The Use of Preputial Dartos Flap in the Primary Repair of Distal Hypospadias: A Single-centre Experience.

Background: An additional flap during the tubularization of incised urethral plate urethroplasty (TIPU) is believed to minimize the postoperative complications. It is still debatable whether using an additional flap is worth the risk given the hazards associated with doing so. This study aims to re-evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of TIPU with or without a preputial dartos (PD) flap.

Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Retrospective Review from a Tertiary Care Institute.

Background: A survey of neonates with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula (EA ± TEF) to determine additional factors responsible for poor surgical outcomes in our institution where employing an improved standard of care can ameliorate the outcome.

Materials And Methods: We carried out a retrospective review of 54 neonates, who underwent surgical repair of EA± TEF over a 5-year period. We collected data regarding the patients' demographics, perioperative findings, records of neonatal intensive care, and ascertained the effects of gender, gestational age, birth weight, age at operation, type of anomaly, coexisting major anomalies, preoperative inotrope therapy, and duration of postoperative ventilation on the surgical outcome.

Isolated Mediastinal Pseudocyst of the Pancreas.

Background: Mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst is a rare complication of pancreatitis.

Case Characteristics: An 8-year-old boy with chest pain and shortness of breath. Computed tomography of chest showed a cystic mass in the mediastinum.

Shanghai Fever: A Fatal Form of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Enteric Disease.

Background: Outcome of pseudomonas enteric fever is unpredictable as multiple systemic lethal complications occur abruptly.

Case Characteristics: A 9-month-old girl with multiple ileal perforations, leukocoria, ecthyma gangrenosum, hemiplegia and a perforated ulcer in the soft palate. Blood culture suggested Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.