Outcome of children with multicystic dysplastic kidney: Does involved side matter?

Background: Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a common anomaly detected on antenatal ultrasound. We aimed to assess the profile of children with MCDK and to investigate whether the involved side has any effect on outcome.

Methods: Thirty-nine patients with MCDK and 20 controls were enrolled.

Vitelline duct pathologies in neonates.

Objective: The aim of this study was to review the management of pediatric cases of vitelline duct pathology (VDP) detected surgically or incidentally during the neonatal period and the outcomes.

Methods: The data of newborns who were symptomatic and underwent VDP resection or who were incidentally diagnosed with VDP at a single institution between 1985 and 2015 were retrospectively analyzed in terms of age, sex, clinical features, treatment, perioperative findings, ectopic tissue pathology, and postoperative follow-up information.

Results: Among the 36 newborns enrolled in this study, 26 were male and 10 were female (2.

Penetrating injury caused by a long iron bar: A case report.

Foreign bodies that strike the body with their long edges can cause severe problems. From the hospitalization of the patients to the removal of the foreign body and from surgery to follow-up, working as a team in a well-organized manner is necessary. In the present research, we present our experience, including the hospitalization, initial assessment by the emergency team, examination, and treatment plan, of a pediatric patient who had a 12-m long iron bar that traversed from the right side of the anus to the loin; this impalement happened while the patient was sliding through a snow-covered street, and the patient had to wait on the snow until the fire department arrived and cut the iron bar.

Acquired Chiari I Malformation Secondary to Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Syndrome and Persistent Hypoglycemia: A Case Report.

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a rare and potentially serious condition in childhood. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volume depletion is thought to be the main causative feature for intracranial hypotension and results from a spontaneous CSF leak, often at the spine level. SIH is increasingly diagnosed in clinical practice, although it manifests a varied symptomatology.

Neonatal gastric perforations in very low birth weight infants: a single center experience and review of the literature.

Purpose: Gastric perforation is a rare condition with high mortality rates in preterm infants. The aim of this retrospective study was to define the risk factors and prognosis in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with gastric perforations.

Methods: VLBW infants with a diagnosis of gastric perforation between 2012 and 2016 were included.

Increasing the Reliability of the Grading System for Voiding Cystourethrograms Using Ultrasonography: An Inter-Rater Comparison.

Background: To assess the effectiveness of the current vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) grading system according to the international classification of VUR (ICVUR) and to evaluate whether VUR grading accuracy could be improved by renal ultrasonography (RU) according to the Society for Fetal Urology (SFU) grading system.

Objectives: Therefore, this study assessed the accuracy of the current VCUG staging system by assessing inter-rater reliability among pediatric radiologists and urologists; it also evaluated whether accuracy is increased by RU without consensus (with respect to VCUG grading).

Methods: Four pediatric urologists and four pediatric radiologists independently graded 120 voiding cystourethrograms (VCUGs).

Unusual Presentation of Duplex Kidneys: Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction.

. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is rarely associated with a duplex collecting system. We review this unusual anomaly in terms of presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and surgical management.

Therapeutic approaches and long-term follow-up for prenatal hydronephrosis.

Objective: This study summarises the outcomes of 149 patients who underwent surgery for antenatally diagnosed unilateral hydronephrosis.

Methods: The medical records of such patients over a 23-year period were reviewed retrospectively. Age at the time of operation, preoperative and postoperative mean pelvic diameter on ultrasound, split renal function, washout patterns on scintigraphy, and early and late complications were recorded.

A bladder diverticulum model in rabbits.

Purpose: Shuttling of some of the bladder volume into the bladder diverticulum (BD) can cause urinary retention, lower urinary tract dysfunction, infection, and stone formation. This experimental study is the first to create a rabbit BD to study micturition physiology (urodynamics and pathology) that mimics clinical findings.

Materials And Methods: The study included 16 New Zealand adult male rabbits in the BD group and 16 sham-operated controls.

Reliability of the Grading System for Voiding Cystourethrograms in the Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux: An Interrater Comparison.

Aim. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is one of the most common conditions seen in pediatric urology. Fortunately, there are many treatment options for this disorder.

The effect of bladder diverticula on bladder function: An experimental study in rabbits.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effect of bladder diverticula (BD) on bladder function using a rabbit model, based on urodynamic findings.

Methods: A total of 32 New Zealand white rabbits were randomly assigned to four groups: (1) sham surgery; (2) a single, 1-cm-diameter BD; (3) a single, large, 3-cm-diameter BD; and (4) four (multi) 1-cm-diameter BD. Urodynamic evaluations were performed preoperatively, and 1week and 1month postoperatively, to measure the postmicturition residual (PMR), maximum bladder capacity (MBC), filling and voiding detrusor pressure (Pdet), compliance, and unstable detrusor contractions.

