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To assess the awareness and readiness of both spina bifida patients and parents regarding the transition process before transitioning, with a secondary aim that included identifying potential factors associated with successful transition.All children aged ≥14 years requiring long-term care were prospectively enrolled. Questions designed by pediatric and adult urologists and an adolescent health specialist...
To validate the use of transabdominal micro-ultrasound imaging (MUI) in an orthotopic murine bladder cancer model. The current in vivo imaging systems for murine bladder cancer include magnetic resonance imaging, bioluminescent and fluorescent imaging, and intravesical ultrasound.We implanted murine bladder tumor-2 tumor cells into C3H/He female mice. Mice underwent MUI before, and every 3 days after...
Adrenal gland injury is a potentially devastating event if unrecognized in the treatment course of a trauma patient. We reviewed our single-center experience and outcomes in patients with adrenal gland trauma.We performed a retrospective review of all patients presenting with trauma to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis who had adrenal gland injuries from January 1991 through March 2006. Each...
Objectives. To determine whether prenatal sonography and early detection and correction of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) has changed the incidence of crossing vessels as the etiology of obstruction in older children presenting with symptomatic UPJO.Methods. We reviewed the medical records of all children and adolescents who underwent pyeloplasty for symptomatic UPJO between 1986 and 1999,...
Objectives. Laparoscopic examination of the contralateral inguinal ring has recently been advocated to exclude contralateral hernia in young children. We report a modification using nondisposable cystoscopic equipment, which is quick and reliable.Methods. Either an 8 or 10 F soft straight catheter or a cystoscope sheath is passed through the open hernia sac. Air is insufflated into the abdomen...
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