A clinical observation was made on the pediatric patients who had been admitted to the department of urology, National Medical center, from January 1971 to December 1981.
The results were as follows:
1. Pediatric patients were 248 of 2092 total urologic patients giving a ratio of 11.9%, it revealed the tendency that the pediatric patients had been increasing yearly since 1971.
2. The prepubertal children(6 to 12 years of age) were most frequently seen and giving a rate of 35.9% of the pediatric patients. The ratio of male to female pediatric patients was 9.3:1.
3. The most common involved organ of disease was in testis giving a rate of 40.8%,urethral disease was 31.9% renal disease 12.5%, penile disease 5.2% etc.
4. The congenital anomaly was 128 case of 248 total patients.
The hypospadia was 63 case, cryptorchidism 33 case, congenital hydronephrosis 9 case, etc. Hydrocele was 48 case, injury 20case, infectious disease 20 case, tumor 18 case, urolithiasis 9 case etc.
5. of 248 case,226 operations were done.
The most common operation was hydrocelectomy in 46 case, orchiopexy was performed in 33 case, urethroplasty in 30 case, chordectomy in 28 case, nephrectomy in 22 case, lithotomy in 9 case, orchiectomy in 7 case etc.
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