Publications by authors named "Robert Anastasescu"

Objective: To describe surgical procedure and results of Congenital Megaprepuce (CMP) that consists in phimosis and megaprepuce; glans and corpora trapped into pre-pubic fat; incomplete micturition with typical "ballooning" aspect.

Methods: Genitoplasty with penoscrotal separation (GPS) was performed at Pediatric Surgery Department of Hospital Nord - Marseille, between July and December 2010, in 5 uncircumcised children with CMP, by the same surgeon. Transversal incision at the ventral penoscrotal junction was used, with shaft bipartition and Buck's ventral fascia exposition.

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Objectives: To assess the morbidity and success rate of percutaneous treatment of the postoperative ureteric strictures in children.

Materials And Methods: Between January 1994 and December 2003, 12 children were treated by antegrade percutaneous balloon dilation for postoperative ureteric strictures. Stenosis occurred at the pelviureteric junction in 5 cases and ureterovesical junction in 7 cases.

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We report a case of a right-sided cystic adrenal mass, detected after the 21st week of gestation, associated with fetal macrosomia. The diagnosis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome was evoked. Prenatal sonography and magnetic resonance imaging did not allow establishing the origin of the suprarenal mass.

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Article Synopsis
  • Transmesocolic hernias are very rare, and their exact incidence remains unknown.
  • Strangulated hernias through mesocolic openings are uncommon and difficult to diagnose before surgery, even with modern imaging technology.
  • An example case involves a 4-month-old boy who had a transmesocolic internal hernia along with intestinal malrotation and volvulus of the small bowel.
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Diphallus is a rare malformation with an estimated frequency of one case per five million births. The authors report a case of incomplete diphallus associated with glanular hypospadias in a 2-month-old. There are various more or less severe anatomical and clinical forms of this urogenital abnormality.

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