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H H Henry

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Megalourethra.

Two cases of megalourethra are presented, the ninth and tenth cases to be documented in the literature. Both patients exhibited mesodermal abnormalities which justify categorization among the minor forms of prune belly syndrome. One patient, the youngest to have undergone surgical correction, presented with azotemia, dilated posterior urethra, megacystis, and megaureters. The second patient with incomplete or scaphoid form of megalourethra also exhibited undescended testis, corrected by orchiopexy at the time of urethoplasty. In all instances the goal of treatment is preservation of renal function with subsequent functional and anatomic reconstruction of the urinary tract.

Child, Preschool

Ureteral calculi: review of 17 years of experience at a community hospital.

In the last 17 years 3,150 patients have been treated by one or both of us for ureteral calculous disease. Our operative mortality is zero and our operative morbidity is 0.68 per cent, with an over-all morbidity of 0.8 per cent. We believe that stone extractions decrease the length of hospital stay and the time lost from industry, home or school. Thus, it is a worthwhile, effective and safe procedure. We agree with other investigators who believe that ureteral catheters and antibiotics are not necessary for routine stone extraction. We will await further word on the etiology of this endemic disease.

Adolescent