A Case of Ureteral Polyp / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Primary tumors of the ureter are usually malignant and rare, a few are benign. Benign tumors arising from mesoderm are especially rare. But, recently the incidence rate was progressively increased due to developed methods of diagnostic procedures. We herein report a case of ureteral polyp in the left ureteropelvic junction with a brief review of literatures.

Torsion of Spermatic Cord / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Authors experienced a case of torsion of spermatic cord recently and reviewed the literatures. The patient was a 33 year-old male with chief complaints of sudden onset on left scrotal swelling and testicular pain. Physical examination was not significant except positive Prehn`s sign on the involving side of testicle. Under the diagnosis of torsion of spermatic cord, he was performed of left orchiectomy and the opposite side orchiopexy.

A Clinical Study of Traumatic Urethral Injury and Stricture / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical survey was made on 62 cases of traumatic urethral injury and stricture in the Department of Urology, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, during the period from January 1974 to December 1980. The following results were obtained: 1. The total number of in-patients during the period was estimated to 1120 and of which traumatic urethral injury and stricture were 62 cases of the 144 genitourinary injuries. 2. The most common causes of the urethral injury was traffic accident (45%) and next falling accident (40%), kicking in decreasing order. 3. Age distribution of urethral injury was the highest in the age 30 to 39 (45%) and next age 20 to 29 (39%). 4. Results from the present study show that the primary realignment procedure is more likely to complicate urethral stricture regardless the site of injury, compared with the perineal end-to-end anastomosis.

Statistical Observation on In-patients / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A statistical observation was made on 325 in-patients with age distribution, disease entities and operative procedures in the Department of Urology, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, during the period from January 1st 1977 to December 31st 1979.

Clinical Observation on the Cryptorchidism / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on 39 patients of cryptorchism who had been admitted to the Department of Urology, Seoul Red Cross Hospital during the 7 yeas period from January 1973 to December 1979. 1) During the period, 827 patients hospitalized, there were 39 cases of cryptorchism, giving a rate of 4.6%. 2) The age group, most frequently seen, was between 6 to 10 years. 3) The bilateral cryptorchisms were observed in 10 cases (26%). 4) The position of cryptorchism is most popular in the inguinal type 37 testes (75%) and intraabdominal type is 8 testes (16%).