[Free grafting of internal preputial lamina for penile divided nevus in children].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of free grafting of internal preputial lamina in the treatment of penile divided nevus in children. METHODS: This retrospective study included 5 children with penile divided nevus, 4 complicated by redundant prepuce and the other 1 by concealed penis, all treated by free grafting of internal preputial lamina from October 2015 to November 2017. The patients ranged in age from 6 years and 8 months to 10 years and 4 months, averaging 8 years and 6 months. The surgical procedure involved complete excision of the lesions underneath the foreskin with a safety margin of 2 mm, collection of healthy internal preputial lamina for free grafting onto the defected glans, and simultaneously circumcision or concealed penis correction. The removed tissue of the divided nevus was subjected to pathological examination. The patients were followed up for 4－29 (mean 18) months postoperatively. RESULTS: All incisions healed primarily and the free grafts of internal preputial lamina survived well, similar to the glans in color and with a desirable appearance. The patients lost no protopathic sensibility of the glans and experienced no recurrence. Pathological examination confirmed 1 case of intradermal nevus and 4 cases of compound nevus. CONCLUSIONS: Free grafting of internal preputial lamina is an ideal method for the treatment of penile divided nevus in children, with the advantages of easy graft collection, little color difference between the graft and surrounding skin, desirable external appearance, and definite clinical effect.

Early evaluation for treatment efficacy of 5-fluorouracil and hyperthermia on HCT-116 colon cancer cells by fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake.

BACKGROUND: Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography imaging can be used to assess the treatment efficacy of chemotherapy and prognosis. The aim of this study was to determine the uptake rate of (18)F-FDG in colon cancer HCT-116 cells, and to evaluate the treatment efficacy of chemotherapy, hyperthermia and thermo-chemotherapy through the uptake inhibition rate of (18)F-FDG. METHODS: The uptake rate of (18)F-FDG in HCT-116 cells was determined at various experimental conditions. The inhibition rate of cell growth, uptake rate of (18)F-FDG and uptake inhibition rate of (18)F-FDG in HCT-116 cells treated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) at various concentrations were determined. In HCT-116 cells subjected to chemotherapy (5-FU, 100 µg/ml), hyperthermia (43°C, 40 minutes) and thermo-chemotherapy for 24 hours, the inhibition rate of cell growth and uptake inhibition rate of (18)F-FDG were determined; early apoptosis, the morphology and ultrastructure of HCT-116 cells were examined; and the contents of glucose and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the cell culture medium of HCT-116 cells were determined. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and correlation analyses were conducted by using SPSS 16.0 software. RESULTS: The uptake rate of (18)F-FDG in HCT-116 cells was (44.25 ± 2.19)%. Under the condition of adding 5-FU at various concentrations for 24 hours, the uptake rate of (18)F-FDG was negatively correlated with 5-FU dosage (r = -0.879, P < 0.01); the inhibition rate of cell growth revealed a positive correlation with the uptake inhibition rate of (18)F-FDG (r = 0.831, P < 0.01). In HCT-116 cells subjected to hyperthermia, chemotherapy, and thermo-chemotherapy for 24 hours, the uptake inhibition rates of (18)F-FDG were (12.94 ± 2.80)%, (28.25 ± 4.59)%, and (21.60 ± 3.68)%, respectively. The early apoptotic rates of HCT-116 cells were (9.80 ± 0.16)%, (19.80 ± 2.40)%, and (15.70 ± 1.80)%, respectively. Moreover, the contents of glucose and LDH in cell culture medium of HCT-116 cells after treatments were higher than those before treatment. CONCLUSION: The uptake inhibition rate of (18)F-FDG can be used for early evaluation of hyperthermia and 5-FU treatment efficacy on cancer cells although hyperthermia (43°C, 40 minutes) does not reveal the synergistic effect on 5-FU at the low dosage.

Chordee without hypospadias: report of 79 Chinese prepubertal patients.

A series of Chinese prepubertal patients with congenital chordee without hypospadias is presented and the clinical data described. From July 1999 to September 2006, 79 boys with congenital chordee without hypospadias were treated in the Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China. The ages ranged from 21 months to 14 years, with a mean of 76.8 months (6.4 years). The patients were categorized according to structural defect into 4 groups, with the aid of intraoperative artificial erection. Group I included those with skin tethering (28 cases, 35.4%); group II, fascial chordee (22, 27.8%); group III, corporal disproportion (10, 12.7%); and group IV, urethral tethering (19, 24.1%). Chordee-related structural defect was considered the only criterion for classification, and urethral dysgenesis influenced the choice of surgical procedure. The chordee in group I patients was corrected with penile degloving; group II, release of dense fibrous tissue in addition; group III, dorsal-midline-plication-based correction; and group IV, longitudinal-island-flap-urethroplasty-based repair. At a mean follow-up of 14.8 months (range, 2 to 63), all patients had penile straightening except 1 group III patient with residual curvature that was managed upon reoperation. Glans dehiscence occurred in 1 group II patient who underwent a tubularized incised plate urethroplasty. Urethrocutaneous fistula and urethral stricture were found in 2 group IV patients who underwent island flap urethroplasty. With the categorization based on structural defect, chordee without hypospadias may be managed well with minimized complications.