Postgraduate medical education in paediatric surgery: videoconferencing--a possible solution for Africa?

abstract：:A new technique for primary reconstruction of a congenital anterior urethral diverticulum is described. This operation eliminates the obstruction caused by the distal lip of the diverticulum and at the same time strengthens the unsupported urethral wall using tissue from the walls of the diverticulum. It has been used...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bhatnagar V,Lal R,Mitra DK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-month-old female was referred to the paediatric surgery clinic with a neck swelling in the right supra-clavicular region. This was thought clinically to be cystic hygroma. Pathology showed an ectopic salivary gland. This should be added to the list of differential diagnoses of neck swelling in childhood. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Naguib NN,Hamza AF,Kiberu S,Vali A,Davies DJ,McGowan BA,Izzidien AY

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interposing vascularized flaps between urethra and skin sutures is recommended in hypospadias surgery to decrease the rate of urethrocutaneous fistula. For this purpose nine patients with failed results after at least one hypospadias surgery and with insufficient foreskin were included in the study. Tubularized incise...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Gürdal M,Karaman MI,Kanberoğlu H,Kireççi S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent advances in laparoscopic surgery as well as increasing experience with these techniques have led to the selection of laparoscopic surgery for hemi/partial nephroureterectomy in children with a non/poorly functioning moiety in a duplex kidney. There is very little data on the long term follow-up of s...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Nerli RB,Vernekar R,Guntaka AK,Patil SM,Jali SM,Hiremath MB

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgical repair of pectus excavatum (PE) in childhood is a well-established procedure. Previously used operative techniques to correct PE were largely based on the Ravitch technique. Since about 10 years, the minimally invasive repair (MIRPE) by Nuss is well established. Conservative treatment with the vacuum...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Haecker FM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In neonates requiring operation for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), the complications due to enterostomy (ES) and the need for another operation to restore continuity have prompted several surgeons to employ primary anastomosis (PA) after resection as the operative strategy of choice. Our objective was to compare pri...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Haricharan RN,Gallimore JP,Nasr A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of massive haematochezia due to hookworm infestation that required two laparotomies before the cause of bleeding could be diagnosed. The need to consider this parasite as a possible cause of gut bleeding in endemic countries is stressed, as early recognition may avoid unnecessary investigations a...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Minocha A,Mitra DK,Sahni P,Karak A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is associated with somatic overgrowth and a high risk for embryonal tumors, including hepatoblastoma, a highly malignant liver tumor of childhood. Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH), on the other hand, is a benign tumor of the liver that is uncommon in childhood. Herein we describe a cas...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bordeianou L,Ryan DP,Goldstein AM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant developed massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage secondary to necrotising enterocolitis after cardiac surgery. The haemorrhage was only controlled following a colectomy. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Pushparani P,Spitz L,Somerville J,de Leval MR

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) is an uncommon neoplasm that accounts for almost 3 % of pediatric renal tumors. Cavoatrial tumor thrombosis is very rare and because of poor response to chemotherapy, invasive surgical interventions such as open heart surgery may be indicated. A 6-year-old girl with CCSK of righ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hiradfar M,Zabolinejad N,Shojaeian R,Saeedi P,Joodi M,Nazarzadeh R,Farhangi H,Abbasi Tashnizi M,Alamdaran SA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gastrostomy tube placement is one of the most commonly performed pediatric surgical procedures and discharge is possible as early as the first postoperative day with early initiation of feeds postoperatively. We examined a national database to determine hospital length of stay (LOS) after elective laparoscopic ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Williams K,Baumann L,Abdullah F,Hendrickson RJ,Oyetunji TA

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:Recent studies of testicular descent suggest not only that the gubernaculum does not initially attach to the scrotum, but also that it must migrate from the groin. Two findings suggest that the gubernaculum may behave like an embryonic limb bud during this phase. First, the active growth centre is at the distal tip of...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Huynh J,Shenker NS,Nightingale S,Hutson JM

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:A total of four patients with communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation were treated surgically at Kobe Children's Hospital between 1993 and 2004. Of these, three patients displayed congenital tracheobronchial stenosis and developed life-threatening respiratory distress soon after birth. In each case, anomal...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Tsugawa J,Tsugawa C,Satoh S,Nishijima E,Muraji T,Takamizawa S,Kanegawa K,Akasaka Y

