[Psychological characteristics of boys with hypospadias]. / Psychische Besonderheiten bei Knaben mit Hypospadien.

In a pilot study psychological tests were carried out with 47 male children suffering from various kinds of hypospadias. In comparison with healthy children they showed strong feelings of inferiority and an increased sensibility, proved to be socially less adapted and more difficult to train. Children with mild forms of hypospadias had an effect being, psychologically seen, less striking. More aggravating mental problems were noted with increasingly frequent repetition of operations. Psychologically it has been stated that the most favourable time for first operation is the age of 5-6 years. Children submitted to an operation for the first time at the age of 2-4 years as well as children with a correction of hypospadias carried out at school-age only, proved to be more psychologically strained.

[Possible modification of circulatory parameters of the upper extremity--using electrostimulation with the "Jogger" electrostimulator]. / Möglichkeit einer Beeinflussung von Durchblutungsverhältnissen der oberen Extremität--mittels Elektrostimulation durch den Elektrostimulator "Jogger".

Circulatory disturbances of the upper extremities may be affected by blockade of the ganglion stellatum. This blockade is possible by electrical stimulation with pocket stimulators. Frequent blockades of the ganglion stellatum are possible, simple, free from pain and without drugs. Rheographic resurges and check up with skin thermographie will demonstrate the effectiveness of this method.

[Ovarian cyst. A predisposing factor for ileus in the neonatal period and early infancy]. / Die Ovarialzyste. Ein disponierender Ileusfaktor im Neugeborenenalter und bei Trimenonsäuglingen.

Cystic and solid tumors of the ovary are rare during the new born period and infancy and usually become clinically apparent only during childhood adolescence. Any cystic ovarian enlargement is almost always benign but can cause signs of an acute abdomen because torsion of the ovarian cyst can lead to small bowel obstruction. This may be the first clinical sign of the cyst if it had not yet been detected by prenatal or postnatal ultrasonography. On the basis of our own observations and a review of the literature it appears that ovarian cysts predispose to mechanical small bowel obstruction in new borns and infants.