Torsion of spermatic cord in children: a review.

The current opinion on spermatic cord torsion is discussed in this review, with special attention to natural history, value of diagnostic tools, evidence for surgical management, outcome and management of atypical forms of torsion.

Outcomes of pregnant patients with Pap smears classified as atypical glandular cells.

Objectives: The incidence of cervical cancers increases with age. Due to the trend of increasing age of first pregnancy, abnormal Pap smears including those classified as atypical glandular cells (AGC) are being found more often in early pregnancy. Once invasive cancer is excluded, conservative management of squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) in pregnancy is considered safe; however, optimal management of AGC is not well established.

High-risk human papillomavirus DNA in paraaortic lymph nodes in advanced stages of cervical carcinoma.

Background: Paraaortic lymph nodes represent the second level in the lymphatic spread of cervical cancer. Recent studies have confirmed the association of HPV DNA in pelvic lymph nodes in early-stage disease with metastatic involvement and a less favourable prognosis.

Objective: The aim of our study was to detect 13 high-risk genotypes of HPV in paraaortic nodes harvested from patients with FIGO IB2-IIIB tumours and correlate findings with histopathology.

Transmesocolic laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children: a standard approach for the left-side repair.

Objective: To compare the transmesocolic approach in the left laparoscopic pyeloplasty with the laterocolic right-side repair in children.

Patients And Methods: Dismembered pyeloplasty was performed in 77 consecutive children aged 1.2-18.