Pediatric Urolithiasis: 15 Years Of Local Experience With Minimally Invasive Endourological Management Of Pediatric Calculi
Tuesday, 09 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Stone disease in children has grown exponentially over the past several years and seems to be most likely due to dehydration and high sodium diets when genetic and or inherent metabloic factors are not playing a role.
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Hypospadias In A Cohort Of 1072 Danish Newborn Boys: Prevalence And Relationship To Placental Weight, Anthropometrical Measurements At Birth, And Reproductive Hormone Levels At Three Months Of Age
Wednesday, 03 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The aim of the study from Denmark and Finland by Boisen et al was to investigate the prevalence of hypospadias in Denmark and evaluate the relationship to anthropometrical measurements at birth and reproductive hormone levels at 3 months of age.
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Routine Voiding Cystourethrography Is Of No Value In Neonates With Unilateral Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney
Tuesday, 02 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) has been a point of contention for both physicians and patient's families.
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Upper And Lower Urinary Tract Outcome After Surgical Repair Of Cloacal Malformations: A Three-Decade Experience
Monday, 01 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - These authors from Indianapolis present a three-decade experience in upper and lower urinary tract outcomes after the surgical repair of cloacal malformations.
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Diuresis Renal Scintigraphy "F-0" In Diagnosing Of Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction In Children: The Clinical Significance
Monday, 01 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The aim of this study by Vlajkovic et al was to assess the clinical relevance of diuretic renal scintigraphy that was performed with a simultaneously administered radiopharmaceutical agent and furosemide (DRS "F-0") for diagnosing obstruction of upper urinary tract in children with previously documented hydronephrosis and ureterohydronephrosis.
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Circumcision Prevents UTIs, But Risk-Benefit Ratio Is Debatable
Monday, 01 August 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a meta-analysis confirm that male circumcision reduces the risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs) -- but more than 100 boys need to be circumcised to prevent one UTI.
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Patterns Of Inheritance In Familial Prune Belly Syndrome
Friday, 29 July 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The full clinical triad of prune belly syndrome (PBS), consisting of abdominal wall muscle defect, urinary tract dilation, and bilateral undescended testes, was first described by 1895.
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Ten Cases Of Congenital Urethral Stricture In Childhood With Enuresis
Friday, 29 July 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - It is rare that enuresis has a true anatomic pathology as its etiology.
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Higher Than Expected Prevalence Of Congenital Cryptorchidism In Lithuania: A Study Of 1204 Boys At Birth And 1 Year Follow-Up
Thursday, 28 July 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The aim of the study by Preikša et al was to detect prevalence of cryptorchidism in Lithuanian newborn boys.
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Natural History Of Vesicoureteral Reflux Associated With Kidney Anomalies
Wednesday, 27 July 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The purpose of this study by Guarino et al was to evaluate the follow-up of patients with multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK), renal agenesis, and renal ectopia with associated grade 2 or more vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) by cystography.
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Circumcision Shown To Prevent Heterosexual Male HIV Infections
Wednesday, 27 July 2005
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters Health) - The longstanding observation that circumcision protects against HIV infection to some degree has been confirmed in a randomized trial.
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Long-term Urologic And Psychological Outcome of Posterior Urethral Rupture in Children Reported
Friday, 22 July 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Posterior urethral rupture (PUR) in children remains one of the most difficult problems in surgical practice.
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Hypospadias Repair: Byar's Two-stage Operation Revisited
Tuesday, 19 July 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Hypospadias is a congenital deformity characterised by an abnormally located urethral opening that could occur anywhere proximal to its normal location on the ventral surface of glans penis to the perineum. It is commonly associated with a chordee that must be corrected prior to reconstruction of the urethra.
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Cranberry Usage Common For Urinary Tract Infections
Tuesday, 19 July 2005
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center -- New research suggests that while it's fairly common for parents to give their children cranberry products to treat or prevent urinary tract infections, they usually do not discuss the treatment with their pediatrician.
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Novel Familial WT1 Read-Through Mutation Associated With Wilms Tumor and Slow Progressive Nephropathy
Friday, 15 July 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Wilms Tumor Gene 1 (WT1) has a key role in kidney and gonad development and subsequent normal renal function.
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