An unusual case of testicular ectopia.

abstract：:Eight children with Morgagni hernia were operated between January 2000 and May 2005. Medical records of the patients were evaluated retrospectively. Ages of the patients were between 3.5 months and 9 years. The diaphragmatic defect was on the right in all patients except one. One patient had bilateral diapragmatic her...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Akbiyik F,Tiryaki TH,Senel E,Mambet E,Livanelioğlu Z,Atayurt H

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:Anorectal malformations (ARM) remain a significant birth defect with geographic variation in incidence, individual phenotypes and regional geographic subtypes. Although early studies indicated a low incidence in Black patients, there is a great paucity of knowledge as to the types, frequency and incidence of ARMs enco...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Moore SW,Alexander A,Sidler D,Alves J,Hadley GP,Numanoglu A,Banieghbal B,Chitnis M,Birabwa-Male D,Mbuwayesango B,Hesse A,Lakhoo K

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effect of home intravenous (IV) versus oral antibiotic therapy on complication rates and resource utilization following appendectomy for perforated appendicitis. METHODS:This was a randomized controlled trial of patients aged 4-17 with surgically treated perforated appendicitis from January 2011...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Arnold MR,Wormer BA,Kao AM,Klima DA,Colavita PD,Cosper GH,Heniford BT,Schulman AM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The clinical application of autologous tissue-engineered skin analogs is an important strategy to cover large skin defects. Investigating biological dynamics, such as reinnervation after transplantation, is essential to improve the quality of such skin analogs. Previously, we have examined that our skin substit...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

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

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For esophagus tissue engineering, isolation and proliferation of esophageal epithelial cells (EEC) is a pre-requisite for scaffold seeding to create constructs. The aim of this study was to sort EEC expressing cytokeratin markers and their proliferative subpopulations; also, to investigate the viability of di...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kofler K,Ainoedhofer H,Höllwarth ME,Saxena AK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylloides tumor is an uncommon breast tumor in children. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. A case of borderline phylloides tumor in an 11-year-old girl is described. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Selamzade M,Gidener C,Koyuncuoglu M,Mevsim A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHARGE association and DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) rarely occur together and only eight cases have been reported in the English literature. Two were associated with esophageal atresia (EA) and severe congenital heart anomalies. We report a third case of EA with tracheoesophageal fistula (EA-TEF) associated with coarctatio...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Lee KD,Okazaki T,Kato Y,Lane GJ,Yamataka A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Africa faces a triple burden of disease; HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. Despite this, its population is expected to double over the next 45 years. There is a dire shortage of medical specialists and many countries lack suitably qualified doctors to train medical specialists. Videoconferencing offers the opportunity to...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hadley GP,Mars M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Port-site recurrence (PSR) following laparoscopic procedures has been an unpredictable complication in adult cancer patients; however, no data exist about this phenomenon in the pediatric field. The aim of this study was to determine whether PSR, following endosurgical procedure for malignancies, is a typical complica...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Iwanaka T,Arai M,Yamamoto H,Fukuzawa M,Kubota A,Kouchi K,Nio M,Satomi A,Sasaki F,Yoneda A,Ohhama Y,Takehara H,Morikawa Y,Miyano T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal skin wounds heal scarlessly while adult wounds scar. Fetal wound healing occurs in a physiologically hypoxic environment whereas in adult wound healing, cells have to acutely adapt to hypoxia caused by locally impaired blood supply. We examined the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), a potent trans...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Scheid A,Wenger RH,Christina H,Camenisch I,Ferenc A,Stauffer UG,Gassmann M,Meuli M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of PAS, β-catenin and Ki-67 in categorising hepatoblastomas (HBs) and their significance in predicting prognosis. In addition, we have also documented the various chemotherapy induced histologic changes in HBs. METHOD:In this retrospective observational study of ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bera G,Das RN,Roy P,Ghosh R,Islam N,Mishra PK,Chatterjee U

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since January 2006, robotic assistance has been used for performing minimal invasive laparoscopic fundoplications in children. These patients were compared with those operated on with either the open surgical technique or the laparoscopic procedure. The first six children operated on with a fundoplication using the op...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Anderberg M,Kockum CC,Arnbjörnsson E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effects of erythropoietin on the acute phase of esophageal burn damage induced by sodium hydroxide. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A standard esophageal alkaline burn was produced by the application of 10% sodium hydroxide to the distal esophagus in an in vivo...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bakan V,Garipardic M,Okumuş M,Ciralik H,Atli Y,Ozbağ D,Tolun FI

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pediatric patients with intestinal failure need long-term parenteral nutrition (PN), but this nutritional support causes liver dysfunction, such as intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD). Several studies have shown that the lipid emulsion produced by soybean oil (SO) is associated with the occurren...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Machigashira S,Kaji T,Onishi S,Yamada W,Yano K,Yamada K,Masuya R,Kawano T,Nakame K,Mukai M,Ieiri S

