Prenatal diagnosis of a rare form of congenital mid-ureteral stricture: a case report and literature revisited

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Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in acute setting: a Position Paper of the Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR)

Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in acute setting: a Position Paper of the Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR) On February 2020, Italy, especially the northern regions, was hit by an epidemic of the new SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus that spread from China between December 2019 and January 2020. The entire healthcare system had to respond promptly in a very short time to an exponential growth of the number of subjects affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) with the need of semi-intensive and intensive care units

Ureteral rupture after blunt abdominal trauma in a child with unknown horseshoe kidney

More than 90% of renal injuries in children result from blunt abdominal trauma. A 10-year-old female had a blunt abdominal trauma with macro-hematuria. The computed tomography scan revealed the presence of a horseshoe kidney and a 3rd grade renal lesion and contrast leakage from the right ureter. The ureteral rupture was confirmed by cystoscopy and ascendant pyelography and than a double J-stent was implanted. The stent was removed one month later. Non-surgical management has become the standard of care for both ureteral and renal lesions in children. Non-surgical treatment is a safe procedure for renal trauma with ureteral rupture in children

Ureteral rupture after blunt abdominal trauma in a child with unknown horseshoe kidney

More than 90% of renal injuries in children result from blunt abdominal trauma. A 10-year-old female had a blunt abdominal trauma with macro-hematuria. The computed tomography scan revealed the presence of a horseshoe kidney and a 3rd grade renal lesion and contrast leakage from the right ureter. The ureteral rupture was confirmed by cystoscopy and ascendant pyelography and than a double J-stent was implanted. The stent was removed one month later. Non-surgical management has become the standard of care for both ureteral and renal lesions in children. Non-surgical treatment is a safe procedure for renal trauma with ureteral rupture in children

Intussusception due to a cecal duplication cyst: a rare cause of acute abdomen. Case report

The Authors describe a case of acute abdomen in a child with a intestinal intussusception due to a cecal duplication cys

Intraoperative double-J stent insertion in children with scintigraphic impaired renal function and obstructive urinary tract malformation.

Aim: Ureteral double-J (DJ) stents are frequently used in modern urologic practice. At present the role of stents in urological and surgical practice and their efficacy in paediatric age are not yet clear. The aim of this study is to evaluate advantages and efficacy of ureteral stents, correlating clinical and radiological data with the permanence of stent in situ. Methods: Between July 1999 and July 2004 surgery with ureteral stenting was performed on 24 consecutive patients aged between 2 and 13.5 months with scintigraphic impaired renal function due to an obstructive urinary tract malformation. During the study the performance and the efficacy of indwelling stent have been evaluated through clinical and radiological variables: pre-, intra-, and post stenting blood tests, ultrasonographic and scintigraphic parameters were also evaluated. Results: The stent insertion was useful to improve renal parenchymal thickness and renal growth. No correlation was found between improved blood tests and scintigraphic values. The improvements of clinical and radiological data were strictly correlated with the time of stenting (>3 months). Conclusion: The insertion of DJ stents as long-term internal urinary diversion is useful and safe. Late complications related to the use of stents are not frequent

Paediatric unilateral giant hydroureteronephrosis from idiopathic ureterovesical stricture: a case report

A congenital type of ureterovesical junction obstruction may be present in the fetus or at any stage during childhood, more commonly associated with urinary tract infections and other secondary causes. We present the case of a 6-year-old boy who suffered from colic and side pain, which was worsening monthly. He suffered from a giant hydroureteronephrosis resulting from idiopathic ureterovesical junction obstruction, with no clinical or laboratory signs of urinary tract infection or other secondary causes of obstruction. Indications for surgery were a decrease in kidney function (<40%) at scintigraphy, severe hydronephrosis (>30 mm), and the coexistence of symptoms (colic pain). After surgery, kidney function returned to almost completely normal. Unexpectedly an obstruction may become symptomatic late in infancy, especially in patients with normal prenatal ultrasound screening and postnatal life, as was the case for our patient in whom the only clinical sign was pain at flank

La laparoscopia nell'approccio alla calcolosi vescicale del bambino

Gli Autori presentano l'approccio laparoscopico in un paziente pediatrico con un voluminoso calcolo vescical

Report preliminare sulla validità dell’estratto speciale di cranberry ad alta titolazione in polifenoli con vitamina c nella prevenzione delle IVU da Coli in bambini con severe uropatie

Gli Autori descrivono la loro esperienza relativa al trattamento conservativo del VUR in età pediatric