Useful Publications
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Laparoscopic
Orchidopexy:
Report of 203 Cases with Review of Diagnosis, Operative Technique,
and Lessons Learned. Journal of Endourology, Volume 17, Number 6,
August 2003. Albert A. Samadi, M.D., Lane S. Palmer, M.D., and Israel
Franco, M.D. FAAP, FACS.
The
Role of Gadolinium Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Children with
Suspected Acute Pyelonephritis.
The
Journal of Urology, Volume 169, 2308-2311, June 2003. Adam C. Weiser,
Samuel A. Amukele, John C. Leonidas and Lane S. Palmer.
Plan
of Action Can Keep Toddlers Clean and Dry,
The New York Times, May 4, 2004. Jane E. Brody
Laparoscopic
Variocelectomy
in the Adolescent Male,
Current Urology Reports
2004, 5:132-136, Israel Franco
Submucosal
Transurethral Ureteric Implantation of Deflus, The Modified Sting Procedure,
Georgia Pediatric Urology, Atlanta Georgia, Journal of Urology, July 2003, Kirsch, AJ,
Perez-Brayfield, M, Scherz, HC
A Need for
Reevaluation of Sports Participation Recommendations for Children with a
Solitary Kidney, The Journal of Urology, Volume 174, 686-689, August
2005, Blake Johnson, Clinton Christensen, Stephen DiRusso, Muhammad
Choudhury, Israel Franco
Bilateral Robotic Assisted
Laparoscopic Heminephroureterectomy, The Journal of Urology,
Volume 171, 2394-2395, June 2005, Roberto Pedraza, Lane Palmer, Vance Moss,
Israel Franco
Dysfunctional
Elimination Syndrome as an Etiology of Idiopathic Urethritis in Childhood,
The Journal of Urology, Volume
173, 2132-2137, June 2005, Daniel Herz, Adam Weiser, Therese Collette,
Edward Reda, Selwyn Levitt, Israel Franco
Laparoscopic Appendicovesicostomy (Mitrofanoff Procedure) in a Child Using
the Da Vinci Robotic System, The Journal of Urology, Volume 171,
1652-1653, April 2004, Roberto Pedraza, Adam Weiser, Israel Franco
Laparoscopic Assisted
Modification of the Firlit Abdominal Wall Plication, The Journal
of Urology, Volume 174, 280-283, July 2005, Israel Franco
Metachronous Presentation of Ureterovesical Junction Obstruction
Contralateral to a Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney, The Journal of
Urology, Volume 167, 2538-2539, June 2002, Adam C. Weiser, Samuel A. Amukele,
Lane S. Palmer
Biofeedback Therapy Expedites the Resolution of Reflux in Older Children,
The Journal of Urology, Volume 168, 1699-1703, October 2002, Lane S. Palmer,
Israel Franco, Paul Rotario, Edward F. Reda, Steven C. Friedman, Mark E.
Kolligan, William A. Brock, Selwyn B. Levitt
The "Long
Snodgrass": Applying the Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty to
Penoscrotal Hypospadias in 1-Stage or 2-Stage Repairs, The Journal
of Urology, Volume 168, 1748-1750, October 2002, Lane S. Palmer, Jeffrey S.
Palmer, Israel Franco, Steven C. Friedman, Mark E. Kolligan, Bhagwant Gill,
Selwyn B. Levitt
Renal Pelvis
Cuff Pyeloplasty for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction for the High
Inserting Ureter: An Initial Experience, The Journal of Urology,
Volume 174, 1088-1090, September 2005, Lane S. Palmer, Juan Miguel Proano,
Jeffrey S. Palmer
The Use of
Betamethasone to Manage the Trapped Penis Following Neonatal Circumcision,
The Journal of Urology, Volume 174, 1577-1578, September 2005, Jeffrey S.
Palmer, Jack S. Elder, Lane S. Palmer
Female Urology: Diagnosing
Bladder Outlet Obstruction in Women, The Journal of Urology, Volume
161, 1535-1540, May 1999, Victor M. Nitti, Le Mai Tu, Jordan Gitlin
Management
of Perinatal Torsion: Today, Tomorrow or Never?, The Journal of
Urology, Volume 174, 1579-1583, October 2005, Elizabeth B. Yerkes, Frank M.
