Henrik Steinbrecher

Consultant Paediatric Surgeon

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

JOURNAL REVIEWED: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC UROLOGY – March 2009 - November 2017

Latest Contribution

Bladder cancer outcomes in patients with spina bifida

1 May 2018 | | Paediatric Urology, Urologic Oncology | Bladder augmentation, Bladder cancer, Myelomeningocele, Spina bifida, Systematic review

These authors carried out a systematic review using PubMed and a number of terms to pick up studies with an underlying diagnosis of myelomeningocele and bladder cancer, with exclusions of cord injury, tuberculosis, schistosomiasis, or prior ureterosigmoidostomy. Their aim was...

Hypospadias surgery complication rates

1 May 2018 | | Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology | Hypospadias, Postoperative complications, Surgical outcomes

These authors identified all children undergoing NHS hypospadias surgery between 1999 and 2009 in England using the hospital episode statistic database and looked at repair types and complications. High-volume centres (24/75) were classified as such if they did more than...

Treatment of varicocele in children and adolescents

1 March 2018 | | Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology | Adolescent, Hydrocele, Radiological intervention, Surgical intervention, Varicocele, Varicocele recurrence

Varicocele occur in about 15% of all adolescents. These authors searched Medline, Embase and a number of platforms reporting on varicoses in children and adolescents, including only randomised controlled trials with patients under 21 years. After an initial 198 studies...