Studies undertaken in recent years have improved our understanding regarding the consequences and management of febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are amongst the most common serious bacterial infections in childhood, with renal scarring a frequent outcome. In the past pyelonephritic scarring of the kidney, often associated with vesico-ureteral reflux (reflux nephropathy) was consid...

the common use of maternal ultrasonography has increased the apparent incidence of neonatal hydronephrosis. many of these cases are found to have partial obstruction at the ureteropelvic junction (upj). these patients are safely managed in our institution with careful observation and only occasionally require surgical intervention. the authors present two contrasting cases of suspected upj obst...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to determine the predictive value of clinical, laboratory, and imaging variables for the diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux in children with their first febrile urinary tract infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred fifty-three children with their first febrile urinary tract infection were divided into two groups according to the results of voiding cystour...

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2017.5.9.36 Abstract: The diagnosis and management of bladder outlet obstruction among postmenopausal patients is a complex process with various modalities available for its diagnosis. Cystourethroscopy is an important tool for the same and we intend to study if it is enough in the diagnosis of the presence and degree of bladder outlet obstruction in post-menopausal female p...

We aimed to study the safety and efficacy of the cystoscopy-assisted nonrefluxing ureteral reimplantation technique using submucosal tunneling during laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy (UNC) with a psoas hitch in patients with distal ureter stricture after gynecologic surgery. We reviewed six female patients who underwent gynecological surgeries. All patients showed persistent postoperative dist...

A 4-year-old pregnant pointer bitch was brought to Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University with the complaint of vaginal mass and dysuria. In patient’s history, it was learnt that the bitch was mated 50 days ago. Owner also stated that the dog experienced a recent abdominal blunt trauma. On clinical examination, a protruded vagi...

A 31-year-old female with a 19-year history of chronic urinary tract infections, intermittent hematuria, and associated flank pain was referred to our service for evaluation and treatment. Increasing frequency and severity of the infections prompted the following diagnostic studies to elucidate the etiology of the patient’s condition: abdominal and pelvic computed tomography scans, intravenous ...

PURPOSE To review the feasibility of laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy with extracorporeal eversion of the ureteral end in various distal ureteral lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of 5 laparoscopic procedures of ureteroneocystostomy with extracorporeal eversion of the ureteral end. Of these, 4 patients (range, 45 to 54 years) had distal ureter stricture or ob...

SUBJECTIVES Prevalence of benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHMS) without systemic disease seems to be high in children. Little literature is currently available related to urinary tract diseases in patients with BJHMS. Here, we report an association between the urinary tract disease and BJHMS. METHODS We conducted a prospective case series study of 62 pediatric patients with musculoskele...

PURPOSE The pathophysiology of urinary sphincter deficiency in women remains incompletely understood and current treatment options have limitations. Female nonhuman primates may represent a relevant animal model for studies of pathophysiology and treatment interventions because of their human-like reproductive and age associated stages of life (premenopause, perimenopause and postmenopause), lo...