score to extreme surveillance.

Background: The time to perform a surgical intervention in necrotizing enterocolitis remains a challenge for the pediatric surgeon. We design a novel score system to predict infants in high risk for the development of surgical necrotizing enterocolitis.

Methods: A total of 124 consecutively patients diagnosed of NEC at the University Hospital of A Coruña, Spain were included in the study.

[Comparative analysis of the treatment of mid-shaft and distal hypospadias according to Snodgrass surgical repair and Mathieu technique.].

Objective: The objective of this study is to perform an analysis of the patients who underwent middle and distal penile hypospadias repair using the two most widely used techniques in our Pediatric Urology Unit. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We perform a retrospective analysis of patients with a diagnosis of middle penile and distal penile hypospadias and operated by the Snodgrass or Mathieu technique, between 2011 and 2016 ensuring minimal follow-up of one year. We will analyze the use of each one, the results obtained, and the possible factors that could influence their success rate.

Atypical presentation of Leydig cell tumour in three prepubertal patients: diagnosis, treatment and outcomes.

Background Testicular tumours are uncommon in children, accounting for only 1% of all childhood tumours. Prepubertal Leydig cell tumours actively secrete testosterone and as a result, patients typically present with isosexual precocious pseudopuberty, this being the first cause of consultation. We present three cases of Leydig cell tumours in prepubertal patients with an atypical presentation.

[Analisys of non-neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction patterns controlled in a Pediatric urodynamic unit.].

Objectives: Between 7-10% of schoolagechildren are seen by specialists for non-neurogeniclower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD). The objective ofour study is to classify these functional alterations in difused for the diagnosis and treatment in each pattern.

Material And Methods: We reviewed patients referredto our Urodynamic Unit for suspected LUTD for3 years; We reviewed epidemiological data, supplementarytest and treatments.

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for a Complicated Abdominal Laparotomy in Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Case Report.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common surgical emergency in neonatal intensive care units, and patients who require surgery have high mortality and morbidity rates. The utility of negative pressure in the management of adults with complicated abdominal wounds has been documented, but there are few reports describing the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in children or following neonatal surgery. The case of a 6 day old, 5-weeks premature neonate with NEC is presented.

[Analysis of population characteristics of infants affected by necrotizing enterocolitis in a tertiary centre in the last 12 years].

Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis is the most lethal gastrointestinal emergency in the neonatal period. Incidence and mortality have remained stable in recent years despite advances in neonatal intensive care. The aim of this study is to show the general characteristics of patients diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis at Teresa Herrera's Hospital (La Coruna, Spain) in the last 12years.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic duodenal tumor: A rare cause of massive intestinal bleeding.

Background: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare mesenchymal tumor, which can develop in nearly all anatomical locations. It is extremely rare in the duodenum and only seven cases have been reported previously.These lesions are of unknown etiology characterized by proliferation of myofibroblastic with an inflammatory infiltrate.