Fumi Matsumoto

..Although conservative treatment has been regarded as the standard management for asymptomatic multicystic dysplastic kidney, prophylactic surgical removal should be considered for selected children with potential risk of malignancy...

..The possibility of enlarged utricle should be considered in the differential diagnosis of antenatally detected pelvic cysts in neonates with ambiguous genitalia...

..The postoperative period was uneventful and there were no abnormal findings in the kidney or urinary tract. This indicated good prognosis of the antenatally eviscerated bladder...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate functional outcome of congenital hydronephrotic kidney...

..This is the first case of pancreatic pseudocyst that expanded to the retroperitoneal space and caused urinary tract obstruction...

..We retrospectively reviewed the results of ureteral reimplantation in infants with primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) to evaluate the effect on prevention of urinary tract infection (UTI) and renal growth...

..To evaluate the renal growth pattern in patients with primary vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) using long-term measurements of split renal function with 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy...

..In conclusion, PIC cystography represents a useful tool to predict new onset contralateral VUR in patients with unilateral VUR on conventional VCUG...

..We used urodynamic studies to assess bladder function and urological outcomes after definitive repair by total urogenital mobilization...

..To evaluate the effectiveness of VQZ plasty, we analyzed our experience with continent catheterizable urinary stomas using VQZ plasty and V-flap techniques...

..Nine months later when the bladder capacity increased to 70 ml, ureterocystoneostomy was done through psoas hitch procedure. She retains urine of about 270 ml and evacuate completely at 14 years of age...

..Resolution of megacystis in utero appears to have resulted from spontaneous rupture of the posterior urethral valves. To the best of our knowledge, no similar cases have been previously reported...

..To define the need for continuous observation after improvement of hydronephrosis, long-term followup was carried out in children with prenatally diagnosed hydronephrosis...

..We determined the incidence of acquired undescended testes in boys with hypospadias...

..Understanding of the development of urachus is important for prenatal diagnosis, which in turn allows surgery immediately after birth. We showed bladder function after surgery remains good at school age...

..We reviewed the results of surgical treatment for children with ureterocele, especially addressing the importance of the lower urinary tract reconstruction...

..However, there is exceptional PUJO that requires emergent treatment in neonatal periods. The aim of this article is to report the urological emergency and management in neonates with PUJO...

..Histologic findings showed typical triphasic Wilms' tumor. Botryoid Wilms' tumor has been reported in only 16 cases in the literature and in only 3 cases extended into the bladder...

..We examined the renal pathology of fetuses with urethral obstruction and vesicoureteral reflux, and we suggest herein a possible etiology of congenital reflux nephropathy...

..Ureter is not an ideal material to provide adequate bladder capacity and compliance for elder children unless their bladder becomes as large as that of adults early post-operatively...

..To describe the clinical features of children with ovotesticular disorder of sex development (DSD) and to review cases of ovotesticular DSD in Japan...

..We reviewed the clinical courses and surgical management of children with this pathology...

..Urinary control after definitive repair of a cloacal anomaly is difficult to achieve. The present report aims to describe the clinical course of urinary control, and the need for the management of bladder dysfunction after reconstruction...

..Most Japanese parents wish their children to retain their foreskin during hypospadias repair. We report on short-term results of foreskin reconstruction associated with hypospadias repair...

..To review our experience with female children who have unilateral renal agenesis or renal dysplasia associated with cystic lesions in the reproductive system...