Procalcitonin as a Predictor of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children With a First Febrile Urinary Tract Infection
Wednesday, 29 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Vesicoureteral reflux is diagnosed in 20% to 40% of children with a first febrile urinary tract infection. Voiding cystourethrography is recommended for the evaluation of febrile urinary tract infection in children.
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Complete Repair of Bladder Exstrophy in Boys: Can Hypospadias Be Avoided?
Monday, 27 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Complete primary repair of classic bladder exstrophy in male newborns as described by Michael E. Mitchell, MD has been proven successful with minimal morbidity.
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Pelvic Floor Magnetic Stimulation Treats Voiding Dysfunction
Friday, 24 June 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Recent study findings suggest that extracorporeal pelvic floor magnetic stimulation may be an effective treatment in children with voiding dysfunction.
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Fetal MRI of Urine and Meconium by Gestational Age for the Diagnosis of Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Abnormalities
Wednesday, 22 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Improved fine details seen in MRI has lead investigators to study this modality as possibly being a first line imaging technique to help delineate complex entities and correlate them to clinical and pathological findings.
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Vincristine-Induced Urinary Bladder Paralysis
Monday, 20 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Case reports are becoming more scant in the literature; however they continue to play a role in augmenting the breadth of knowledge acquired by clinical research today.
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Cavoatrial Tumor Extension in Children With Wilms Tumor: A Retrospective Review of 17 Children in a Single Center
Thursday, 16 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Akyuz et al evaluated the clinical characteristics and treatment results of 17 children with cavoatrial tumor extension of Wilms tumor.
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Adrenal Insufficiency in Asymptomatic Adrenoleukodystrophy Patients Identified by Very Long-chain Fatty Acid Screening
Wednesday, 15 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - It is wonderful to see the bench work come to the bedside. Basic science research is crossing over to the clinical arena at a fast rate.
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Dysfunctional Voiding and Incontinence Scoring System: Quantitative Evaluation of Incontinence Symptoms in Pediatric Population
Thursday, 09 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Dysfunctional voiding in children is common and it is quite difficult to standardize their care.
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Simplified Upper Pole Nephrectomy: Initial Experience
Wednesday, 08 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Barroso et al from Sao Paolo, Brazile performed a retrospective review to assess the results of an upper pole nephrectomy on 5 children utilizing an operative technique they described as a polar nephrectomy.
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Endoscopic Cross-Trigonal Ureteral Reimplantation Under Carbon Dioxide Bladder Insufflation: A Novel Technique
Tuesday, 07 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Minimally invasive surgery has entered deep into the realm of pediatric urology.
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Resveratrol Reduces Ischemia Reperfusion Injury After Experimental Testicular Torsion
Monday, 06 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Testicular torsion carries a high rate of testicular loss if the timeframe between onset and surgery is longer than 6 hours.
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Correlation Between Ultrasound and Anatomical Findings in Fetuses with Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction in the First Half of Pregnancy
Friday, 03 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The prognosis of fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO) depends upon renal function and also upon the underlying etiology. Precise identification of the latter remains a challenge antenatally.
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Predictive Value of Pretransplant Inflammatory Markers in Renal Allograft Survival and Rejection in Children
Thursday, 02 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - It has been shown that pre-transplant inflammation has been associated with acute rejection in adult transplant recipients.
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Management of Complications After Hypospadias Repair
Tuesday, 31 May 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - This group from Kansas City reviewed their experience with hypospadias complications seen after 10%-15% of repairs.
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Transplantation of Single Pediatric Kidneys Into Adult Recipients
Friday, 20 May 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - From Houston, Texas a retrospective single-center review was done to evaluate the outcome of single pediatric kidneys transplanted into adult recipients.
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