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Retroperitoneal teratomas (RTs) are rare among germ cell tumors and predominantly occur in infants. RTs are often difficult to manage by perioperative management. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed our series of RTs. METHODS:Seventy patients with germ cell tumors were treated from 1989 to 2015 in our i...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Fumino S,Maniwa J,Takeuchi Y,Sakai K,Higashi M,Aoi S,Furukawa T,Kimura O,Tajiri T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:With the widespread use of the obstetrical ultrasound, identification of a fetal suprarenal mass has become more common. Most of these masses prove to be congenital neuroblastomas (CNB), but the diagnosis is often confused with other benign lesions and the postnatal management remains to be controversial. METH...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Moon SB,Shin HB,Seo JM,Lee SK

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) and the problem of securing the IORT field in advanced pediatric neuroblastoma. Between 1996 and 2005, 12 children received IORT for advanced pediatric neuroblastoma patients. Electron beam energies ranged from 10 to 12 Me...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sugito K,Kusafuka T,Hoshino M,Inoue M,Goto H,Ikeda T,Hagiwara N,Koshinaga T,Fukuzawa M,Nakamura M,Shichino H,Chin M,Mugishima H,Saito T,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful use of a combination of "patch, drain, and wait" (PDW) and home total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in the management of a case of acute, catastrophic midgut volvulus in a 2-year-11-month-old boy with near-total ischemia/necrosis of his small intestine is reported. The PDW approach to the highly effective ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Moore TC,Ng CS,Fonkalsrud EW,Ament ME

更新日期：1997-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Peri-catheter calcification is an unusual and previously unreported complication of central venous (CV) catheterization in infants. A 1. 9 Fr Silastic CV catheter was placed in a term infant for administration of total parenteral nutrition and antibiotics following intra-abdominal sepsis. The catheter was removed, wit...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Anderson MA,Poenaru D,Kamal I

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:Obstruction of the ureterovesical junction is an uncommon but well-recognized complication of ureteral reimplantation that traditionally has been treated by surgical correction [1, 5-9]. We report our experience with antegrade balloon dilation (ABD) of these strictures in two children. Obstruction was confirmed by diu...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Angel CA,Kocurek JN,Walser EM,Wittich GR,Warren MM,Swischuk LE

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various options are available for the surgical treatment of meconium ileus (MI). This paper examines the use of resection and primary anastomosis as the favoured option for the treatment of complicated meconium ileus. This was a retrospective study. All patients (13 children) with MI treated with primary resection and...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Jawaheer J,Khalil B,Plummer T,Bianchi A,Morecroft J,Rakoczy G,Bruce J,Bowen J,Morabito A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Hirschsprung's disease-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) is the most serious complication of Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR). HAEC occurs in 17-50% of patients with HSCR and may occur before or after a properly performed pull-through operation. The pathogenesis of HAEC is poorly understood. It is well r...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Nakamura H,Tomuschat C,Coyle D,O'Donnel AM,Lim T,Puri P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to analyze the outcomes of children added to the waiting list for deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) and the results of DDLT in a single Japanese center. METHODS:Forty-seven children were listed on the organ allocation system for DDLT. The priority points related to the medic...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sakamoto S,Uchida H,Hamano I,Shigeta T,Sasaki K,Kanazawa H,Fukuda A,Kasahara M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatogastric fistula secondary to amebic liver abscess is extremely rare. Only three pediatric cases have been reported in the English literature. Percutaneous drainage of abscess along with parenteral metronidazole can prevent the need for extensive surgical intervention. Timely intervention is usually followed by c...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Budhiraja S,Dhatt GS,Babra RS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are essential dietary constituents. They are important as a source of energy, as structural components of cell membranes, and as signalling molecules. They have been demonstrated to be potent modulators of the immune response, and research has endeavoured to optimise...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sweeney B,Puri P,Reen DJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic interposition is a treatment option in childhood when esophageal replacement (ER) is necessary. We reviewed 18 children who underwent ER by colon between 1984 and 1999. There were 5 with esophageal atresia and 13 with corrosive esophagitis; 15 had long-term follow-up (mean 38 months). Three procedures were per...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Erdoğan E,Emir H,Eroğlu E,Danişmend N,Yeker D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS) is a rare and the most severe form of functional intestinal obstruction in the newborn. This congenital condition is associated with non-obstructed urinary bladder, microcolon and decreased or absent intestinal peristalsis. This study was designe...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Gosemann JH,Puri P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages (MPs) produce increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines in Crohn's disease; these cytokines are thought to play a central role in the occurrence of the disease. Biologics are currently available for anti-cytokine therapy, but treating intestinal inflammation through direct suppression of proinflammator...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hinoki A,Yoshimura K,Fujita K,Akita M,Ikeda R,Nagashima M,Nomura M,Satomi A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00