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Management of Posterior Urethral Valves
Posterior urethral valves (PUVs) are the most common cause of bladder outlet obstruction in children. PUVs are associated with high fetal and neonatal mortality (30%) and considerable lifelong morbidity. In th...
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Blue rubber bleb nevus: an uncommon cause of intestinal intussusception
The blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome or Bean syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by cutaneous and gastrointestinal vascular malformations. A 5-year-old girl with Bean syndrome hospitalized in a pediatric ...
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Invaginazione intestinale
L’invaginazione intestinale è considerata una tra le più comuni cause di occlusione intestinale in età pediatrica. Il trattamento in urgenza di questa patologia si è evoluto nel corso degli anni e, sebbene rim...
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405 Kasabach-Merrit Syndrome in Giant Hemangioendothelioma of the Liver in a Preterm Infant
Kasabach-Merrit syndrome, the association of a vascular lesion and consumptive coagulopathy represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to clinicians. We report a case of an infant with a large mass of th...
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Intraluminal hamartoma of the ileum in a child: a rare cause of intestinal occlusion
A case of small-intestinal obstruction in a 12-year-old boy caused by an intraluminal hamartoma of the ileum is reported. The rarity of the lesion, its location, symptomatology, histology, and diagnosis are d...
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Stomach versus sigmoid colon in children undergoing major reconstruction of the lower urinary tract
A review of 50 patients who underwent intestinocystoplasty (ICP) or gastrocystoplasty (GCP) replacement at our department during an 8-year period is presented. The most common diagnoses were neurogenic bladder...
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A transvesical approach to mullerian duct remnants
Surgical extirpation is the treatment of choice for symptomatic müllerian duct remnants (prostatic utricle, PU), and several surgical approaches have been described for the treatment of this pathology. A group...
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Vesicostomy in childhood: indications and results
The authors report their experience with 27 patients who underwent cutaneous vesicostomy (CV) diversion for either lower tract disorders or obstruction. The indications for CV included 18 cases of neurogenic b...
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The use of gastrocystoplasty in patients with bladder exstrophy
The authors report the use of a stomach segment vascularized via the right gastroepiploic artery in order to increased bladder capacity in 18 patients with bladder exstrophy. The morphological and functional r...
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Management of duplex ureteroceles detected by prenatal ultrasound
During the last 13 years 110 children with duplex ureteroceles were treated. There was a 3 to 1 female-to-male predominance. The authors report their experience with a group of 25 patients with duplex ureteroc...
