Robot-assisted Foley Tie Ureteric Tapering and Reimplantation.

Objective: This study aimed to introduce and evaluate the feasibility and outcomes of a novel surgical technique, robot-assisted Foley tie ureteric tapering (RAFUT) and reimplantation, specifically designed for intravesical ureteral tapering during pediatric robotic-assisted ureteric reimplantation.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on pediatric patients diagnosed with primary vesicoureteric reflux (VUR), who underwent RAFUT between January 2019 and July 2021. Patient records were reviewed to assess preoperative characteristics, operative details, and postoperative outcomes.

Noninvasive Evaluation of Bladder Bowel Dysfunction and its Extrapolation as Biofeedback Therapy to Train Pelvic Floor Muscles.

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the noninvasive methods to diagnose bladder bowel dysfunction (BBD) and its extrapolation on biofeedback therapy and pelvic floor exercises (PFE) to treat these children.

Settings And Design: A retrospective cohort study at a tertiary care center was conducted between January 2010 and December 2020, on 204 children, aged 4-18 years, arbitrarily divided into two groups-4-12 and 13-18 years.

Subjects And Methods: Details of lower urinary tract dysfunction were recorded as International Children's Continence Society nomenclature.

Safety and efficacy of retrograde intrarenal surgery in primary and residual renal calculi in children.

Background: Minimal invasive approach is the current standard of care in the management of pediatric renal calculi. Current guidelines are clear with extra corporal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for stone size less than and greater than 20 mm respectively. Although retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) is well established in adults but literature on its role, safety and efficacy in children is sparsely available.

Novel technologies: A weapon against tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading chronic bacterial infection. Despite potentially curative pharmacotherapies being available for over 50 years, the length of the treatment and the pill burden can hamper patient lifestyle. Low compliance and adherence to administration schedules remain the main reasons for therapeutic failure and contribute to the development of multidrug-resistant strains.