Congenital Prepubic Sinus with Remnant Tissue Mimics Corpus Spongiosum: A Rare Case.

A congenital prepubic sinus is a tract that originates in the skin and overlays the base of the penis; however, its embryologic basis is still debated. We herein present a case involving a 3-year-old boy who was admitted for examination of overlying tissue located a few centimeters distal to the dorsal base of the penis. Examination revealed a tiny sinus in the prepubic area, and 3 cm of tissue was attached to the sinus.

Metabolic disorders in Turkish children with urolithiasis.

Objective: To review metabolic disorders in Turkish children with urinary tract stone disease.

Materials And Methods: The medical records of 308 pediatric patients with the diagnosis of urolithiasis between 1996 and 2008, whose disease progression was followed in a single tertiary-care center, were reviewed retrospectively. Two hundred forty-eight patients whose metabolic analyses were performed were included in the study.

Treatment of spontaneous rupture of lung hydatid cysts into a bronchus in children.

Purpose: While several publications have reported the treatment of ruptured lung hydatid cysts (HC) in adults, there is limited information on the treatment of children. This study summarizes the treatment approach and outcomes of 11 children with spontaneous rupture of lung HCs into a bronchus.

Methods: The complete medical records of 11 patients with spontaneous lung HC bronchus rupture between March 1993 and April 2012 were examined retrospectively.

Misdiagnoses caused by use of indwelling urethral catheters in children with ureterovesical junction anomalies.

Purpose: Children commonly undergo vesicograms for diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). This requires urethral catheterization with transurethral replacement. We report misdiagnosed or related complications due to indwelling urethral catheters unintentionally placed in the ureter.

Renal outcome of children with horseshoe kidney: a single-center experience.

Objective: To assess the clinical features, additional abnormalities, and renal consequences of children with horseshoe kidney (HSK).

Methods: The medical records of 41 children with HSK followed in our pediatric nephrology clinic between the years of 2004 and 2014 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: There were 22 girls (53.

Current diagnosis and management of simple hepatic cysts detected prenatally and postnatally.

Purpose: The optimal management of simple hepatic cysts (SHCs) remains controversial. A retrospective review was carried out to evaluate the clinical presentation and surgical consideration of children with SHCs and outcome of management at our institution.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all patients diagnosed with SHCs between January 1993 and May 2013.

Surgical interventions in childhood rare factor deficiencies: a single-center experience from Turkey.

Congenital rare factor deficiencies may present in infancy by life-threatening bleedings or may not show any symptoms until adulthood. It is reported more commonly in countries having consanguineous marriages. Data regarding surgical interventions of rare congenital factor deficiencies are based on case reports and records of guidelines.

Fetal-neonatal ovarian cysts--their monitoring and management: retrospective evaluation of 20 cases and review of the literature.

Objective: Neonatal ovarian cysts (NOC) are usually self-limiting structures. However, large or complex cysts may lead to severe complications. A standard guide to management, treatment and follow-up of NOC is not yet available.

Treatment of Wilms tumor: a report from the Turkish Pediatric Oncology Group (TPOG).

Aim: To standardize diagnosis and treatment of childhood Wilms tumor (WT) in Turkey.

Methods And Patients: Between 1998 and 2006, WT patients were registered from 19 centers. Patients <16 years with unilateral WT whose treatment started in first postoperative 3 weeks were included.

Unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney: single-center experience.

Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is one of the most common renal abnormalities in children. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical course and outcome of patients with MCDK. Ninety pediatric patients with unilateral MCDK followed by the Pediatric Nephrology Department of Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital between 1990 and 2007 were included in this retrospective study.

Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty for hypospadias reoperations in 100 patients.

Objectives: To determine the key points for a successful redo hypospadias procedure using tubularized incised plate urethroplasty operation.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of a cohort of 100 patients (Mean age: 4.5 years, range: 2-12) who had undergone a redo tubularized incised plate urethroplasty operation was performed.

An unusual complication of familial Mediterranean fever: intestinal volvulus and necrosis.

Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurring inflammatory attacks of synovial membranes. More than 95% of patients show peritoneal involvement which mimics acute abdomen and can sometimes cause unnecessary surgical intervention. The authors present two patients with the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever who underwent surgery because of rare abdominal complication of the disease.

Testicular volume before and after hydrocelectomy in children.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is an association between communicating congenital hydroceles and testicular volume in children.

Methods: Seventeen children with unilateral communicating congenital hydroceles who underwent hydrocelectomies were included in the study. Testicular volumes were measured before and after hydrocelectomy on both the affected and unaffected sides.