Introduction: Repeated and multiple surgeries for hypospadias result in varying degrees of scarring and hypovascularity of penile tissues which may result in poor healing and increasing complication rates with each additional repair.
We report a rare case of persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) with direct drainage into the left atrium in a 3-yearsold boy who had been electively admitted for hypospadias repair, when he was noticed to have finger clubbing and mild hypoxia but was otherwise asymptomatic. The diagnosis of
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is one of a switch of autophagy and apoptosis, and the endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) which inducing UPR plays a role in the malformations caused by some genetic and environmental factors. Exposure to flutamide during pregnancy will also cause abnormalities in
BACKGROUND
Epidural opioids are frequently combined with local anaesthetics for an additive antinociceptive effect. We investigated the efficacy of epidural fentanyl to 1.25 or 1.5 mg/ml ropivacaine for post-operative epidural analgesia in children.
METHODS
One hundred and eight children undergoing
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