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B Colombo

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[The ureterocele in childhood. Type of treatment and results].

Ureterocele is an infrequent urinary malformation in pediatric age, but it is frequently clinically severe. Ureterocele in a duplex pyelo-ureteral system often presents very difficult treatment problems not uniformly dealt with. Authors report their experience with 79 ureteroceles observed in 72 children. 27 children were less than one year old. In the authors experience simple ureterocele with a single collecting system doesn't give any surgical problem. On the contrary ectopic ureterocele, almost always associated with a pyeloureteral duplication, frequently gives some problems of surgical treatment. Treatment is always individualized but in our experience the best results have been achieved with unroofing of the ureterocele and upper heminephroureterectomy in one stage, eventually associated with lower ureteral reimplantation. This treatment can be used successfully in the majority of ectopic ureteroceles in pediatric age.

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Computerized axial tomography in investigations of the rheumatoid knee.

It is essential when deciding on the therapeutic approach to the rheumatoid knee--medical or surgical--to make a precise and thorough assessment of the joint situation as a whole. In order to overcome the limitations of traditional X-ray methods, the Authors used computerized axial tomography (C.A.T.) to study the knees of twenty rheumatoid arthritis patients. They analysed three particular sections: the first at the level of the subquadriceps bursa, the second through the femoral condyles, and the third through the proximal tibio-fibular joint. C.A.T. permits an assessment of the conditions of the muscles and any hypertrophy of the synovial membrane; this kind of investigation reveals them clearly. It was possible to make an accurate investigation of the femoro-patellar joint and of lesions involving the femoral condyles and tibial plate. The findings indicate that C.A.T. in the study of the rheumatoid knee provides information on the soft tissues that cannot be obtained by traditional radiological methods. It also shows with greater precision the extent and morphology of bone lesions to the joint heads, an extremely important question in planning the use of prostheses.

Arthritis, Rheumatoid↗