Surgical management of pediatric Graves' disease: an effective definitive treatment.

abstract：:In the published version, the Acknowledgements section was missing a funding note of co-author Dr C Verrill. The corrected version should read as follows. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Lakhoo K,Davies J,Chakraborty S,Berg S,Tennyson R,Fowler D,Manek S,Verrill C,Lane S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Variants of Hirschsprung's disease" are conditions that clinically resemble Hirschsprung's disease (HD), despite the presence of ganglion cells in rectal suction biopsies. The diagnosis and management of these patients can be challenging. Specific histological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic investigati...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Friedmacher F,Puri P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D deficiency is associated with intestinal barrier dysfunction, which contributes to pathogenesis of acute intestinal injury in children. We aim to investigate the effects of vitamin D on intestinal injury in intestinal epithelial cells and organoids. METHODS:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used to ind...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Lee C,Lau E,Chusilp S,Filler R,Li B,Zhu H,Yamoto M,Pierro A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of retrocecal appendicitis is described in a 6-year-old male child who presented with thigh abscess. The presence of a positive psoas stretch test, feculent discharge, an enteric growth on bacteriological examination, and intraabdominal fluid collection on abdominal ultrasound provided clues to the presence of ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sharma SB,Gupta V,Sharma SC

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perineal sagittal approaches (posterior sagittal anorectoplasty and anterior and posterior sagittal transanorectal approaches) allow complete anatomic exposure of the perineum and lower pelvis. Moreover, they reduce the risk of damaging important structures because the incision is led in the midline. Therefore, many s...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Pini Prato A,Martucciello G,Torre M,Jasonni V

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) at birth may fall outside the typical features (cyanosis, tachypnea and respiratory failure), manifesting, instead, also with others pictures that make the diagnosis difficult or even impossible. We report a case of CDH presenting as a pneumothorax and a perfor...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Esposito C,Settimi A,Centonze A,Savanelli A,Ascione G,De Marco M,De Fazio C,Esposito G

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：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：:A total of 235 children, aged between 7 months and 15 years had bronchoscopy on suspicion of foreign body aspiration. The histories of these patients were studied to examine the diagnostic value of symptoms, signs, and chest x-rays, and rate of negative bronchoscopy. The sensitivity of choking and coughing was high (8...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ayed AK,Jafar AM,Owayed A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In order to evaluate the gubernaculum (GN) abnormalities quantitatively in patients with undescended testes (UDT), the area and attachment site of the gubernaculum were evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixty-seven testes from 61 patients with an undescended testis treated in the past 11 years at our institution...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kubota M,Nakaya K,Arai Y,Ohyama T,Yokota N,Nagai Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an epigastric giant-cell fibroblastoma is reported in a 6-year-old girl who had undergone a bone-marrow transplant for severe combined immunodeficiency secondary to adenosine deaminase deficiency. A small subcutaneous nodule had been excised from the epigastrium at age 12 months. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Carroll D,Ramani P,Lander AD

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to clarify factors that influence the level of depression of Japanese children with anorectal malformations (ARM). The subjects comprised 66 children with ARM, aged 0-16 years, and their mothers. Patients were divided into three groups (Group 1: aged 0-5 years, Group 2: 6-11 years, and Group 3: 12-16 y...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Amae S,Hayashi J,Funakosi S,Kamiyama T,Yoshida S,Ueno T,Matsuoka H,Hayashi Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare open repair (OR) with thoracoscopic repair (TR) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in neonates. METHODS:Twenty-four neonatal CDH cases diagnosed prenatally or within 6 h of birth at our institute from 2002 to 2012 with mild pulmonary hypertension managed without inhaled nitric oxide, were stu...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Tanaka T,Okazaki T,Fukatsu Y,Okawada M,Koga H,Miyano G,Ogasawara Y,Lane GJ,Yamataka A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of right-sided diaphragmatic rupture (RDR) due to blunt abdominal trauma is often missed in the acute setting, especially in the absence of other thoracoabdominal injuries. We describe two such children. The problems associated with the diagnosis and management of RDR are discussed to emphasize the need ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sharma AK,Kothari SK,Gupta C,Menon P,Sharma A

