[New methods of pubic approximation in extrophy of the bladder in children].

A new less traumatic method of pubic bone approximation in extrophy of the urinary bladder in children is proposed. To ascertain efficacy of the method, results of 3-stage reconstructive plastic operations with pubic bone approximation without osteotomy (group 1, n=27), one-stage reconstructive plastic operations with transversal suturing of the anterior abdominal wall (group 2, n=19), and one-stage reconstructive plastic operations according to the new techniques of pubic bone approximation (group 3, n=9) were compared. To receive satisfactory results, 27 patients of group 1 had to undergo 97 operative interventions for complications, 19 patients of group 2 had undergone 33 operative interventions. As to group 3, early postoperative period complications such as urethrocutaneous and vesicocervical fistulas were observed only in 22.2% cases. Pubic bone diastasis was observed in none the cases showing 100 efficacy.

[Local immunity indices during the chigain treatment of chronic cystitis in children]. / Pokazateli mestnogo immuniteta pri lechenii khronicheskogo tsistita u detei chigainom.

A total of 117 children with chronic pyelonephritis (CP) aged 4-14 were examined and treated. 57 of them having attendant cystitis received multimodality treatment comprising local intravesicular instillations of chigain controlled by clinical findings, urinalysis, cystoscopy and urinary secretory immunoglobulins SIg A1, SIg A2 and IgG. The drug chigain capable of immune replacement was found to initiate clinical response, positive trends in urinalysis and cystoscopy data, in the levels of secretory urine immunoglobulins. The findings show the need of immune replacement therapy in the complex of modalities to treat children with CP combined with cystitis.