A Clinical Observation of In-patients with Pediatric Urological Diseases

Lee, Byung Wha; Yang, Seung Choul; Kwak, Seok Koo; Kim, Sei Choul; Chung, Shung Wha

Abstract

A clinical observation was made on 201 cases of pediatric in-patients with urological diseases in the Department of Urology, Korea General Hospital, from September 1, 1972 to August 31, 1979. The results obtained were as follows. 1) Among 1009 cases of urological in-patients for the past 7 years, 201 cases belong patients giving 19.9%. 2) Yearly number of pediatric in-patients showed no increasing tendency. 3) The proportion of male to female pediatric urologic in-patients was 17: 1. The preschool children (1 to 6 years of age) were most frequently seen and giving a rate of 44.8% of the pediatric urologic in-patients. 4) The most frequently involved organ was scrotal contents, giving a rate of 57.7%. Urethral diseases was 14.9%, penile diseases l0.9%, renal diseases 8.5%. 5) The congenital anomaly was most frequent, showing l55 cases of total pediatric urologic in-patients (77.2%). The most common disease of the congenital anomaly was hydrocele in 60 cases (29.9%) and cryptorchism 47 cases (23.4%), hypospadia 24 cases (11.9%), phimosis 16 cases (8.0%) in order. 6) Of 201 cases, operation was performed in 179 cases (88.6%). The most common operation was hydrocelectomy 60 cases (33.5%), orchiopexy 47 cases (26.3%), circumcision 22 cases(12.3%), chordectomy 17 cases (9.5%), urethroplasty 7 cases (3.9%) in order.