Preoperative sonography of the inguinal canal prevents unnecessary contralateral exploration.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to review the clinical characteristics and prognosis of children with adrenocortical tumors (ACT). METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 28 patients with ACT at our hospital between March 2010 and March 2017. RESULTS:The main clinical presentations were sexua...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Wang Z,Liu G,Sun H,Li K,Dong K,Ma Y,Zheng S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders are rare in children and present with a broad spectrum of non-specific symptoms. To date, no guidelines for diagnosis, therapy and follow-up are validated. Aim of our study is to focus on eosinophilic colitis (EC), to determine a possible correlation between associated di...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Raffaele A,Vatta F,Votto M,Licari A,Ruffoli M,Brunero M,Marseglia G,Riccipetitoni G

更新日期：2021-01-07 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：: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：:Transanal one-stage endorectal pull-through (TOSEPT) has been presented as the most recent progression in treatment of Hirschsprung's disease (HD), which may be able to replace various previous techniques. This prospective study was designed to compare the efficacy and probable complications of the commonly used open ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Aslanabadi S,Ghalehgolab-Behbahan A,Zarrintan S,Jamshidi M,Seyyedhejazi M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a neonate with gastroschisis and evidence of bile aspiration in utero, who developed severe respiratory distress that did not respond to postnatal intensive respiratory care. Although rare, a newborn with gastroschisis may develop severe respiratory distress due to bile aspiration in utero. Given the poor o...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Morikawa N,Honna T,Kuroda T,Noya M,Ito N,Nakamura T,Ito Y,Hayashi S,Sago H,Matsuoka K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative abdominal evisceration may lead to high morbidity and mortality. The purpose of the present study was to determine possible risk factors, morbidity and mortality associated with abdominal evisceration in children. A total of 3,591 children underwent abdominal exploration in our clinic between 1983 and 20...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ciğdem MK,Onen A,Otçu S,Duran H

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Cryptorchidism is a common paediatric complaint and is traditionally managed surgically by orchidopexy. We aimed to prospectively review the success of the Bianchi high scrotal incision technique for performing orchidopexy in boys with palpable non-descended testis. A total of 206 orchidopexies were performed in 85 pa...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Samuel DG,Izzidien AY

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic teratoma of the pancreas is an extremely rare entity: only 11 cases have been described so far in the world literature. We report the 12th case, in a 4-month-old girl. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Das PC,Radhakrishna K,Rao PL

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a shortage of surgeons in Africa, and this shortage is particularly acute in paediatric surgery with most paediatric patients being cared for by general surgeons. The use of information technology to augment teaching in paediatric surgery in Africa is appealing but often unsuccessful due to the cost...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hadley GP,Mars M

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Hirschsprung's disease (HD) in Down's syndrome (DS) patients is stated to have a worse outcome than HD alone. In our study we reviewed the immediate and long-term outcomes of these children and questioned whether DS should influence the operative management. Data were collected on all children with HD (including total...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Morabito A,Lall A,Gull S,Mohee A,Bianchi A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45,X/46,Xidic(Y)(q11.2) mosaicism was found in a 4-year-old boy. The clinical appearance was characterized by bilateral cryptorchidism, penoscrotal hypospadias, short penis, and coarctation of the aorta. The latter is the only abnormality also seen in Turner syndrome. A biopsy of the gonads revealed normal prepubert...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Konrad D,Sossai R,Winklehner HL,Binkert F,Artan S,Schärli AF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyloric atresia (PA) is an uncommon anomaly that may be associated with many other congenital anomalies, the commonest of which is junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB). Most of the cases of PA associated with JEB (Herlitz syndrome) reported have been fatal. A case of PA associated with JEB, malrotation, and a high a...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Agarwala S,Goswami JK,Mitra DK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are a group of growth factors that are implicated in intestinal growth, morphogenesis, differentiation, and homeostasis. The role of the BMP signaling cascade in stimulation of cell proliferation after massive small bowel resection is unknown. The purpose of this study was to ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sukhotnik I,Berkowitz D,Dorfman T,Halabi S,Pollak Y,Bejar J,Bitterman A,Coran AG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although delayed repair with preoperative stabilization using high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) has been advocated in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), improved survival has not been reported. We compared survival between neonates undergoing delayed repair after prolonged stabilization f...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kamata S,Usui N,Ishikawa S,Okuyama H,Kitayama Y,Sawai T,Imura K,Okada A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common cystic lesion recognized antenatally is multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK). Recently, conservative management without nephrectomy has been advocated. The purpose of this study was to report our experience in the conservative management of unilateral MCDK. Between 1989 and 1997, 20 children with MCDK ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Oliveira EA,Diniz JS,Vilasboas AS,Rabêlo EA,Silva JM,Filgueiras MT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Mac-2-binding protein glycosylation-modified isomer (M2BPGi) is a new marker for progression of hepatic fibrosis. We examined the relationship between serum M2BPGi levels and liver histological findings in patients with biliary atresia (BA) who were not transplant candidates. METHODS:Patients with BA who w...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ueno T,Kodama T,Noguchi Y,Saka R,Takama Y,Tazuke Y,Bessho K,Okuyama H