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:The Nuss procedure is the most popular technique for correction of pectus excavatum recently. Life-threatening complications associated with the procedure are very rare. We report a 13-year-old boy who developed late-onset bilateral hemothorax with hypovolemic shock 5 months after the Nuss procedure. In literature rev...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Lin CW,Chen KC,Diau GY,Chu CC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Nuss procedure is a minimally invasive procedure for the correction of pectus excavatum. It involves insertion of a substernal metal bar. A feared complication of any implantation procedure is infection, which often requires removal of the implanted device. This report describes the authors' experience with...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Tanaka K,Kuwashima N,Ashizuka S,Yoshizawa J,Ohki T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration of particulate matter from plastic tubing and solid plastic implants has been documented in a number of studies, including some with the use of cardiac bypass, haemodialysis, and pump-assisted intravenous infusions. In order to ascertain whether silicone embolisation occurs when children have an Ivac 560 pum...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Dewan PA,Owen AJ,Ashwood PJ,Terlet J,Byard RW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issues of sexual function and fertility are becoming relevant in patients with posterior urethral valves (PUV), as more of them reach adulthood. To evaluate the semen of post-pubertal patients with PUV as a determinant of future fertility, all such patients (age >16 years) attending the follow-up urology clinic of...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Puri A,Gaur KK,Kumar A,Bhatnagar V

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of stage IV rhabdomyosarcoma comprises systemic chemotherapy with local control by conservative surgery and radiotherapy. Abdominal radiotherapy may lead to radiation enteritis causing such serious morbidity as malabsorption, fistulae or stricture formation. The risk increases with the dose of radiation and...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Abhyankar A,Jenney M,Huddart SN,Tilsley DW,Cox R,Saad M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital pyloric atresia (CPA) is a very rare condition that was first described by Calder in 1749. Commonly, CPA occurs as an isolated lesion, which has an excellent prognosis, but it can also be seen in association with other malformations, which can have a negative impact on the final outcome. The medical records...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Al-Salem AH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ghrelin was recently reported to promote recovery from hepatic injury. We hypothesized that it could also be associated with clinical recovery of the transplanted liver from ischemia and reperfusion injury. Our aims were to investigate perioperative ghrelin changes following pediatric living donor liver transpl...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Zenitani M,Hosoda H,Kodama T,Saka R,Takama Y,Ueno T,Tazuke Y,Kangawa K,Oue T,Okuyama H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinoids are essential for fetal and lung development. Beta-carotene(BC) is the main dietary retinoid source and beta-carotene-15,15'-oxygenase-1 and 2 (Bcmo1,2) is the primary enzyme generating retinoid from BC in adult mammalian tissues. Placenta has a major role in the retinol homeostasis in fetal life: ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Takahashi H,Kutasy B,Pes L,Paradisi F,Puri P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Determining the integrity of the pancreatic duct is important in high-grade pancreatic trauma to guide decision making for operative vs non-operative management. Computed tomography (CT) is generally an inadequate study for this purpose, and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is sometimes obtain...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Rosenfeld EH,Vogel A,Russell RT,Maizlin I,Klinkner DB,Polites S,Gaines B,Leeper C,Anthony S,Waddell M,St Peter S,Juang D,Thakkar R,Drews J,Behrens B,Jafri M,Burd RS,Beaudin M,Carmant L,Falcone RA Jr,Moody S,Naik

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first description diaphragmatic hernia appeared in 1575. In 1848, Bochdalek described congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) occurring through a posterolateral defect. Successful surgical treatment of CDH in an infant was first performed in 1902, whereas the first neonate operated within 24 hours of life was report...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Puri P,Wester T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) being one of the most frequently treated pediatric surgical conditions, its etiology remains incompletely understood. We review the diagnosis and treatment of this condition with an emphasis on the evolution of surgical techniques that led to laparoscopic pyloromyotomy, the ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： El-Gohary Y,Abdelhafeez A,Paton E,Gosain A,Murphy AJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to test the susceptibility of human hepatoblastoma and neuroblastoma cells to photodynamic diagnostics (PDD) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) as a photosensitizer. METHODS:Cell cultures of human hepatoblastoma (HuH6) and neuroblastoma (MHH-NB-11) ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bergmann F,Stepp H,Metzger R,Rolle U,Johansson A,Till H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroglossal duct cysts are one of the most commonly encountered benign neck lumps found in the paediatric population. Despite their relative frequency, reports of familial inheritance are rare. A total of 21 patients with hereditary thyroglossal duct cysts from seven families worldwide have been reported. The most co...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Schader I,Robertson S,Maoate K,Beasley S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Experience with male cloaca (MC), a single opening in perineum for passage of urine and meconeum is described. METHODS:Cases of MC were ambispectively studied, prospectively from July 2007 to April 2015 and retrospectively for last three decades. RESULTS:Seven cases of MC were identified, between the ages of ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sharma S,Gupta DK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00