introduction: in order to assess our skill in the tubularized incised plate (tip) urethroplasty technique in children with hypospadias. material andmethods: of 307 children (mean age 38 month) who received a tip urethroplasty, all had primary hypospadias. patients who were referred with complication were eliminated from our study. the hypospadias defects were subcoronal in 25 (8%), distal penil...

the aims of surgical treatment for cholesteatoma include complete removal of disease and formation of a dry, self cleaning ear in addition to hearing reconstruction. this presentation concentrates on techniques of open mastoid surgery or modified radical mastoidectomy to achieve a well-constructed cavity. this study analyzes both primary and revision mastoid surgery referred to the author. all ...

UNLABELLED Maintenance of ear projection and post auricular sulcus in staged ear reconstruction in microtia is a trying problem. So also is the maintenance of the patency of the external auditory meatus following recanalization and meatoplasty. Numerous splints and dressing techniques have been described for the above situations. Some of the problems encountered include the availability of the ...

Benign smooth muscle tumors of the female urethra are rare. A case of urethral leiomyoma which had been present for 18 years before surgical removal is reported. The pathogenesis and the clinical aspects of this unusual clinical condition are discussed. Prof. Cesare Selli, Clinica Urologica, Viale Pieraccini 18, I-50139 Florence (Italy) Introduction Leiomyomas of the female genital tract are co...

Background: To evaluate the long-term surgical outcome(s) in patients who have undergone canal-wall-down operation with mastoid and epitympanic obliteration using autologous cortical bone chips, bone pate and meatally-based musculoperiosteal flap technique. Method: Retrospective evaluation of seventy patients operated during 1986–1991 due to a cholesteatoma. An otomicroscopy was performed to ev...

IntroductionComplications remain the top evaluation priority subsequent to hypospadias repair. Complications vary in further management, and usually require one or more reoperations. Patients and/or their parents concern not only with success rate of reoperation, but also risk numerous reoperations.ObjectiveTo identify factors associated reoperations following primary repair.Study designData we...