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Laparoscopic treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in five pediatric cases of pelvic kidneys.
J Pediatr Urol
December 2015
Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Paris, France. Electronic address:
Objective: Ectopic kidney is a rare urologic condition and may be revealed by ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) in children, with pelvic kidney being the most common location. Our experience using a minimally invasive approach to treat UPJO by dismembered pyeloplasty led us to report five cases of UPJO with pelvic kidney operated on by transperitoneal laparoscopy, focusing on medium-term follow-up results and surgical technique.
Patients And Methods: From 1999 to 2010, we reviewed all cases of UPJO managed in our center, a total of 391 patients.
Ultrasound and infections on the Tibetan Plateau().
J Ultrasound
June 2012
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
Introduction: The authors report on an ultrasound (US) outreach program for the nomadic people living in Yushu, a remote area of Qinghai, Tibet, People's Republic of China (PRC) about 4800 m above sea level. The program was carried out in cooperation with ROKPA INTERNATIONAL, a non-profit organization (NGO) that aims at helping the poorest peoples living in remote regions of the world.
Materials And Methods: A hand-held US scanner (Sonosite 180 Plus, Sonosite Inc.
We describe a 6-year-old boy with a de novo 12 Mb interstitial duplication of chromosome 17q11.1q12, identified by oligo array-CGH. The patient shows psychomotor developmental and language delay, dolicocephaly, minor facial anomalies, hypotonia and renal megacalicosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Megacalycosis as a diagnostic problem in children].
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December 2006
Klinika Nefrologii Pediatrycznej, Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
Megacalycosis is an uncommon, congenital renal abnormality, characterized by nonobstructive dilatation of the renal calyces with normal renal pelvis, ureter and bladder. This condition is due to underdevelopement or hypoplasia of Malpighie's pyramids. It usually occurs unilateraly as the isolated anomaly with strong male predominance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA case of Schinzel-Giedion syndrome, a rare malformation syndrome with a life expectancy of less than 2 years is described. Features present in this and previous cases are discussed. The association of agenesis of the corpus callosum with the Arnold-Chiari malformation found in this patient has not previously been described.
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