N Zampieri

..Through a school screening program for varicocele we studied the prognostic value of hemodynamic vs clinical grading for predicting the risk of progression, time to worsening and the final outcome in adolescents with varicocele...

..The purpose of this study is to assess the role of thoracic ultrasound studies in the preoperative workup of patients affected by pectus excavatum and to identify the dynamics of the chest wall...

..Hemorrhoids are the most frequent anal pathology. We evaluated the results of 2 techniques at 1 year after surgery...

..The purpose of this study is to describe the incidence of necrotising enterocolitis in multiple pregnancies and compare it with single pregnancies, pinpointing any risk and morbidity factors...

..In this study, we examine the evolution of tradition concerning infant male circumcision, utilizing evidence from classical medical texts as well as information from literature, legal sources and art...

..Pain is one of the indications to treat varicocele at any age. The purpose of this study is to find a possible correlation between pain and objective testicular damage through the analysis of hormonal values...

..To evaluate the recovery of semen quality in patients with high grade varicocele without hypotrophy and abnormal semen analysis using a simple lifestyle changing protocol...

..Prenatal ovarian torsion is a rare condition very difficult to manage in the first days of life. We report and discuss the management of prenatal ovarian torsion with a free-floating abdominal cyst detected on prenatal ultrasound...

..Clinical diagnosis of appendicitis in children is often difficult. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of ultrasound with graded compressed technique in cases with suspected appendicitis...

..To assess the role and efficacy of aspiration alone in the treatment of hydroceles occurring after varicocelectomy. Hydroceles represent one of the most common complications related to varicocelectomy at any age...

..This is a rare case of extra-abdominal desmoid tumour in a 14-year-old girl affected by spastic tetraparesis. To our knowledge no similar cases are present in literature to date...

..After describing a rare condition, the authors came to the conclusion that bilateral orchidectomy should be performed only in patients with bilateral necrotic testes...

..One of the main problems of elective surgery is the cosmetic result...

..Hydronephrosis is one of the most common urological disease detected on prenatal ultrasound; The aim of this study was evaluate the role of long-term follow-up in patients with unilateral hydronephrosis...

..Subclinical varicocele is a relative rare condition. The aim of this study is to identify the role of bioflavonoids in the management of subclinical varicocele...

..To evaluate the influence of physical activity on the evolution of subclinical varicocele because subclinical and clinical varicoceles are common in adolescents...

..Solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas are rare exocrine pancreatic tumors. Through a review of pediatric cases in a single Institution, we present the clinical and surgical management of this neoplasm...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the sonographic development of normal fetal male genitalia...

..Controversy continues over the need to explore the asymptomatic contralateral groin in girls with unilateral inguinal hernia. The aim of this study is to identify the incidence and risk factors of developing a contralateral inguinal hernia...

..CONCLUSION: Foreign bodies in the appendiceal lumen may cause inflammation, perforation and peritonitis. Surgery seems to be the only effective therapeutic approach to foreign bodies in the appendix...

..The results showed that treatment with topical steroids, which in general gives good results, proved to be much more successful in patients aged between 4 and 8 years, suggesting the efficacy of an early beginning of the treatment...

..Therefore, we believe that surgical treatment of varicocele should be carried out using procedures involving artery preservation...

..The aim of this study is to highlight the problems posed by the prenatal diagnosis of abdominal cysts in order to outline the most appropriate therapeutic approach in case of suspected ovarian cysts...

..For this reason, laparoscopy should be considered and used with those patients suffering from frequent abdominal pain and discomfort...

..To assess the role of varicocelectomy in pediatric patients through a careful semen analysis...

..Primary obstructive megaureter has always been considered a developmental defect. The aim of this study was evaluate the clinical course of grade I-III megaureter at a single Institution through a longitudinal observational study...

..Although it is not possible to determine which patients will develop testicular growth arrest, the assessment of vein reflux allows the identification of those subjects who may potentially develop such a condition...

..The aim of this study is to evaluate advantages and efficacy of ureteral stents, correlating clinical and radiological data with the permanence of stent in situ...

..In this case report, we present a rare case of RMS of the extrahepatic biliary tree initially diagnosed as a choledochal cyst...

..Despite the rarity of these variants, surgeons need to know all possible associated malformations in order to have the most complete and correct clinical picture of their patients...

..To evaluate surgical, long-term anatomic and functional results of the laparoscopic Vecchietti procedure to treat women with vaginal agenesis...

..Duplication cysts of the cecum, in a neonate, are even rarer, with only 19 cases reported in medical literature to date. We report a case of intestinal intussusception due to a cecal duplication cyst...

..In this report, we describe two interesting cases of inguinal masses in children first diagnosed as irreducible inguinal hernia. Appropriate investigations before surgery and local surgical excision are therefore recommended...

..Only 10 boys in the study group had no response to steroid and stretching. Treatment with topical steroids, combined with stretching exercises, is a suitable alternative to surgical correction (preputial plasty/circumcision)...

..The aim of this study was to analyze the testicular catch-up growth rate in pediatric patients, correlating it with patient age at surgery, varicocele size, procedures used, and semen quality...

..To investigate the prepubertal serum inhibin B levels in monorchid boys with compensatory testicular hypertrophy (CTH) and in surgically treated cryptorchid boys with normal testicular volume...

..CONCLUSIONS: These data support the hypothesis that renal and adrenal metabolites enhance varicocele-induced testicular damage. This theory is supported both by hormonal impairment and testicular histological analysis...

..The authors believe, after a careful review of relevant literature, that this is the second case of intraductal carcinoma in the presence of gynaecomastia described during adolescence...

..This study evaluates the long-term effect of varicocelectomy as measured by plasma oxidative stress parameters...