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Early Start to Therapy Preserves Kidney Function in Spina Bifida Patients
Saturday, 06 May 2006
Objective: Renal scarring and renal failure remain life-threatening for children born with spinal dysraphism. We reviewed our data of spina bifida patients to evaluate whether optimal treatment of the neurogenic bladder from birth onwards can preserve kidney function.
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Progress in the Management of Children Born with Spina Bifida
Saturday, 06 May 2006
In 1809, Samuel Cooper devoted a whole chapter of his textbook on practical surgery to record that nothing could be done for infants born with spina bifida. Few children lived longer than a year, but for those who did, it was recognized that better prognosis was associated with lesions low in the spinal cord [1].
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Twenty Years of Urotherapy in Children: What Have We Learned?
Wednesday, 01 March 2006
Starting in the late 1980s and originating in Scandinavia, ‘‘urotherapy’’ for children with voiding problems found its way throughout the medical world. ‘‘Urotherapy’’ means nonsurgical, nonpharmacologic treatment of lower urinary tract function and can be defined as a bladder re-education or rehabilitation program aiming at correction of filling and voiding difficulties. It is thus synonymous with the term ‘‘lower urinary tract rehabilitation,’’ frequently used for adults [1].
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European Urology - More Urologic Clinical Trials in Children are Needed
Wednesday, 20 September 2006
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 662-663 (October 2006) The pathophysiology and treatment of nocturnal enuresis remain a challenge for most general urologists and paediatricians.
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European Urology - Artificial Urinary Sphincter: 11-Year Experience in Adolescents with Congenital Neuropathic Bladder
Wednesday, 25 October 2006
Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages 1096-1101 (November 2006) Abstract - Objective: We assess our experience over the last 11 years in the use of an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) to treat urinary incontinence in children with neuropathic bladders.
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Conservative Treatment of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction in Children with Antenatal Diagnosis of Hydronephrosis: Lessons Learned after 16 Years of Follow-Up
Monday, 03 April 2006
Objectives: We attempted to define predictive factors for surgery in children with antenatal diagnosis of hydronephrosis that led to postnatal diagnosis of ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction.
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Urothelial Differentiation in Vesicoureteric Reflux and Other Urological Disorders of Childhood: A Comparative Study
Monday, 02 January 2006
Objective The strong familial basis of vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) is well recognised, however little progress has been made in identifying the causative genes. In this study we have investigated whether human vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) is associated with the aberrant expression of urothelial differentiation-associated antigens in view of the VUR phenotype of the Uroplakin IIIa (UPIIIa) “knockout” mouse.
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Lich-Gregoir Reimplantation Causes Less Discomfort than Politano-Leadbetter Technique: Results of a Prospective, Randomized, Pain Scale-Oriented Study in a Pediatric Population
Wednesday, 01 February 2006
Objective: There is a consensus that transvesical reimplantation is more appropriate in cases of bilateral vesicoureteral reflex (VUR). In contrast to that it is not yet clear which approach should be used in unilateral VUR. This prospective, randomized trial compared the benefits and drawbacks of the intravesical and extravesical techniques in terms of operative comorbidity.
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European Urology - Effect of Carbamazepine on Urinary Volume and Osmolality, Water Clearance, and Serum Osmolality in Patients with Primary Enuresis
Saturday, 23 September 2006
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 844-850 (October 2006) 1. Introduction Prostaglandin (PG) and nitric oxide (NO) have various effects on the renal, vesical, urethral, and sympathetic nervous systems; they inhibit Na+ tubular reabsorption, inhibit antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion, decrease aldosterone secretion, and cause glomerular vasodilatation, natriuresis, and diuresis [1], [2], [3].
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Half-Day Urotherapy Improves Voiding Parameters in Children with Dysfunctional Emptying
Wednesday, 01 March 2006
Objectives: Children with voiding dysfunction benefit from intensive bladder emptying re-education; however, hospitalization for such training is not always financially viable or realistic. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether half-day voiding re-education in pairs improved immediate and mid-term voiding parameters.
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