Efficacy of transcutaneous functional electrical stimulation on urinary incontinence in myelomeningocele: results of a pilot study.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of transcutaneous functional electrical stimulation (FES) on voiding symptoms in children with myelomeningocele (MMC) suffering from neuropathic urinary incontinence.

Materials And Methods: Six girls and 6 boys with moderate to severe urinary incontinence secondary to MMC were included. Median age of children was 5.

Urethral hydrodistension for management of urethral hypoplasia in prune belly syndrome: long-term results.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of urethral hydrodistension for management of urethral hypoplasia in prune belly syndrome (PBS).

Methods: During a 10-year period, 7 infants with PBS and urethral hypoplasia presented either with open urachus or surgically created urinary diversion referred to our hospital. Five milliliters of normal saline was pushed via a 22-gauge plastic angiocatheter into the urethra with simultaneous finger pressure on the perineum to occlude the proximal urethra that was repeated with higher volumes of the solution (up to 20 mL).

Management of recurrent epididymitis in children: application of neurovascular sparing vas clipping in refractory cases.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of therapeutic methods for recurrent epididymitis and neurovascular sparing vas clipping in refractory cases.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen boys with recurrent epididymitis were enrolled: the first group (9) with primary structural anomalies and the second group (6) with voiding dysfunction without structural anomalies. Median age was 4 (29 months to 7 years) and 4.

Single-donor fibrin sealant for repair of urethrocutaneous fistulae following multiple hypospadias and epispadias repairs.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of fibrin sealant for repair of urethrocutaneous fistula after multiple failed hypospadias and epispadias surgeries.

Materials And Methods: The study population comprised 11 boys (mean age 12.18 years) with history of hypospadias or epispadias and at least two failed fistula repair operations leading to recurrent urethrocutaneous fistula.

Antibody formation following botulinum toxin type A (Dysport) injection in children with intractable bladder hyper-reflexia.

Objectives: To investigate the pattern of anti-Dysport antibody (ADA) formation after Dysport injection in patients with neuropathic bladder. Antibody formation may lead to failure or allergic reactions in patients undergoing Dysport injection.

Methods: Forty-four children with neuropathic bladder were enrolled and classified into 3 groups: group I, without history of previous injection (n = 8); group II, with history of one or more injections (n = 7); and group III, who had been injected 3-36 months before this study (n = 29).

Intravitreal triamcinolone as an adjunct to standard laser therapy in coexisting high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy and clinically significant macular edema.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) injection plus panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) and macular photocoagulation (MPC) in comparison with PRP and MPC in eyes with coexisting high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and clinically significant macular edema (CSME).

Methods: Twenty-three patients diagnosed with both high-risk PDR and CSME were enrolled in our prospective, randomized clinical trial study. One eye of each patient was selected to undergo IVTA injection one week before initial PRP and MPC (IVTA eye), and the other eye was treated with PRP and MPC (control eye) based on block randomization.