更新日期：2002-03-01 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: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：PURPOSE:Controversy exists as regards the best non-invasive diagnostic tool for pediatric cervical lymphadenopathy. The current work aimed to evaluate the reliability, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of sonoelastography in diagnosing benign and/or malignant pediatric cervical lymphadenopathy. METHODS:Prospectiv...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Zakaria OM,Mousa A,AlSadhan R,Sultan TA,Eid AF,Daoud MY,Al-Taher A,Zakaria HM,Swaroop K,El-Gibaly AM,Al-Arfaj H,Abdelbary EM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Historically, the majority of patients with colonic atresia have been managed by ostomy creation at the time of initial operation; conversely, we have tended to treat the atresia with resection and anastomosis. The purpose of this study is to determine the rate of concomitant Hirschsprung's disease and to ident...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Dassinger M,Jackson R,Smith S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH) occur through the foramen of Bochdalek; herniation through the foramen of Morgagni (MH) is rare. Fifteen children (12 males and 3 females) with congenital MH (7 right, 3 left, 5 bilateral) were treated over a period of 15 years, comprising 11% of a total of 135 ch...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Al-Salem AH,Nawaz A,Matta H,Jacobsz A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypospadias surgery is one of the most difficult areas in pediatric urology and has been characterized by constant evolution. Some of the surgical techniques proposed in the past are now considered inadequate because of an unacceptable complication rate or poor functional and aesthetic results. The key for assessing a...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Marrocco G,Vallasciani S,Fiocca G,Calisti A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 2 years, 29 children with nocturnal enuresis were treated in the outpatient departments of the Departments of Urology and Pediatric Surgery of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki. There were 22 boys and 7 girls aged 7 to 12 years. The clinical examination was normal in all cases. All children had underg...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Yannakoyorgos K,Ioannides E,Zahariou A,Anagnostopoulos D,Kasselas V,Kalinderis A

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the effectiveness of prophylactic mesenteric lymphatic ligation in preventing iatrogenic chylous fistulae in abdominal neuroblastoma surgery. METHOD:All patients who underwent resection of abdominal neuroblastoma between years 2002 and 2013 were included. A change in surgical strategy commenced fr...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chui CH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful management of faecal incontinence can dramatically improve the quality of life of affected children. The introduction of the non-refluxing, catheterisable appendico-caecostomy provides the opportunity to treat previously resistant patients. Over a 6-year period, 29 children had a Malone antegrade contin...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Driver CP,Barrow C,Fishwick J,Gough DC,Bianchi A,Dickson AP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In 2006, The Japanese Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgeons devised a plan to develop a pediatric endoscopic surgical skill qualification (ESSQ) system. This system is controlled by The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery. The standard requirement for skills qualification is the ability of each applicant to...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Iwanaka T,Morikawa Y,Yamataka A,Nio M,Segawa O,Kawashima H,Sato M,Terakura H,Take H,Hirose R,Yagi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:Snodgrass tubularized incised plate urethroplasty and 2 modifications were evaluated in 75 hypospadiacs (distal and midpenile). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The initial 25 patients (group A), underwent Snodgrass tubularized incised plate urethroplasty. In the next 25 patients (group B), the urethra...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Singh RB,Pavithran NM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Laparoscopic-assisted anorectoplasty (LAARP) is a minimally invasive procedure in which the levator ani muscle is left to potentially improve postoperative fecal continence. This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate postoperative complications and long-term outcomes of fecal continence after LAARP and compar...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Tainaka T,Uchida H,Tanaka Y,Hinoki A,Shirota C,Sumida W,Yokota K,Makita S,Oshima K,Chiba K,Ishimaru T,Kawashima H

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-system ureteral ectopia (UE) encompasses a spectrum of malformations involving the bladder trigone, ureter, and kidney. The clinical presentation is variable, and both diagnostic and therapeutic problems are common. Reduced renal function in these patients may result from primary dysplasia, obstruction, vesicou...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Wünsch L,Hübner U,Halsband H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital arteriovenous fistulas are a rare cause of neck mass in children, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of paediatric patients presenting with pulsatile neck masses even when there is no history of trauma. Balloon embolisation is the treatment of choice because of the high risk of surgical ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ahmad S,Suleman FE

更新日期：2011-12-01 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