July 2024
Veteran Pediatric Surgeon, Islamabad, Pakistan
Change is a constant phenomenon. The changes that I have seen in the last 65 years of my medical career, and as to how they have influenced my personality, are interesting to look back. My initial yea...
Department of Urology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom.
Jugaad is here to stay. The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘Jugaad’ as “a flexible approach to any problem-solving that innovatively uses limited resources”. In very simple terms, it stands for 'pu...
[1] Department of Pediatric Surgery, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. [2] Department of Urology, Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa, Russia. [3] Department of Urology, Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russia. [4] Department of Pediatric Urology, International Medical Academy of Urology, Moscow, Russia.
Background: Abnormally enlarged, tortuous and dysplastic penile venous vasculature (phlebectasia) are rare in children. The prevalence of this anomaly and its possible etiologic correlation with circu...
[1] Paediatric Surgery Unit and [2] Division of Urology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, PMB 5025, Nnewi , Nigeria
Abstract Background: Hypospadias is the most common congenital abnormality of the penis. Its incidence is on the rise; however, its reconstructive repair remains a huge challenge. We reviewed our expe...
[1] Department of Pediatric surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. [2] Editor, Pediatric Surgery in Tropics.
In this issue (July-Sep 2024) of the Pediatric Surgery in Tropics, Dr. Ugwu et.al have reported their experience with hypospadias in Nigerian children.(1) It is commendable that they have improved the...
[1] Pediatric Surgery Unit, [2] General Surgery Unit and [3] Anaesthesia Unit, Department of Surgery, Ouahigouya University Teaching Hospital, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso. [4] Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Charles De Gaulle Pediatric University Teaching Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. [5] Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Souro Sanou University Teaching Hospital, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Abstract A 5-year-old girl was admitted with signs of peritonitis following gunshot injury of the abdomen. At laparotomy, a perforation of 1.5 cm diameter on the greater curvature of stomach was noted...
[1] Department of Pediatric surgery and [2] Department of Radio-diagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Abstract Cholelithiasis is an uncommon pathology in the pediatric age group, with an incidence of 0.13-1.9%. The standard of treatment is laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Open cholecystectomy (OC) h...
[1] Department of Pediatric Surgery, Albert Royer National Children’s Hospital Center, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal [2] Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kaolack Regional Hospital, Kaolack, Senegal
Abstract Meconium periorchitis (MPO) is an uncommon disease secondary to meconium peritonitis. We report two infants with MPO one of whom presented with acute hydrocele while the other was asymptomati...
Departments of [1] Pediatric Surgery, [3] Pediatrics and [4] Urology, Charles de Gaulle University Hospital (CHUP-CDG), University Ouaga I Professor Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [2] Department of General and Digestive Surgery, University Hospital Center of Tengandogo, University Ouaga I Professor Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [5] Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Ouaga I Professor Joseph Ki-Zerbo, University Hospital Sanou Sourô, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Abstract Congenital para-urethral cyst is a rare pathology especially in male infants. We report a large cyst in a 40-days-old infant who was referred suspecting a scrotal tumor. This scrotal mass was...
Faculty of Pediatric Surgery, Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abstract Bladder and urethral agenesis are among the rarest congenital anomalies, and to our knowledge, only 27 cases have been reported in English literature until now. The authors treated two such c...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chandka Medical College Children Hospital, Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan
Abstract Non-tender enlargement of the spleen is common in malaria; but splenic infarction is a rare complication. It is frequently masked under acute clinical condition. Until now only a few cases of...
Department of General Surgery, Government Cuddalore Medical College, Chidambaram 608002, India
I read with great interest the article on non-invasive removal of double-J (DJ) stent.(1) It is always a welcome to remove DJ stent in children without anesthesia and cystoscopy. However, I wish make ...