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abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a common structural birth defect that affects approximately 1 in 2500 live births. Although the exact etiology of most cases of CDH remains unknown, it is becoming increasingly clear that genetic factors play an important role in many cases of CDH. In this paper, we review crit...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Scott DA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital anomaly consisting of a posterolateral defect in the diaphragm also known as a Bochdalek hernia. It occurs in 1 in 2000 to 3000 newborns and is associated with a variable degree of pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) and persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPH). Despite remar...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Keijzer R,Puri P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of pediatric intestinal failure has evolved in recent decades, with improved survival since the advent of specialized multidisciplinary intestinal failure centers. Though sepsis and intestinal failure associated liver disease still contribute to mortality, we now have growing data on the long-term outcomes ...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Fullerton BS,Hong CR,Jaksic T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular liver tumors in the pediatric population can present a diagnostic dilemma. The most common hepatic vascular tumors are hepatic hemangiomas; however the differential diagnosis can also include other benign lesions and malignant masses. Management is unique to the type and nature of the specific lesion. Thus, c...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： McGuire A,Fernandez-Pineda I,Fishman SJ,Dickie BH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiomas, cystic hygromas, and teratomas are the most common bulky lesions presenting in the head and neck of infants, but cystic hygromas and teratomas are rare, and most hemangiomas are initially small. Historically, hemangiomas have been watched with the belief that they all involute with good results. Recogniti...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Filston HC

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and prevalence of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including subtypes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, have risen dramatically in recent years, and have emerged globally as important pediatric chronic diseases. Therefore, health care providers are more frequently encountering ver...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Nasiri S,Kuenzig ME,Benchimol EI

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States nearly 2 million people are burned every year; about 100,000 burns are moderate to severe and require hospitalization and about 5,000 deaths occur because of burns. The overall improvement in mortality and outcome of patients with severe burn trauma over the last decades can be attributed to the f...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Herndon DN,Spies M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aims to provide an overview of islet cell transplantation in children, with specific attention to pediatric total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT). We will summarize the definition and causes of chronic pancreatitis in children, the TPIAT procedure and potential complications, the proce...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Balamurugan AN,Elder DA,Abu-El-Haija M,Nathan JD

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fallopian tubes are the essential genital ducts that convey the female sex cells for fertilization. They are differentiated and detectable early in fetal life. There are numerous paratubal and tubal abnormalities that can occur at any point in the female life. Some of these are rare but may initiate significant mo...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Perlman S,Hertweck P,Fallat ME

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exploring pros and cons of bridging long-gap esophageal atresia with an orthotopic jejunal pedicle graft. Retrospective series of 19 patients. METHODS:From 1988 through 2005, 19 patients with long-gap esophageal atresia received a jejunal graft. Median age at reconstruction was 76 days. The technique involve...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Bax KM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric interventional radiology offers new treatment options not possible a few years ago. Interventional radiologists treat not only certain causes of hemorrhage but also symptomatic arteriovenous malformations, renovascular hypertension, and portal hypertension. Interventionalists help maintain liver and renal tr...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Iglesia KA,Fellows KE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the leading cause of death from gastrointestinal causes in premature infants, and its overall survival has not improved in the past three decades. While the precise cause of NEC remains incompletely understood, we and others have shown that a major predisposing factor in the developm...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Hackam DJ,Good M,Sodhi CP

