OBJECTIVES To describe the various surgical options, perioperative management strategies, and outcomes for this complex lesion. DATA SOURCE MEDLINE and PubMed. CONCLUSIONS L-transposition of the great arteries is a relatively rare defect, comprising less than 1% of all congenital heart defects. There is considerable heterogeneity in clinical presentation depending on the presence of associa...

Various self-inflicted foreign bodies have been removed from the lower urinary tract and external male genitalia. In many cases foreign bodies were inserted or applied for autoerotic reasons which are frequently associated with mental health disorders. Here the author reports an unusual case of self insertion of a 6-cm long metal needle at penoscrotal junction of the erect penis for sexual plea...

The tubularized incised plate (TIP) hypospadias repair is currently the most widely used urethroplasty technique. The most significant post-TIP complication is urethrocutaneous fistula (UCF) development. Tunneled tunica vaginalis flap (TVF) is a well-described technique for the repair of UCF. We retrospectively reviewed all patients undergoing repeat repair of UCF after TIP repair from 2001 to ...