...Guanghua Peng; Jin Kuang; Yijian Chen; Xin Huang; Leming Song; Xiaolin Deng Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of flexible ureteroscopy using a tip-flexible pressure-controlling ureteral access sheath (TFPC-UAS) for renal stones in children. Methods...

...Lingling Zhang; Hongye Xu; Yikun Feng; Xiaoqing Wang; Guoqiang Du; Rongde Wu; Wei Liu Introduction: This study aimed to analyze the changes in differential renal function (DRF) after laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children with high-grade hydronephrosis and factors influencing DRF improvement. Methods...

... Wilms tumor Children Left-sided inferior vena cava Wilms tumor (WT) is the second most common solid tumor in pediatric population. WT with extension into collecting system, which is called botryoid WT, and combined with other abnormality is uncommon. Herein, we present a case of botryoid WT...

...Radheshyam Chaudhari; Amit Sharma; Irfan Shaikh; Mukund Andankar; Hemant Pathak Introduction: Trans-perineal urethroplasty is the preferred treatment for distraction urethral injuries in adults. However, management of such injuries in children is challenging because of functional implications...

...Mohamed G. Soliman; Osama El-Gamal; Samir El-Gamal; Ali Abdel Raheem; Ahmed Abou-Ramadan; Ahmed El-Abd Aim: To compare the efficacy and safety of silodosin versus tamsulosin as medical expulsive therapy for stones of lower-third ureter in children. Patients and Methods: This prospective single...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Children Testicular torsion Trauma Testicular torsion (TT) is a urological...

...Elif Altınay Kırlı; Fethi Ahmet Türegün; Berin Selçuk; Mehmet Hamza Gültekin; Nejat Tansu; Ahmet Erözenci; Bülent Önal Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficiency of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in children who previously underwent ipsilateral open renal stone surgery (ORSS...

...Marleen van den Heijkant; Katrien De Coster; Katrien Jansen; Guy Bogaert Purpose: A low-pressure bladder in children with neuropathic bladder dysfunction can be achieved using anticholinergic medication. Due to the significant side effects of oral oxybutynin, our patients are treated with daily...

.... Topical therapy with corticosteroids is recommended, but they can have side effects. Objectives: We aimed to compare the effects of ozonides with vitamin E acetate (OZOILE) versus topical corticosteroid in children undergoing circumcision. Method: Twenty children undergoing circumcision were treated...

...Tao Deng; Xuan Zhang; Guanghuan Wang; Shouxing Duan; Maxian Fu; Jun Zhong; Jianhong Li; Xuewu Jiang Objective: To investigate the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of children with cryptorchidism complicated by testicular torsion. Methods: The clinical data of 6 children...

...Pietro Ferrara; Maria Di Giuseppe; Giovanna Carmela Fabrizio; Annamaria Sbordone; Maria Amato; Costanza Cutrona; Alberto Verrotti Objective: To investigate the role of punishment in enuretic children and how the punishments can influence therapy response. Methods: We enrolled 218 enuretic children...

...Senad Kalkan; Cevper Ersöz; Abdullah Armagan; Ali İhsan Taşçı; Mesrur Selcuk Silay Objective: There are 2 critical steps of stent placement during laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LP) in children. Introduction to the ureteropelvic junction and passing through the ureterovesical junction. We aimed...

...Daryoosh Fahimi; Mojdeh Habibi Zoham; Mahdi Sheikh; Mirataollah Salabati; Arash Ghazanfari; Mojdeh Firouzi; Malektaj Honarmand Introduction: This study assesses the differences in the presentations, complications and metabolic abnormalities of children with renal calyceal microlithiasis (RCM...

... the knowledge on these conditions and optimize their diagnosis and treatment. Methods: We enrolled 278 children with NE or UI referred to the pediatric nephrology ambulatory, ‘A. Gemelli' University Hospital of Rome, from December 2006 to December 2011. Results: We observed that heredity, parasomnias, left...

... that such children may have lower urinary tract dysfunction, which produces high intravesical pressure and consequently a predisposition for VUR. Patients and Methods: The urodynamics was investigated by pressure-flow-EMG study in 132 children with VUR and 162 refluxing units. Results: Only 33 (25.0%) patients had...

.... Onabotulinumtoxin A Incontinence Children Botulinum toxin Bladder Antibodies Neurogenic detrusor overactivity Urologia Internationalis Original Paper Urol Int 2011;87:434 438 DOI: 10.1159/000331726 Received: June 20, 2011 Accepted after revision: August 10, 2011 Published online: September 28, 2011 Results...

...Sun-Ouck Kim; Bo Sung Shin; In Sang Hwang; Eu Chang Hwang; Kyung Jin Oh; Seung Il Jung; Taek Won Kang; Dongdeuk Kwon; Kwangsung Park; Soo Bang Ryu Purpose: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety in children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) of a single injection of two different bulking agents...

...Maxime Robert; Nicolas Drianno; Jacques Guiter; Michel Averous; Daniel Grasset Objective: To evaluate the management of urolithiasis in children since the development of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Methods: Between 1988 and 1994, 37 children, aged from 2 to 15 years (mean 10...

... children with renal calculi were treated by ESWL in our department. The age of the children ranged from 8 months to 14 years. Thirty-three of them were boys and 17 girls. The stone location was in the renal pelvis in 38 cases, in the upper renal calyx in 4 cases, in the lower calyx in 2, while 6 children...

...Kemal Sanca; Sadettin Küpei; Nese Sarica; Orhan Gögüş; Sahir Kihç; Sezen Saribaş Between October 1990 and May 1991, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was performed on 35 children. All the treatments were done with the Dornier MPL 9000 Lithotriptor under sedation. Following treatment all...