Efficacy of transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation in children with functional voiding disorders.

Aims: To assess the efficacy of transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (TPTNS) on functional voiding disorder (FVD) and investigate the utility of urine biomarkers (UBs: nerve growth factor, transforming growth factor-beta 1, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 2) in diagnosis and follow-up.

Methods: A total of 44 children were included to this randomized controlled trial prospectively. After randomization, 20 of 30 children with storage phase dysfunction those were unresponsive or noncompliant to medical treatment received TPTNS treatment (test group) and 10 children underwent TPTNS with no current (sham group) for 12 weeks.

Shockwave lithotripsy for kidney stones as a first-line therapy in children younger than 2 years.

Background: The incidence of urolithiasis in children has risen worldwide over the last decades with geographical varieties. As pediatric patients begin forming stones earlier in life, they have high risk of recurrence. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) is a non-invasive treatment modality that is preferred in the management of pediatric stones.

Predictors of Recurrence and Complications in Pediatric Pyeloplasty.

Objective: To assess the predictors of recurrence and complications, we retrospectively analyzed our experience in primary pediatric pyeloplasty. Management of pyeloplasty failure is challenging both for patients and for surgeons, especially in pediatric cases. Early detection of recurrence and early manipulation may help preserving renal function.

Positioning the Instillation of Contrast Cystography: Does It Provide Any Clinical Benefit?

Objective: To outline positioning the instillation of contrast cystography (PICC)'s benefits in clinical practice.

Materials And Methods: A total of 198 patients underwent PICC with the following indications: patients with positive preoperative conventional voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) for a single ureteric side, patients with urinary tract infection (UTI), and negative VCUG for both ureteric sides. Patients with positive VCUG served as the control group.

Comparing the effectiveness of intranasal desmopressin and doxazosin in men with nocturia: a pilot randomized clinical trial.

Purpose: We aimed to compare the effectiveness of intranasal desmopressin and doxazosin treatments in patients with nocturia and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Material And Methods: Thirty one men with BPH and three or more episodes of nocturia were randomized to receive 2 mg doxazosin at night for two weeks increasing to 4 mg for a further two weeks versus 20 μg intranasal desmopressin at night. For all patients, number of nocturia, urinary flow rate, residual urine volume and quality of life score were checked.

Serum retinoic acid and atopy among children of different ethnic origin living in Germany.

We hypothesized that higher provitamin A carotenoid serum levels may be associated with higher concentrations of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and atopy. Concentration of ATRA was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography in sera from German domestic and Turkish migrants' children. ATRA serum levels were significantly higher in German children if compared with Turkish children and correlated with those of β-carotene (rs = 0.

Serum carotenoids and atopy among children of different ethnic origin living in Germany.

The manifestation of atopy in early life is thought to be influenced by the diet. We hypothesized that the previously reported lower prevalence of atopy among Turkish immigrant children in Germany might be related to a different pattern of serum carotenoids. Serum carotenoid concentrations were measured in pre-school children of different ethnic origin from Berlin, D.

Long-term evaluation of donor site morbidity after free fibula transfer.

Our aim was to evaluate the long-term morbidity at the donor site after harvest of free fibular flaps. From a total of 165 patients, we were able to examine (not randomly) 62 donor regions in 57 patients (33 men and 24 women) 2-167 months (mean 45 months) after fibular transfer. Patients' individual risk factors and any disturbances of healing, and dysfunction of the toes, were recorded.