Retrocaval ureter in children: a report of two cases.

abstract：:We present the first two cases of acute neonatal appendicitis operated on through the laparoscopic approach. Acute neonatal appendicitis is uncommon and rarely considered by clinicians when assessing the neonatal acute abdomen. Our two cases demonstrate the potential value of diagnostic laparoscopy in the acute neonat...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Malakounides G,John M,Rex D,Mulhall J,Nandi B,Mukhtar Z

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic management is the accepted form of treatment for posterior urethral valves (PUV). The Nd:YAG laser has been in clinical use for many decades, but has been used only sporadically for ablating PUV. In this study, PUV were diagnosed by micturating cystourethrogram (MCU). In the 9-month period beginning March 1...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bhatnagar V,Agarwala S,Lal R,Mitra DK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the applicability of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for imaging studies in children under the age of three with first urinary tract infection (UTI). METHODS:In our cohort of 112 patients, we gathered data regarding the occur...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ristola MT,Hurme T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:The high morbidity and mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is attributed to pulmonary hypoplasia and persistent pulmonary hypertension (PH). PH is characterized by increased pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation, suppressed apoptosis as well as endothelial dysfunction. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hofmann AD,Takahashi T,Duess JW,Gosemann JH,Puri P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Since DX/HA was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2001 as an acceptable tissue-augmenting substance for subureteral injection, endoscopic treatment has become increasingly popular for treating vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). However, most paediatric urologists still continue to recommend ureteral rei...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hunziker M,Mohanan N,D'Asta F,Puri P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repair of recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) after repair of congenital esophageal atresia continues to be a difficult problem. The most common re-operation for a recurrent TEF involves repair via a right thoracotomy and use of a flap as interposed tissue between the closure sites. Although several materials ha...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sugiyama A,Urushihara N,Fukumoto K,Fukuzawa H,Watanabe K,Mitsunaga M,Aoba T,Park S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the status of segmental dilatation of the intestine (SD) using a nationwide retrospective cohort survey. METHODS:Supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan, preliminary questionnaires requesting the numbers of SD cases from 2000 to 2009 were sent to 161 Japanese major institute...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sakaguchi T,Hamada Y,Masumoto K,Taguchi T,Japanese Study Group of Allied Disorders of Hirschsprung’s Disease.

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal anal sphincter achalasia (IASA) is a condition with a clinical presentation similar to Hirschsprung's disease, but with the presence of ganglion cells on rectal biopsy. The diagnosis of IASA is made on anorectal manometry, which demonstrates the absence of a rectosphincteric reflux on rectal balloon inflation...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Oue T,Puri P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Though the lifetime risk of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) in general population is 5-6 %, it is uncommon in pediatric age group. Here, we are reporting our experience of CRC in the first decade of life. METHODS:From January 2010 to December 2013, seven patients with histopathologically confirmed colorectal c...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Rahman MA,Chowdhury TK,Bhuiyan MA,Al Farooq MA,Sajid MM,Banu T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children can cause significant impairment in linear growth, and delay in pubertal onset. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of surgery on linear growth in children with Crohn's disease (CD) who were resistant to medical therapy, and had documented evidence of growth impa...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Singh Ranger G,Lamparelli MJ,Aldridge A,Chong SK,Mitton SG,Albanese A,Kumar D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the precise pathogenesis of ventral body wall (VBW) defects is not clearly understood, it has recently postulated that disruption of somite development during early embryogenesis may cause failure of proper VBW formation. The administration of cadmium (Cd) after 60 h of incubation induces omphalocele s...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Doi T,Fujiwara N,Puri P,Bannigan J,Thompson J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is the most common congenital neoplasm in neonates. We wished to assess the long-term functional outcome of children undergoing SCT resection. METHODS:Records of neonates diagnosed with SCT from two surgeons' practices, and operated on between 1970 and 2006, were retrospectively r...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Draper H,Chitayat D,Ein SH,Langer JC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to adults, calcium carbonate gallstones are relatively common in children. Their pathogenesis is poorly understood. Cystic duct obstruction promotes calcium carbonate formation in bile and increases gallbladder mucin production. We tested the hypothesis that mucin producing epithelial cells would be increa...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sayers C,Wyatt J,Soloway RD,Taylor DR,Stringer MD

