2002
The “Long Snodgrass”: Applying the Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty to Penoscrotal Hypospadias in 1-stage Or 2-stage Repairs
PALMER L, PALMER J, FRANCO I, FRIEDMAN S, KOLLIGIAN M, GILL B, LEVITT S. The “Long Snodgrass”: Applying the Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty to Penoscrotal Hypospadias in 1-stage Or 2-stage Repairs. Journal Of Urology 2002, 168: 1748-1750. DOI: 10.1097/00005392-200210020-00023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrethral platePenoscrotal hypospadiasPrimary repairPlate urethroplastySkin flapsLong-term complicationsThiersch-Duplay urethroplastyDorsal prepucePinpoint fistulaComplication ratePatients 19Term complicationsMeatal stenosisDistal hypospadiasSurgical modificationsHypospadias repairAbstract PurposeUrethral stentUrethroplastyThiersch-Duplay repairHypospadiasReported experienceComplicationsFistulaNeourethra
1998
LAPAROSCOPIC ORCHIOPEXY: PROCEDURE OF CHOICE FOR THE NONPALPABLE TESTIS?
LINDGREN B, DARBY E, FAIELLA L, BROCK W, REDA E, LEVITT S, FRANCO I. LAPAROSCOPIC ORCHIOPEXY: PROCEDURE OF CHOICE FOR THE NONPALPABLE TESTIS? Journal Of Urology 1998, 159: 2132-2135. PMID: 9598558, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)63294-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaparoscopic orchiopexyProcedure of choiceNonpalpable testisDiagnostic laparoscopyAcceptable scrotal positionMedical recordsSurgical techniqueLower incidenceScrotal positionLeft testisPatientsOrchiopexyStephens orchiopexySpermatic vesselsInternal ringSuccess rateLaparoscopyTestisTreatmentFollowupOrchiectomyComplicationsAtrophyScrotumLAPAROSCOPIC ORCHIOPEXY
LINDGREN B, DARBY E, FAIELLA L, BROCK W, REDA E, LEVITT S, FRANCO I. LAPAROSCOPIC ORCHIOPEXY. Journal Of Urology 1998, 159: 2132-2135.. DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199806000-00137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaparoscopic orchiopexyNonpalpable testisDiagnostic laparoscopyAcceptable scrotal positionProcedure of choiceConclusions LaparoscopicMedical recordsSurgical techniqueLower incidenceScrotal positionLeft testisOrchiopexyPatientsStephens orchiopexySpermatic vesselsInternal ringSuccess rateLaparoscopyTestisTreatmentOrchiectomyComplicationsFollowupLaparoscopicAtrophy
1994
Endoscopic management of bladder calculi following augmentation cystoplasty
Palmer L, Franco I, Reda E, Kogan S, Levitt S. Endoscopic management of bladder calculi following augmentation cystoplasty. Urology 1994, 44: 902-904. PMID: 7985320, DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(94)80179-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAugmentation cystoplastyOpen vesicolithotomyBladder calculiEndoscopic approachBladder of childrenComplete stone extractionSingle endoscopic treatmentReconstructed bladder neckLarge stone burdenBladder neckEndoscopic treatmentVoiding patternEndoscopic managementStone burdenStone extractionElectrohydraulic lithotripsyCystoplastyVesicolithotomyPatientsPrevalent problemChildrenComplicationsStricture
1993
Urolithiasis in Children Following Augmentation Cystoplasty
Palmer L, Franco I, Kogan S, Reda E, Gill B, Levitt S. Urolithiasis in Children Following Augmentation Cystoplasty. Journal Of Urology 1993, 150: 726-729. PMID: 8326634, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)35598-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAugmentation cystoplastyUrinary tract infectionSignificant risk factorsUpper tract calculiMajority of casesTract infectionsMedian intervalBladder calculiRisk factorsAbsorbable staplesCystoplastyLower tractYoung adultsIntestinal mucusAmmonium urateUrinary calculiChildrenCalculi compositionHypocitraturiaComplicationsSurgeryUrolithiasisInfectionTract