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is accompanied by pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension. Fetal lung growth is dependent on the secretion of lung liquid, which normally is absorbed at partus. The ion channel NKCC-1 is involved in this secretory process, but has recently also been reported to be implicat...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ringman A,Zelenina M,Eklöf AC,Aperia A,Frenckner B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 9-year-old girl with a Mycobacterium tuberculosis inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the left lobe of the liver is reported. The tumor was surgically excised and had histological features diagnostic of IMT, a positive Ziehl-Nielsen staining for acid-fast bacilli and a positive polymerase chain r...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Manolaki N,Vaos G,Zavras N,Sbokou D,Michael C,Syriopoulou V

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal mucosal injury of various degrees occurs in many clinical situations and is initially evidenced by altered mucosal permeability. The latter may be assessed in animal models by determination of plasma-to-intestinal lumen clearance of specific molecules, usually chromated 51Cr EDTA. The purpose of this study ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Udassin R,Haskel Y,Seror D,Welbourne TC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Malone antegrade enema (MACE) and the caecostomy button (CB) are two methods of achieving colonic lavage in constipated children with faecal soiling. We reviewed our experience with the MACE and CB, aiming to compare results, complications, and outcomes. Between June 1998 and August 2002, 37 children (15 boys) und...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Cascio S,Flett ME,De la Hunt M,Barrett AM,Jaffray B

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the management of cavoatrial extension of nephroblastoma in a developing country. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Of 406 consecutive children with Wilms tumour, 40 (10%) presented with tumour extension into the inferior vena cava (IVC) (30), right atrium or right ventricle and form the inception cohort. Of th...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hadley GP,Sheik-Gafoor MH,Buckels NJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that there are degenerative changes and decreased spermatogenesis in the contralateral descended testis (CDT) in unilateral undescended testis (UUDT). While some investigators have postulated that the mechanism may be related to primary (congenital) or secondary (autoimmune, vascular, and neural)...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Abbasoglu L,Salman FT,Sakiz D,Bulut M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital lung lesions are diagnosed antenatally in the majority of cases. Postnatal management includes chest radiography and CT-scanning, followed by either surgical resection or CT surveillance. Pre-operatively, lesions are often "labelled" as CCAM (and the Stocker classification incorrectly applied), sequestratio...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Farrugia MK,Raza SA,Gould S,Lakhoo K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With widespread use of antenatal ultrasound, an increasing number of urinary-tract lesions are being detected, and the clinician is called upon to make management decisions. Parenchymal lesions of the kidney pose a special challenge because of the associated risk of the occurrence of malignancy. A case of an antenatal...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Murthi GV,Carachi R,Howatson A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the relation between continence and the manometric and endosonographic state of the anorectal segment after surgery for anorectal anomalies (ARA), 33 adolescents operated upon for ARA and 14 controls were examined. Seventeen patients had low and 16 intermediate or high ARA. Fecal continence was recorded, and...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Emblem R,Diseth T,Morkrid L

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroschisis closure is performed either primarily or after staged reduction of the prolapsed bowel. A technique for surgical closure of the abdominal wall defect is described which allows for an almost scarless appearance of the abdominal surface with preservation of a midline umbilicus. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Houben CH,Patel S

更新日期：2008-09-01 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