OBJECTIVE To present our experience in the treatment of severe stenosis of the external urinary meatus in male children and adults with balanitis xerotic obliterans. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 21 patients were operated on in a 5-year period, using the meatoplasty technique of Malone. Mean patient age was 41.7 years (range 7-75). Mean postoperative follow-up was 40.8 months (range 6-54)....

From January 1970 to December 1979 inclusive, 193 boys (aged 2 to 16) underwent surgery for distal hypospadia using Ombredanne's method at the Department of Pediatric Surgery University Hospital Center Rijeka and at the Department of Pediatric Surgery Zagreb. Follow-up period was 7 to 20 years (mean 13.4). 20 (10.36%) subjects had post-operative organic complications and 15 (7.77%) of them requ...

INTRODUCTION As a consequence of the discussion on whether the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks and the discrepancies in reported figures of complications, we evaluated our results from a paediatric surgical department. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patient file data from children who had undergone ritual circumcision in the 1996-2003 period were retrieved. Complications...

We present a case study in which the jaw/mouth-open procedure during air-conduction testing is employed to both detect and remediate external auditory meatal collapse. A prospective investigation was also conducted to compare the efficacy of the proposed jaw/mouth-open procedure with that of the traditional insert receivers in remediating meatal collapse during audiologic assessment. Meatal col...

Abstract Background Aural atresia (CAA) is a congenital abnormality with hypoplasia or aplasia of the external auditory canal. Surgical procedures CAA not only difficult but has still been embraced by surgeons. Many surgeons are doubtful to perform repair due poor hearing results and risk new canal stenosis. This article describes writers’ expertise surgical management aural atresia. A retrospe...

BACKGROUND Self-obtained penile-meatal swabs and urine specimens have been used for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) for outreach screening in men. OBJECTIVE To compare the sensitivity of self-collected male penile-meatal swabs and urine for the detection of CT, NG and TV. METHODS Matching penile-meatal swabs and urines were collected at ...

PURPOSE In the standard Caldwell-Luc operation, an inferior meatal antrostomy is performed to promote sinus drainage. However, inferior meatal antrostomy has been criticized for its additional operation time and wound, early loss of the opening, and risk of injury to the nasolacrimal duct. This study retrospectively reviewed the results of the Caldwell-Luc operation without inferior meatal antr...

Introduction There are various techniques described for repair of penile hypospadias. Objective To present the anatomical technique and to discuss lessons learned from this over 18 years. Methods All consecutive patients with hypospadias who underwent urethra, spongiosum, bucks dartos fascia foreskin by 3rd author, a minimum 1 year follow up January 2003 March 20...

Objective: During meatotomy procedure for children with meatal stenosis (MS), a straight clamp used as hemostat on the ventrum of meatus before incised scissors clamping and holding bleeding from site operation. The aim this study was to evaluate optimum time in MS. Materials methods: All patients MS between 2014 2019 were enrolled retrospective study. Patients uncircumcised penis, traumatic ca...