A 56-year-old Korean female attended the emergency department complaining of fever, abdominal pain, difficulty in urinating, and a cough. A physical examination revealed tenderness in the epigastric region with costovertebral angle tenderness and decreased breath sounds in the left lower lung. Initial urine and blood cultures revealed Escherichia coli. A plain chest radiograph showed a mass in ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a common urological anomaly that is found in 1% of children. VUR can cause recurrent febrile urinary tract infection (UTI). The recurrent infections can result in renal scarring, which can lead to renal hypertension and end-stage renal disease. Thus, our therapeutic goal is to prevent febrile UTI in the short term and, in the long term, to preserve renal function ...

PURPOSE During the last 10 years we attempted to treat most children presenting with a ureterocele with a single definitive operative procedure. We reviewed the surgical results to assess the success of the preoperative plan in achieving this outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records and diagnostic studies of all children who underwent surgery for a ureterocele du...

Robotic-assisted laparoscopy (RAL) has become a promising means for performing correction of vesicoureteral reflux disease in children through both intravesical and extravesical techniques. We describe the importance of patient selection, intraoperative patient positioning, employing certain helpful techniques for exposure, and recognizing the limitations and potential complications of robotic ...