A Multicenter Evaluation Of Technical Preferences For Primary Hypospadias Repair
Monday, 28 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - A large surgical armamentarium exists for the repair of hypospadias. Nevertheless, it remains an arena of controversy regarding which repair is optimal.
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Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery In Children: An Overview Of What Can Be Done
Tuesday, 22 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Laparoscopy has come into the mainstream of pediatric urology for most abdominal and retroperitoneal pathologies in children.
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Urine Test Helps Identify Steroid-Sensitive Kidney Disease In Children
Monday, 21 November 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Testing for certain protein profiles in the urine of children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome can differentiate steroid-sensitive from steroid-resistant disease, according to study findings presented last week at the American Society of Nephrology's annual meeting in Philadelphia.
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Hypospadias And Maternal Exposures To Cigarette Smoke
Friday, 18 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Hypospadias is a congenital anomaly in which the urethral opening occurs on the ventral side of the penis, scrotum or perineum, as a result of abnormal urethral closure from 8 to 14 weeks gestation. Several conditions that are more common among infants born to women who smoke are also more common among infants with hypospadias - low birthweight, cryptorchidism, and maternal subfertility.
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Biofeedback Effective Treatment For Children With Voiding Dysfunction
Thursday, 17 November 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Biofeedback improves urodynamic parameters in pediatric patients with bladder dysfunction, Turkish researchers report, and can even be helpful for children as young as 5.
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Urodynamics-Based Evidence For The Beneficial Effect Of Imipramine On Valve Bladders In Children
Wednesday, 16 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The valve bladder as described being the decompensated result of outlet obstruction in patients with posterior urethral valves (PUV) is recognized as perhaps the single most important determinant of long-term outcome.
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Percutaneous Cystolithotomy For Pediatric Endemic Bladder Stone: Experience With 155 Cases From 2 Developing Countries
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Minimally invasive approaches to stone disease have become the mainstay of treatment when surgical intervention is necessary.
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The Efficacy Of Caudal Morphine Or Bupivacaine Combined With General Anesthesia On Postoperative Pain And Neuroendocrine Stress Response In Children
Monday, 14 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Caudal epidural-morphine or epidural-local administration has been used for postoperative pain relief in lower abdominal surgery, thoracotomy, liver transplantation, and many outpatient urologic procedures such as hypospadias and laparoscoppic orchiopexy.
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Bilateral Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation In Toilet Trained Children: Is 1-Day Hospitalization Without Urinary Retention Possible?
Friday, 11 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - There has been debate regarding the complication of transient urinary retention in extravesical ureteroneocystostomy but it cannot be argued that it has a success rate comparable to the intravesical approach but with a morbidity.
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Choice Of Urine Collection Methods For The Diagnosis Of Urinary Tract Infection In Young, Febrile Infants
Thursday, 10 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The optimal and most consistent method of urine collection in febrile infants is urethral catheterization.
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Reconstructive Lower Urinary Tract Surgery In Incontinent Adolescents With Exstrophy/Epispadias Complex
Tuesday, 08 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Long-term outcomes for the exstrophy/epspadias population are not only variable but also scant in the current literature.
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Maternal Progestin Intake And Risk Of Hypospadias
Thursday, 03 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Previous published studies have shown that maternal exposure to progestins during early pregnancy may be associated with an increased risk of hypospadias.
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Circumcised Men Less Likely To Transmit Chlamydia Trachomatis
Thursday, 03 November 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Female sexual partners of circumcised men are less likely to contract Chlamydia trachomatis infections than are those of uncircumcised men, a multinational team of investigators report.
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Limitations Seen In Long-Term Survivors Of Childhood Cancer
Tuesday, 01 November 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Long-term survivors of childhood malignancies are at increased risk for limitations in physical performance and are likely to have difficulty with certain activities of daily living (ADL), new research suggests.
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Male Circumcision Protects Against HIV Infection
Thursday, 27 October 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Circumcising adult men reduces their risk of HIV infection, investigators in France and
South Africa report.
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