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Purpose: To describe and report the results of a zip-up modification for loop myopexy for facilitating a muscle union procedure in heavy eye syndrome.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on patients with heavy eye syndrome in whom the modified surgical technique was performed. Superior and lateral rectus muscle bellies were approximated using a suture 4 to 5 mm from the muscle insertion.
J Pediatr Urol
August 2023
Paediatric Urology Department, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom. Electronic address:
Introduction: Anatomical studies of hypospadias show failure of zipping-up of histologically normal urethral plate and corpus spongiosum. With the commonly utilized substitution urethroplasties for proximal hypospadias, a reconstructed urethra of just an "epithelial-lined tube" with no spongiosal support, is apt to long-term urinary and ejaculatory dysfunctions. We completed a one-stage anatomical reconstruction in children with proximal hypospadias whenever the ventral curvature could be reduced to <30° and evaluated the post-pubertal outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
April 2017
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address:
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