conference reports
Improvement of night time bedwetting after adenotonsillectomy in children
Thursday, 24 September 2009- A. Gokce and colleagues (Hatay, Turkey) investigated the prevalence of nocturnal enuresis (NE) or night time bedwetting in children who were diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and...
Edited by: JV
A case of gonadal dysgenesis: gonadectomy as recommended option
Wednesday, 8 July 2009- Males with gonadal dysgenesis are at high risk for gonadaoblastomas. Clear guidelines for the timing of a gonadectomy do not exist. Gonadectomy has been recommended in the presence of a Y chromosome and...
Edited by: JV
Androgen receptor signalling in children with hypospadias
Tuesday, 7 July 2009- Isolated hypospadias, a common birth defect, is characterised by an abnormal position of the urethral meatus. The cause of hypospadias is not known. A group of US researchers hypothesised that hypospadias...
Edited by: JV
Mutation in the luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR): a case of micropenis in a newborn
Monday, 6 July 2009- Inactivating mutation in the luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder causing mostly 46 XY Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) with female phenotype. Less severe LHR mutations...
Edited by: JV
Testicular prosthesis, first systematic review in paediatric population
Friday, 15 May 2009- A group of UK researchers systematically reviewed the insertion of paediatric testicular prosthesis at their institute over the last 14 tears and also defined a safe protocol for insertion. They presented...
Edited by: JV
Maintaining dialysis lines in toddlers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009- Haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) are essential adjuncts in management of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A group of British researchers reviewed catheter life and...
Edited by:JV
Daily practice concerning prenatal hydronephrosis, a Dutch study
Monday, 11 May 2009- Dutch researchers examined prenatally detected hydronephrosis cases in the Netherlands and the follow-up strategies involved. Their findings were presented at the recently concluded annual congress...
Edited by: JV
Probiotic lactobacillus as preventive measure for UTIs
Friday, 8 May 2009- Probiotic lactobacillus as preventive measure against urinary tract infections (UTI) was the focus of a study that won the European Society for Paediatric Urology (ESPU)-AAP exchange fellowship award. The...
By Joel Vega
ESPU Meeting: highlights of the Augmentation and Diversion session
Thursday, 7 May 2009- At the four-day 20th Anniversary Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Urology held in Amsterdam (ESPU), the Netherlands, pediatric urology specialists discussed the current and latest...
By Joel Vega
Dutch study: coverage of fetal skin defects with a collagen biomatrix
Thursday, 7 May 2009- Using animal models Dutch researchers have studied collagen biomatrix that is used to cover fetal skin defects in children. Their findings were presented in the poster sessions of the four-day 20th...
By Joel Vega
