OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence, pattern of distribution, and the outcome of different types of kidney and urinary tract anomalies (CAKUT) diagnosed during the antenatal period. The second objective is to test the accuracy of antenatal diagnosis of CAKUT. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional hospital-based study, all cases diagnosed antenatally with urinary tract anomalies at King Abd...

Objective: To present our early experience with retroperitoneoscopic surgery in paediatric population suffering from various urologic conditions. Patients undergone retroperitoneoscopic urological procedures from January 2012 to Methods: May 2013 were included in the study. Retroperitoneoscopy was performed in lateral position using standard three port technique (5mm including camera port). Par...

Expanded criteria donor kidneys (ECD) have the potential to greatly increase the number of kidneys available for transplantation; however utilization is limited by poorer outcomes [1-5]. One strategy to improve outcomes and secondarily utilization is improved matching of kidneys based on recipient factors such as surface area [6,7], kidney graft size to recipient weight [8] and kidney weight to...

A female fetus with the Potter sequence, caused by unilateral renal agenesis and contralateral multicystic renal dysplasia, was found to have a submicroscopic deletion in chromosome 22q11. The only associated anomaly was agenesis of the uterus and oviducts (Von Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster anomaly). The deletion was inherited from the father, who presented the typical velocardiofacial syndrome pheno...

The intrarenal erythrocyte distribution, total renal blood flow and renal vascular resistance were studied before and during recirculation after 60 min of warm ischaemia in three groups of rabbits. One group was pretreated with superoxide dismutase, another with catalase and the third group was not pretreated at all. In non-pretreated ischaemic kidneys there was a significant trapping of labell...

Serial ultrasound scans were done in 300 fetuses between 16 to 24 weeks of gestation to establish the normogram of fetal kidney circumference (FKC) and fetal abdominal circumference (FAC) ratio (FKC/FAC). Of 300 fetuses, 150 fetuses were in the high risk group for fetal malformation and 150 patients were in the control group. The value of FKC/FAC varied from 0.27 to 0.30 from 16 to 24 weeks of ...

BACKGROUND Children with multicystic kidney disease (MCKD) are increasingly managed conservatively and are followed up throughout childhood because they are perceived to be at increased risk of developing Wilms' tumour. With this risk still poorly defined and somewhat controversial, the strategy and the duration of follow up do not seem to be based on evidence. METHODS Systematic review of th...

OBJECTIVE This study describes the frequency of sonographically detected fetal renal disorders, the correlation of fetal renal pelvis dilatation (RPD) with the need for postnatal surgery, and proposed management of RPD. METHODS The study population consisted of 342 fetuses with prospectively identified isolated renal abnormalities and known follow-up. Fetuses with RPD were considered separate...