A Clinical Observation on the Pediatric Urological disease / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on the pediatric patients who had been admitted to the department of urology, National Medical center, from January 1971 to December 1981. The results were as follows: 1. Pediatric patients were 248 of 2092 total urologic patients giving a ratio of 11.9%, it revealed the tendency that the pediatric patients had been increasing yearly since 1971. 2. The prepubertal children(6 to 12 years of age) were most frequently seen and giving a rate of 35.9% of the pediatric patients. The ratio of male to female pediatric patients was 9.3:1. 3. The most common involved organ of disease was in testis giving a rate of 40.8%,urethral disease was 31.9% renal disease 12.5%, penile disease 5.2% etc. 4. The congenital anomaly was 128 case of 248 total patients. The hypospadia was 63 case, cryptorchidism 33 case, congenital hydronephrosis 9 case, etc. Hydrocele was 48 case, injury 20case, infectious disease 20 case, tumor 18 case, urolithiasis 9 case etc. 5. of 248 case,226 operations were done. The most common operation was hydrocelectomy in 46 case, orchiopexy was performed in 33 case, urethroplasty in 30 case, chordectomy in 28 case, nephrectomy in 22 case, lithotomy in 9 case, orchiectomy in 7 case etc.

Clinical Observation on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on 136 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia, admitted to the department of Urology, National Medical Center during the period from January 1970 to December 1981. The result are summarized as follows: 1. Incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia was 6.1% to 2,226 total in-patients, 10.3% to 1,315 male in-patients and 23.3% to male in-patients 50 years old or more. 2. Majority of cases Was found in 7Ih and 8th decades (78.6%) with mean age of 68.9 years old. 3. Seventy one patients (52.2%) suffered from urinary retention prior to admission. 4. Mean interval elapsed from initial symptoms to visit was 26.8 months. 5. Method of operative treatment included 68 suprapubic prostatectomy, 10 retropubic prostatectomy and 5 T.U.R. 6. Mean weight of removed adenoma was 42.6 gm in suprapubic prostatectomy and 34.7 gm in retropubic prostatectomy. 7. Mean amount of blood transfusion was 700 ml in suprapubic prostatectomy, and 224 ml in retropubic prostatectomy. 8. Mean period of catheter drainage was 11.9 days in suprapubic prostatect0my, 13.3 days in retropubic prostatectomy and 5.4 days in T.U.R. 9. Mean duration of postoperative hospitalization was 17.8 days in suprapubic prostatectomy, 15.8 days in retropubic prostatectomy and 8 days in T.U.R. 10. Postoperative complications were delayed healing with suprapubic fistula, wound infection, prolonged bleeding 14 days or more, temporary incontinence, epididymitis, unable to void and pneumonia, in suprapubic prostatectomy and prolonged bleeding, wound infection, temporary incontinence and unable to void in retropubic prostatectomy.

A Clinical Observation on Urinary Diversion / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on the urinary diversion among the 78 cases of in-patients from the Department of urology, National Medical Center, Seoul, during the period from March,1977 to Feruary 1982.

A Clinical Observation of the Intravesical Thiotepa in Bladder Cancer / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Primary transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder was treated with prophylactic and therapeutic Intravesical thiotepa in 7 cases. In 5 cases of stage A tumor, postoperative follow up was averaged 10.8 months and 4 cases were tumor free (80%). In 2 cases of infiltrating tumor, the instillation was not effective. Thiotepa can be given safely in the 7 days post-operative period and no leukopenia and bladder irritation symptoms were occurred.