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Steve Koff has been attending meetings of the Section on Urology at the American Academy of Pediatrics for more than 30 years, and I can think of no one more deserving of the 2010 Pediatric Urology Me...

Purpose: Sacral nerve modulation is a Food and Drug Administration approved treatment for refractory urgency, frequency, urge incontinence and nonobstructive urinary retention in adults. The sparse li...

Fetal surgery for various disorders has been 1 of the many technological advances in medicine that have yet to find universal application. Groups at many centers have proven its feasibility but what t...

There are 2 critically import points to take away from this study. 1) The incidence of NA in patients who undergo surveillance cystoscopy after bladder augmentation is 3%. 2) The article sounds the al...

Purpose: Early treatment for cryptorchidism may be necessary to preserve fertility. International guidelines now recommend that congenital cryptorchidism be treated with orchiopexy before age 1 year. ...

Purpose: Cryptorchidism is a common abnormality and normal testicular descent is controlled by the gubernaculum. The cremaster may originate from abdominal muscles during gubernacular eversion or alte...

Patients with varicocele need followup. However, this report, like other reports from the same institution (reference 15 in article), suggests that the condition is far less benign than it seems accor...

Purpose: Pediatric inguinal and scrotal surgeries for inguinal hernia, cryptorchidism and hydrocele are common and usually involve the excision of a hernia sac. Groups at many centers send hernia sacs...

No technique in the history of hypospadias repair has been the subject of more clinical and animal studies than TIPU. Despite initial concerns the dorsal plate incision might induce obstruction only 5...

Purpose: We analyzed the histological and functional characteristics of the tubularized incised plate vs dorsal inlay graft urethroplasty in an experimental rabbit model. Materials and Methods: A tota...

Purpose: Penile adhesions with hidden penis and penile skin bridges are complications after neonatal circumcision that seem to develop more often in overweight children. They could possibly be avoided...

Purpose: Gender assignment for newborns with ambiguous genitalia remains a challenge. An initial survey of colleagues on this subject was performed in 2004. Our objective was to understand the basis f...

The topic of this review remains 1 of the major challenges of reconstructive pediatric urology. While there is little question that the patient with 46XY male cloacal exstrophy has male central nervou...

Purpose: Recently new approaches to laparoscopic surgery, named natural orifice transluminal endoscopy and laparoendoscopic single site surgery, have been proposed to improve the cosmesis and decrease...

Purpose: Robotic assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty is an emerging, minimally invasive alternative to open pyeloplasty in children for ureteropelvic junction obstruction. The procedure is associated wi...

Purpose: Voiding cystourethrogram is the gold standard for evaluating and diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux. Reflux detection can potentially be affected by many parameters during voiding cystourethrog...

It is important that this study of radiation exposure during pediatric VUDS is being reported after having been presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting in October 2010. Pediatricians, ...

Purpose: Studies show that LL-37 is a naturally occurring urinary defensin peptide that is up-regulated during urinary tract infections. Although normal urinary LL-37 levels are antimicrobial, we prop...

These authors report what is to our knowledge the first comparative analysis of unstented vs stented pyeloplasty using 3 approaches (LP, flank and dorsal lumbotomy). The study mainly reflects the prac...

In recent years surgical treatment for ureterocele has evolved from complicated major surgery to minimally invasive endoscopic treatment, namely endoscopic puncture. However, some groups still advocat...

Purpose: We ascertained the incidence and outcome of hydronephrosis related to abdominal or pelvic neoplasms and survival in pediatric patients. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our ...

Nocturnal enuresis is a heterogeneous condition that occurs only during sleep. However, it is associated with somatic and psychological symptoms that occur during the day. These authors administered 3...

Purpose: Noninvasive uroflowmetry with simultaneous electromyography is useful to triage cases of lower urinary tract symptoms into 4 urodynamically defined conditions, especially when incorporating s...

These authors have persisted in their crusade to set a new classification of LUT conditions in childhood. The arguments are strong and the methods used are adequate but still I am left with dissatisfa...

Purpose: The use of ureteral access sheaths during ureteroscopy is common but there are sparse data on the safety and outcomes of ureteral access sheath use in children. We compared the outcomes of ur...

Purpose: The $19.2 billion Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act will have a dramatic effect on the adoption of electronic medical records in the United States by directly...

These authors examined the current use or adoption of EMRs by pediatric urologists in the United States. The current rate of use determined in this survey may be overstated, given the 65% response rat...