Suprapubic vesicostomy buttons: Indications, complications and bladder outcomes.

Introduction: Vesicostomy button drainage is a recognised alternative to clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) in children with urethral obstruction, sensate urethra or neurological/behavioural issues.

Aim: To report the indications, complications and long-term bladder functional outcomes in a 15-year cohort of patients with button vesicostomy.

Materials And Methods: AMT Mini one gastrostomy button was inserted via a surgical vesicostomy, or percutaneously under cystoscopic guidance.

Native nephrectomy in the management of hypertension in children with kidney disease: a tool to improve blood pressure control.

Aim: Hypertension in children with abnormal kidneys often requires multiple antihypertensive agents (complex), or could present with complications (e.g. hypertensive encephalopathy).

Multiple Atypical Esophageal Foreign Bodies in an Infant.

Foreign body ingestion is a common accidental emergency in children. We report an unusual case of multiple blunt and sharp esophageal foreign bodies in a female infant probably associated with homicidal intent and its management.

Infantile pulmonary tuberculosis: the great mimic.

Purpose: Infantile tuberculosis is common in developing countries and rarely presents as space occupying thoracic lesions mimicking congenital malformations. This case series reviews four such infants with varied presentations and their outcome.

Methods: Four cases of infantile pulmonary/mediastinal tuberculosis that presented like congenital thoracic lesions are described.