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155 children presenting with lithiasis have been studied. The study confirms other recent analyses: (1) Urinary lithiasis in the child is far more frequent than was previously thought. It is not always easy to diagnose because of the limited opacity of the calculi. (2) Its secondary nature is shown in 25% of the cases. (3) Its cause is still debated in spite of the evident part played by Proteus infection. (4) The prognosis is generally favourable.

Remembering that the diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence is essentially clinical, the authors describe the fundamental stages of their technique, i.e. the musculo-aponeurotic suspension of the bladder neck (Goebell-Stoeckel technique). This operation has enabled them to have good results in 88% of their cases. The long-term study of these results shows slight deterioration of the success rate which becomes stable after 2 years.