Henrik Steinbrecher

Consultant Paediatric Surgeon

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

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

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A new treatment algorithm for ureteral fibroepithelial polyps in children

1 November 2015 | | Paediatric Urology | Pyeloplasty, Ureteral polyps, Ureteropelvic junction obstruction, Ureteroscopy

Fibroepithelial polyps are rare in the urinary tract (found in 0.5% of all paediatric pyeloplasties and 5% of all cases of paediatric ureteral obstruction). The advent of ureteroscopy in paediatrics has increased the identification and treatment of these. This paper...

Laparoscopic ureteral ligation (clipping)

1 September 2015 | | Paediatric Urology | Children, Ectopic ureter, Laparoscopy, Ureteral ligation, Urinary incontinence

Ectopic ureters in the presence of an upper moiety duplex kidney, or non functioning upper moieties, are traditionally treated with a heminephrectomy (open or laparoscopic). This carries significant risks, especially loss of the remaining lower moiety. These authors describe a...

Cumulative incidence of outcomes and urologic procedures after augmentation cystoplasty

1 September 2015 | | Paediatric Urology | Augmentation cystoplasty, Bladder augmentation, Bladder exstrophy, Neurogenic bladder, Spina bifida

The authors of this paper describe the cumulative incidence of outcomes and surgical procedures following paediatric augmentation cystoplasties in the USA. They included all children <18 years over an 11-year period in their study and used the Pediatric Health Information...