Korea has four distinct seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. April is sunny springtime, with new buds on the trees and fantastic cherry blossoms in the streets all over the country. Childhood and adolescence are like the spring season in a human’s lifetime. They are an energetic and dynamic period during which growth and regeneration are occurring every day. The Korean Society of Pediatri...

The Section on Urology of the American Academy of Pediatrics met for 2#{189} days in conjunction with the 58th Annual Meeting of the Academy in Chicago, IL, October 21 to October 23, 1989. The papers presented at this meeting that were thought to be of interest to the practicing pediatrician are summarized here according to topic. The recipient of this year’s Pediatric Urology Medal is Jack Lap...

Joaquín Maria Albarrán (1860-1912) is broadly known as a brilliant mind and a pioneer of modern urology, in spite of his short life. Born in Cuba and being early an orphan, he was sent to Barcelona to study Medicine. Graduate at the age of seventeen, he continued his studies in Paris, where he was trained in surgery and urology, and spent the rest of his life having an extraordinary career as u...

99 tremendous potential for using polyclonal antibodies, raised in animals, both for the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases. I would not recommend this book for undergraduate students but it would be an excellent book for those involved in clinical research as it clearly outlines the function and uses of these antibodies both in the laboratory and in the clinical setting. Urological onc...

The medical practice today is relentlessly challenged by medical progress, by rising costs, and by the mounting pressures of the managed care environment. It should be the approach of every medical practice manager and practitioner to seek out and measure up to the best standards so as to optimize patient care and business outcomes. This requires the resolute pursuit of good models, brought abo...

When I received the invitation to contribute an article to this series about “personal accomplishments I am proud of and which could be inspiring for young urologists,” I felt fl attered, but turned it down. I really do not feel like a “legend,” and trying to fi nd arguments for my case appeared prohibitive. The Editorial Board of CJU, after considering my excuses, determined that they do not m...

!NFECTION IN HOSPITAL A CODE OF PRACTICE. Edited by G. L. Gibson. (Pp. x+101. £1.25). Edinburgh and London: Churchill Livingstone, 1971. This excellent little book should be read by all doctors, nurses and administrators who work in hospital and I am only sorry that it is presented in rather too lavish a format with stiff covers so that it is both too large and too heavy to carry in the pocket....

Introduction: Our aim was to evaluate the natural behavior, growth pattern, morphology, and specific features of human bladder smooth muscle cells (HBSMCs) on two different matrixes, including human amniotic membrane (HAM) and collagen. Materials and Methods: The HBSMCs were obtained from 6 children with primary vesicoureteral reflux undergoing open antireflux surgery, and they were isolated fr...

or ovoid mass with a yellow cut surface; in the reviewer's experience the fact that a solid ovarian tumor has a yellow tint on section is of no diagnostic value at all; this feature characterizes many of the members of the group of "functional" tumors (except those that are various shades of grey), and the price of the book would have been higher had they succumbed to temptation. The text is we...