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Aim: The aim of this single center short-term prospective study is to determine the effects of circumcision in reducing the risksof symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) in post posterior urethral valve (PUV) ablated patients and to compare them withtheir non-circumcised counterparts.Objective: The specific objective of this study in the group includes: a. To identify patients with PUV who develop UTI with subsequentrenal damage. b. Proportion of children with symptomatic UTI in each group. c. Relative risks of presenting with symptomatic UTIafter PUV ablution and. d. To analyze statistically when circumcision really reduces the incidence of UTI in valve ablated patients.Materials and Methods: A single institutional prospective study of patients who were admitted with PUV between April 2016and September 2017 Institutional Ethics Committee Clearance and informed consent of the parents were taken. Boys withcongenital anomalies along with hypospadias and epispadias or any other condition rendering circumcision impossible wereexcluded from the study.Results: We identified 38 patients in all of whom 23 underwent circumcision at the time of valve ablation. The mean age ofthese patients was 41.22 days on a mean follow-up period of 1 year. Only one patient (4.35%) in the circumcised group hadtwo episodes of UTI, whereas three patients (20%) who had not undergone circumcision had five episodes of UTI.Conclusion: Circumcision along with PUV ablation does protect these patients from post-ablation symptomatic UTI and thusis protective against ongoing renal damage.
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Purpose: The purpose of the study was to study the impact of sclerosing agent in cases of rectal prolapse in infants and children.Materials and Methods: A total of 200 cases of diagnosed rectal prolapse in infants and children attending a tertiary care ofWest Bengal were included in the study for the effect of submucosal injection of alcohol from a period of August 2016 to July2018. 1.5–2 ml of alcohol was linearly injected in three sites (two laterals and one posterior).Results: All 200 cases were followed at 3 months interval for a period of 2 years. One hundred and twenty-one patients (60.5%)had a duration of prolapse for 3–6 months. Forty-six patients (23.0%) had prolapse for more than 8 months and 33 (16.5%)patients had prolapse for more than 1 year. One hundred and ninety-one (90.5%) patients responded to a single injection. Fivepatients (2.5%) required the second injection. Four (2%) patients with age more than 10 years did not respond to the treatment.Twenty-five patients had fecal soiling for a period of 10–12 days. No infectious complication and no recurrence were observed.Conclusion: 2–5 ml of ethyl alcohol (96%) is effective for the treatment of rectal prolapse. The duration of rectal prolapsehad no deleterious effect on treatment; however, patients with age more than 10 years did not respond to sclerosing agent,probably due to different etiology.