[The proximal hypospadias treatment at the teaching hospital of Treichville (Abidjan)].

Introduction: The hypospadias procedure are many (more than 300 different procedures) and varied, because of the difficulty of the treatment.

Objective: To evaluate our results with two stages and one stage procedure urethroplasty for proximal hypospadias and to recommend two stages procedures for posterior hypospadias with important curvature.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical record of 35 patients operated on for proximal hypospadias between January 1997 and April 2005.

[Inflammatory pseudo-tumor of the liver in a child: case report].

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver is uncommon in children. Only 14 cases have been reported in the literature. The underlying etiology is unclear but traumatic and infectious factors may be implicated.

[Pygomelus. An African surgical case report].

Pygomelus is a malformation characterized by the presence of one or more extra-extremities in the pelvic region. This article describes a case of pygomelus involving a child in Cote d'Ivoire. It is the tenth operated case to be reported in the literature.

[Valves of the posterior urethra in newborns, infants and children. Apropos of a series of 60 cases].

The authors report their experience with posterior valves of the urethra in children. Sixty patients were seen from 1982 to 1991. The problems of diagnosis and therapy of particular importance in poor countries are emphasized.