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True duplicate exstrophy is a rare and interesting congenital anomaly. We are adding a case to the previously reported seven cases in the world literature. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Mathur P,Panwar RS,Kumari K,Khamesra HL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy with a history of esophageal atresia repair received an esophagoesophagostomy at 14 months for a severe refractory anastomotic stricture, which had already required repeated balloon dilation with intralesional dexamethasone injection. Anastomotic leakage and stricture was again evident after the second surgery, ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hishiki T,Kouchi K,Saito T,Terui K,Sato Y,Mitsunaga T,Nakata M,Yoshida H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ultraviolet (UV) radiation adversely affects skin health at cellular and molecular levels. Hence, UV radiation can directly induce inflammatory responses in the dermis by inducing erythema, edema, inflammation, dermal fibroblasts alterations, and extracellular matrix modifications. METHODS:Human keratinocytes,...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Micka-Michalak K,Biedermann T,Reichmann E,Meuli M,Klar AS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the safety and efficacy of mucous fistula refeeding (MFR) in low-birth-weight infants. METHODS:Between December 2006 and December 2018, medical records of low-birth-weight infants who underwent small bowel enterostomy formation in the neonatal period and subsequent stoma closure at our instituti...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Yabe K,Kouchi K,Takenouchi A,Matsuoka A,Korai T,Nakata C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incarcerated inguinal hernias in infants are commonly encountered. Reduction with intravenous sedation using morphine and related drugs carries risks of apnoea and/or respiratory arrest, especially in small, ex-premature babies who have an increased incidence of incarceration and thus opiate use is best avoided. Cauda...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Brindley N,Taylor R,Brown S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined immunohistochemically the expression and localisation of synapse-associated proteins, syntaxin (SNT) and synaptotagmin (STG) in the entire resected specimens of colon obtained at the time of pull-through operation from 15 patients with Hirschsprung's disease (HD) and 6 age-matched controls. Both antibodies...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kakita Y,Ohshiro K,Puri P,Kobayashi H,O'Briain DS

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Human pigmented tissue-engineered skin substitutes represent an advanced therapeutic option to treat skin defects. The inflammatory response is one of the major factors determining integration and long-term survival of such a graft in vivo. The aim of the present study was to investigate the spatiotemporal dist...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Klar AS,Böttcher-Haberzeth S,Biedermann T,Michalak K,Kisiel M,Reichmann E,Meuli M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advances in science have resulted in the emergence of nanotechnology, which deals with the design and use of tools and devices of size 1-100 nm. The application of nanotechnologies to medicine is thus termed nanomedicine. Significant research has been focused on this new and exciting field and this review article ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Wong KK,Liu XL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Vascular trauma is uncommon in children but may be complex. Arterial injury in children presents a challenge to the surgeon and may have long-term implications. Children have major advantage of a rich-collateral circulation but are still growing and developing. Decisions about when to operate remain an issue...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Tshifularo N,Moore SW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirschsprung's disease is characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in the distal bowel and extends proximally for varying distances. In recent years, the purinergic P2Y receptors have begun to receive much attention as they have been recognised as major ATP receptors in many regions of the body, including the in...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： O' Donnell AM,Puri P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lgr5+ intestinal epithelial stem cells (ISCs) crucial for intestinal epithelial regeneration are impaired during necrotizing enterocolitis. This study aims to investigate the influence of different stressors on intestinal epithelial injury and regeneration in vitro. METHODS:Intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-18)...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Lee C,Minich A,Li B,Miyake H,Seo S,Pierro A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary omental torsion (POT), is a rare cause of acute abdomen commonly affecting obese male adults, whereas it is extremely rare in children. In this retrospective study, we present our experience regarding the management of five children with POT and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of this entit...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Mavridis G,Livaditi E,Baltogiannis N,Vasiliadou E,Christopoulos-Geroulanos G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of general anesthesia in young children has come under increasing scrutiny due to its potential long-term neurotoxic effects. Meanwhile, regional anesthesia for surgical procedures in neonates has many advantages, including preservation of respiratory status and faster return to feeding. We describe the...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Mueller CM,Sinclair TJ,Stevens M,Esquivel M,Gordon N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a silo for temporary coverage of exposed viscera for newborns with gastroschisis has allowed gradual reduction of the externalized intestine into the abdominal cavity. However, there has not been an easy way to monitor blood perfusion to the intestine within the silo other than with visual examination. In a...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kim S,Betts J,Yedlin S,Rowe R,Idowu O

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The need for clinically applicable skin substitutes continues to be a matter of fact. Hypothetically, a laboratory grown autologous skin analog with near normal architecture might be a suitable approach to yield both satisfactory functional and cosmetic long-term results. In this study, we explored the use of h...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Klar AS,Güven S,Zimoch J,Zapiórkowska NA,Biedermann T,Böttcher-Haberzeth S,Meuli-Simmen C,Martin I,Scherberich A,Reichmann E,Meuli M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subclinical varicocele is a relative rare condition. The aim of this study is to identify the role of bioflavonoids in the management of subclinical varicocele. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We analyzed the medical charts of patients treated for subclinical varicocele with bioflavonoids between 1999 and 2004; inclu...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Zampieri N,Pellegrino M,Ottolenghi A,Camoglio FS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to evaluate the mid-term outcomes of single-stage modified anterior sagittal anorectoplasty (ASARP) for anorectal malformation with vestibular fistula. METHOD:Twenty-six patients with congenital imperforate anus and vestibular fistula underwent single-stage modified sphincter-saving ASARP betw...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Wang C,Li L,Liu S,Chen Z,Diao M,Li X,Qiao G,Cheng W

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00