PURPOSE Unilateral low loop cutaneous ureterostomy (LLCU) has been offered as the preferred method of temporary urinary diversion in cases of massively dilated and refluxing ureters. We sought to explore whether LLCU is effective in preserving urinary bladder function in the long term. MATERIALS AND METHODS The charts of all patients who had undergone temporary unilateral LLCU as newborns in ...

Reconstruction of the obliterated vesicourethral junction is both complex and difficult. Here, we report an innovative method using a mobilized bulbar urethra as a continent valve. Three patients with major problems at the vesicourethral junction underwent continent valve reconstruction. In cases 1 and 2, in which there were problems at the anastomosing site after radical prostatectomy, the bla...

Abstract Introduction Posterior urethral valve (PUV) is the leading etiology of lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO) in boys and an important cause end-stage renal disease (ESRD) children. The aim this article to review current status on antenatal intervention for PUV as well postnatal medical surgical management. Main body MEDLINE, EMBASE, Pubmed Google Scholar search was conducted throughou...

Purpose - to analyze the current state of problem patients’ treatment with stones in augmented bladder and recommend optimal approaches for their elimination, based on literature data. Augmentation cystoplasty is a surgical procedure used adults children refractory dysfunction, including, particular, small capacity, whom conservative has failed. The leading pediatric pathologies which enterocys...

The current management of diseases of urinary bladder requiring resection is by augmentation cystoplasty or transplantation of ureters. Transplantation of ureters is associated with morbidity and mortality. Ideal management will be by regenerating urinary bladder in vivo. Neo-regeneration of tissues and organs like abdominal wall, aponeurosis etc., has been attempted and patented. After neo-reg...

The application of various forms of electrical stimulation is considered a therapeutic option to manage different types of lower urinary tract dysfunction. However, even though lower urinary tract dysfunction is common in patients with neurological disease, apart from patients with spinal cord injury, electrostimulation is still not widely applied in a neurological patient population. Urologist...

INTRODUCTION To describe the urologic outcomes of contemporary adult spina bifida patients managed in a multidisciplinary clinic. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective chart review of patients seen in our adult spina bifida clinic from January 2004 to November 2011 was performed to identify urologic management, urologic surgeries, and co-morbidities. RESULTS 225 patients were identified (57....

PURPOSE This study was conducted to analyze the clinical characteristics and treatments of patients with genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) over the past 10 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population comprised 101 patients who were diagnosed with GUTB and hospitalized from January 2000 to December 2009. Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear, urine tuberculosis culture, urine tuberculosis polyme...