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D Castro Díaz

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PubMed1995

[Pollakiuria and idiopathic hypercalciuria in childhood].

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of pollakiuria in children with idiopathic hypercalciuria. METHODS: The clinical records of 56 children with idiopathic hypercalciuria were reviewed. In addition to pollakiuria, they were evaluated for other associated disorders, maximum urinary osmolality, urodynamic study and overall clinical course. RESULTS: Nine children (16%), 4 boys and 5 girls, presented with pollakiuria associated with urgency, nocturnal enuresis, hematuria and urinary incontinence. Two showed normal urodynamic studies and unstable bladder was observed in another case. All but one patient preserved normal renal concentration capacity. The course of the micturition symptoms was satisfactory and only three cases required pharmacological treatment. CONCLUSIONS: In the absence of urinary infection, pollakiuria might suggest the presence of hypercalciuria, a condition that can be managed successfully following correct diagnosis and treatment. Renal concentration capacity is not reduced by hypercalciuria.

Calcium↗
PubMed1990

[Bladder instability and abdominal pain in children].

We are presenting herein three patients with bladder instability and recurrent abdominal pain whose symptoms disappeared after anticholinergic treatment. We propose urodynamic study in children with recurrent abdominal pain associated to frequency, incontinence, urgency or recurrent urinary infection.

Child↗
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[Artificial urinary sphincter in the treatment of urinary incontinence caused by sphincter insufficiency].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the results relative to continence and the complications of the artificial urinary sphincter in the treatment of urinary incontinence due to sphincter incompetence. METHODS: The artificial urinary sphincter model AS 800 was implanted in 35 patients with incontinence arising from various causes. Follow-up ranged from 14 to 108 months (mean 39.8). Patients ages ranged from 4 to 68 years (mean 44.4). There were 17 female (49%) and 18 male patients (51%). The cuff was implanted around the bladder neck in 25 patients (71%) and around the bulbous urethra in 10 (29%). RESULTS: There were 2 mechanical device failures, 2 pump erosion and 1 tube erosion through the abdominal wall in a patient who had had a perforation of an augmentation cystoplasty. Thirty-one patients (88%) became continent. Ten patients (28%) had another operation for device revision or relapse. CONCLUSION: The artificial urinary sphincter is a valid alternative in the treatment of urinary incontinence due to sphincteric incompetence. It is possible to achieve good continence rates, although there is a high revision rate and lifetime follow-up is required.

Adolescent↗