Robertson, Jordan Gitlin, Martin Kaefer, Mark P. Cain, Richard C. Rink
Society for Fetal Urology:
Congenital Mid Ureteral Stricture Presenting as Prenatal Hydronephrosis,
The Journal of Urology, Volume 168, 1154-1155, September 2002, Jordan Gitlin,
Martin Kaefer
New Concepts of
Histological Changes in Experimental Augmentation Cystoplasty: Insights into
the Development of Neoplastic Transformation at the Enterovesical and
Gastrovesical Anastomosis, The Journal of Urology, Volume 162,
1096-1100, Jordan S. Gitlin, Xue-Ru Wu, Tung-Tien Sun, Michael L. Ritchey,
Ellen Shapiro
Single Layered Small
Intestinal Submucosa in the Repair of Severe Chordee and Complicated
Hypospadias, The Journal of Urology, Volume 170, 1593-1595, October
2003, Adam C. Weiser, Israel Franco, Daniel B. Herz, Richard I. Silver,
Edward F. Reda
Single and
Multiple Dermal Grafts for the Management of Severe Penile Curvature,
The Journal of Urology, Volume 160, 1128-1130, September 1998, Bruce W.
Lindgren, Edward F. Reda, Selwyn B. Levitt, William A. Brock, Israel Franco
Analysis of Outcome of Pediatric
Pyeloplasty: Is Postoperative Renal Scan Necessary?, The Journal of
Urology, Volume 161, 110, Supplement April 1999, Lane S. Palmer, Andrew
Huang, Israel Franco, Edward F. Reda, William A. Brock, Selwyn B. Levitt
Correction of Penoscrotal Transposition: A Novel Approach, The
Journal of Urology, Volume 164, 994-997, September 2000, Mark E. Kolligan,
Israel Franco, Edward F. Reda
Laparoscopic
Fowler-Stephens Orchiopexy for the High Abdominal Testis, The
Journal of Urology, Volume 162, 990-994, September 1999, Bruce W. Lindgren,
Israel Franco, Shawn Black, Selwyn B. Levitt, William A. Brock, Lane S.
Palmer, Steven C. Friedman, Edward F. Reda
Laparoscopy
for localization of nonpalpable testes. J. Urol. 131:728-729, 1984.,Lowe,
D.H., Brock, W.A., and Kaplan, G.W.:
Urologic
Implications of Anorectal Malformations. Clinical Pediatric Urology
3rd Edition ed. Kelalis, P.P., King, L.R. and Belman, A.B., W.B. Saunders,
Phila. 1992,Brock, W.A. and Pena, A.
Changing
Management of Neonatal Hydronephrosis. Children's Hospital Quarterly
4(1):25-28, 1992,Motola, J. and Brock, W.A.
Adolescent Varicocele. Children's
Hospital Quarterly. 4(1): 29-31,1992, Biase, J. and Brock, W.A.
Transinguinal Laparoscopy. J. Urol. 157: 473-474, 1994,
Horgan, J. and
Brock, W.A.
Pena A. Transrectal Posterior
Sagittal Approach to Prostatic Utricle(Mullerian Duct Cyst) J.Urol 153:
785-787, 1995,Siegel, J.F., Brock, W.A.
Laparoscopic
Orchiopexy: Procedure of Choice for the Nonpalpable Testis? J.Urol 159:
2132-2135, 1998, Lindgren, B., Darby, E., Faiella, L., Brock, W., Reda, E.,
Levitt, S. and Franco, I.
Overactive Bladder in Children: Pathophysiology.
J Urol Sept 178: 761-768 2007
Overactive Bladder in Children: Management.
J Urol Sept 178:769-774 2007
The Use of Botulinum Toxin A Injection for the
Management of External Sphincter Dyssynergia in Neurologically Normal
Children. Franco I, Landau-Dyer L, Isom-Batz G, Collett T, Reda EF. J
Urol. 2007 Aug 16, 2007
Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty in the
Pediatric Patient: Hand Sewn Anastomosis Versus Robotic Assisted
Anastomosis-Is There a Difference? Franco I, Dyer LL, Zelkovic P. J Urol.
2007 Aug 14, 2007
Pediatric Overactive Bladder and Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction and
Treatment. Franco, I., Pediatric Health, 2008
Pediatric Overactive Bladder Syndrome, Pathophysiology and Management. Franco, I. 2007, Vol. 9., No.6 (pp 379-390) ISSN: 1174-5878, Pediatric Drugs