A Case of Congenital Patent Urachus / 대한비뇨기과학회지

The patent urachus results from failure of luminal closure of the urachus. Embryologically, the urachus represents the vestigial remnant of the allantois which, in the fetus, communicates with the cloaca. The authors report a case of congenital patent urachus with review of some literatures.

Clinical Observation on the Renal Tuberculosis / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on 54 cases of renal tuberculosis who were admitted to the Department of Urology, Soon-Chun-Hyaing College Hospital during the period from January, 1977 to December, 1981. The following results were obtained. 1. The incidence of renal tuberculosis was 7.5% of all urological in-patients. 2. The most common age group was 20-49 years (68.5%) and male to female ratio was 1.8:1. 3. Both kidneys were affected in 8 cases (14.8%), while 26 cases (48.2%) in right and 20 cases (37%) were in left kidney. 4. The most frequent subjective complaints was frequency in 62.9% and hematuria in 40.7%, flank pain in 38.9%, painful urination in 29.6%, nocturia in 27.8% in order of their frequency. 5. Eleven (20.4%) of 54 cases were associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. 6. Urinary findings revealed pyuria in 68.5%, proteinuria in 66.7% and hematuria in 53.7%. 7. On the intravenous pyelogram, non-visualization of the kidney was found in 31.5%, hydronephrosis in 24.1%and destruction of calices in 20.4%. 8.Cystoscopic findings showed active lesions of cystitis in 47.9%, fibrosis with trabeculation in 20.8%, deformed ureteral orifice in 18.8% and contracted bladder in 14.6%. 9. Nephrectomy was done in 26 cases (48.1%), ureteric reimplantation in 2 cases. cutaneous ureterostomy in 1case and nephrostomy in 1 case.

A Clinical Observation on the Injuries of the Genitourinary Tract / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on the injuring of genitourinary tract of in-patients in the Department of Urology, Soon-Chun-Hyang College Hospital during the period from January. 1977 to December, 1980 for 4 years. There results were as follows; 1. Of 505 cases hospitalized, 86 cases have shown injuries of genitourinary tract, giving a ratio of 17%. 2. The age ranged from 4 to 67 years, and of these cases the favorable ages were those from 11 to 40 years for 73.3%. 3. Traffic accident was the most frequent cause of the injuries it 54.7%. 4. The kidney was involved most frequently (41.9%) and the involvement of the urethra was 27.9%. 5. Nephrectomy was performed in 6 cases (16.7%) of 36 renal injuries. 6. The ureteral injuries were occurred by traffic accident in 1 case and during uterine surgery in 1 case. 7. Six cases of 15 bladder injuries and 14 cases of 24 urethral injuries were accompanied with pelvic bone fracture.