Childhood Wilms' tumour: prognostic factors in North Central Nigeria.

Background: Childhood Wilms' tumour or nephroblastoma represents one of the challenges for paediatric oncologists in developing countries.

Objective: To review the clinical characteristics and outcome of management of childhood nephroblastoma in North- Central Nigeria.

Methods: The clinical, operative and histological records of children aged 15 years and below, that were managed for Wilms' tumour at the Jos University Teaching Hospital between 1998 and 2005 were retrospectively reviewed.

Pilot study on one-stage colonic resection without lavage in obstructed left colon in children in an emergency setting.

Classically, left-sided colon obstruction is managed by a multi-staged resection and defunctioning colostomy. The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of single-stage resection and anastomosis without intraoperative colonic lavage for acute left-sided colonic obstruction in children. Between October 2000 and May 2006, nine consecutive patients who had a one-stage left-sided colon resection without preceding colonic lavage were evaluated.