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenectomy in childhood usually is required for hematologic disorders such as hereditary spherocytosis, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, or sickle cell disease. The laparoscopic approach for splenectomy in children has been developed and advanced over the past 5 years. New techniques and equipment allow the procedure...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Rescorla FJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) continues to afflict approximately 7% of preterm infants born weighing less than 1500g, though recent investigations have provided novel insights into the pathogenesis of this complex disease. The disease has been a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Hackam D,Caplan M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative care is now a core component of pediatric care for children and families who are confronting serious illness with a low likelihood of survival. Pediatric surgeons, in partnership with pediatric palliative care teams, can play a pivotal role in assuring that these patients receive the highest possible qualit...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Feudtner C,Blinman TA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of parathyroid surgery in children will briefly discuss parathyroid gland embryology and anatomy before focusing on the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of hyperparathyroidism in children. Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is the overproduction of PTH and it is rare in children, with an incide...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Burke JF,Chen H,Gosain A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal disease profiles for children in low- and middle-income settings (LMIC) are characterized by late presentation, increased complications and limited follow-up in many cases. There is a high prevalence of infectious conditions causing secondary colorectal disease such as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis(TB), Human ...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Brisighelli G,Etwire V,Lawal T,Arnold M,Westgarth-Taylor C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open spina bifida or myelomeningocele (MMC) is a common birth defect that is associated with significant lifelong morbidity. Little progress has been made in the postnatal surgical management of the child with spina bifida. Postnatal surgery is aimed at covering the exposed spinal cord, preventing infection, and treat...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Adzick NS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unfavorable prognosis of congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) can be avoided if the patients are treated with high-dose glucose infusions and timely surgical intervention. Circumscribed foci used to be identified by selective percutaneous pancreatic vein catheterization and determination of the insulin level. Fluorine...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Mohnike W,Barthlen W,Mohnike K,Blankenstein O

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 10 years, the minimally invasive technique has become the standard approach for many thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic procedures in adults and children. We now know there are well-defined benefits to this approach. However, when it was introduced, the laparoscopic technique was quickly adopted without a...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： St Peter SD,Ostlie DJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is designed to help the nonradiologist to form a logical imaging plan when presented with a diagnostic dilemma involving the pelvis of a young female. Common presenting problems are grouped under the categories of fetus, neonate and infant, child, and adolescent. Ultrasound is frequently the initial, and ...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Barnewolt CE

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injuries to the solid abdominal viscera (spleen, liver, kidney, pancreas) are common in children sustaining trauma by blunt mechanisms. Success with nonoperative management of these injuries has led to recent extensions of this approach to the management of higher-grade more complicated injuries typically treated oper...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Keller MS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of sexual development (DSDs) are relatively rare congenital conditions in which the development of the chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomic sex is atypical. Some conditions may not manifest until puberty or adulthood. The examination and workup of either an infant or an older patient with suspected DSD should b...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： McCracken KA,Fallat ME

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of children who have major abdominal injuries has changed significantly during the past 2 decades. Surgical restraint has been the theme, and increased awareness of anatomic patterns and physiological responses has prompted successful nonoperative care of many solid organ injuries in children. The contri...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Stylianos S

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After surgery for Hirschsprungs disease, most children thrive, have few if any episodes of abdominal distention and enterocolitis, and are fecally continent. However, there exists a small group of patients who do not do well. Either they suffer from persistent distension and enterocolitis or they experience soiling af...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Levitt MA,Dickie B,Peña A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in multiple gestation pregnancies has resulted in significant health care implications for both mother and child. Our ability to diagnose and intervene on an at-risk multi-gestation pregnancy has dramatically improved. It is important for the pediatric surgeon to be equipped with a basic fund of knowledge...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Marwan AI,Zaretsky M,Feltis B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal developmental malformations of the lung are a heterogeneous group of lesions that display a variety of features. They often are thought to be quite distinct entities, but there is considerable overlap among these lesions. Both standard nomenclature and common usage do not identify clearly the components of these...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Langston C

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirschsprung (HSCR) disease is a relatively common neonatal developmental disorder of the enteric nervous system and is characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric and submucosal plexuses of the distal intestine. This results in absent peristalsis in the affected bowel, and the development of a fun...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Dasgupta R,Langer JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurologically or immunologically impaired child suspected of having an acute abdomen presents a formidable challenge. However, a thorough understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of the disease on the normal host response to an intraabdominal disease permits early recognition and initiation of treatment. C...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Bensard DD,Haase GM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimally invasive surgical approaches to various pediatric surgical disease processes are becoming the standard of care. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is transitioning toward the preferred method for the surgical correction of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease in infants and children that do not respond to m...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric surgery

authors： Ostlie DJ,Holcomb GW 3rd

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00