Henrik Steinbrecher

Consultant Paediatric Surgeon

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

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

Latest Contribution

Bladder perforation after augmentation cystoplasty

1 January 2018 | | Paediatric Urology, Trauma and Emergency Urology | Augmentation cystoplasty, Conservative, Non-operative management, Perforation, Prevention

Delayed bladder perforation is well recognised after augmentation cystoplasty (5-13% of patients) and adult urologists need to be aware of this and identify the best treatment at the time. Mortality rates and re-perforation rates can be up to 25% and...

Reliability of grading of VUR and other findings on VCUG

1 November 2017 | | Paediatric Urology | Vesico-ureteral reflux, Voiding cystourethrogram, Urinary tract infection, Radiology, Concordance, Classification

The gold standard for diagnosing VUR is still the voiding cycstogram (VCUG). These authors looked at the inter observer variability of grading of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) using a VCUG and highlight the implications for treatment and prognosis as a results....

Transfer to tertiary paediatric hospitals for patients with testicular torsion

1 November 2017 | | Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Trauma and Emergency Urology | Hospital transfer, Testicle salvage, Testicle torsion, Testicular loss, Testicular torsion

Although this articles comes from a tertiary centre in Columbus, USA, there are similarities with the current controversies in the UK. The authors carried out a five-year retrospective review looking at the surgical transfer of 125 patients (mean age 13.4,...