Jejunal obstruction as a late result of neonatal jejunal atresia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, concerns have been raised over delays that result from transferring patients to designated trauma centers. This study aimed to assess whether transfer status had an impact on pediatric trauma outcomes. METHODS:Using a local 1996-2014 pediatric trauma database containing 1541 patients, the followin...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Locke T,Rekman J,Brennan M,Nasr A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of infantile dumping syndrome which developed following Nissen fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux are described. Both infants were fed postoperatively via a gastrostomy and showed the typical clinical picture of dumping with failure to thrive, intermittent diarrhea, lethargy and pallor postprandially...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Hirsig J,Baals H,Tuchschmid P,Spitz L,Stauffer UG

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Chronic or recurring enterocolitis is a rare but perplexing complication of Hirschsprung's disease affecting especially patients with altered immune defense such as those with Down's syndrome. Sodium cromoglycate (SCG) is a nonabsorbable mast cell stabilizing agent that has been documented to be effe...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Rintala RJ,Lindahl H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors propose a new surgical approach for neonates and infants with hydrometrocolpos caused by double vagina and imperforate hemivagina. Usually for these patients, laparotomy is a common approach used to decompress the obstructed hemivagina. The authors compared the characteristics of three options used to reli...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Amagai T,Ohkawa H,Kaneko M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tracheomalacia occurs as a primary developmental defect or may be secondary to vascular compression. It is common in association with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. Collapse of the weak trachea is a cause of recurrent respiratory symptoms but may be severe and life threatening. METHODS:Be...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Morabito A,MacKinnon E,Alizai N,Asero L,Bianchi A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatoblastoma (HB) is a highly malignant primary liver tumor in children. Although liver transplantation (LT) is an effective treatment for unresectable HB with good long-term outcomes, post-transplant survival is mainly affected by recurrence, despite adjuvant chemotherapy. Novel strategies are needed to i...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Uchida H,Fukuda A,Sasaki K,Hirata Y,Shigeta T,Kanazawa H,Nakazawa A,Miyazaki O,Nosaka S,Mali VP,Sakamoto S,Kasahara M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Treatment modalities for achalasia are evolving and remain controversial. Herein, we report the relative efficacy and outcomes after dilatation or myotomy in children with achalasia. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of all children treated for achalasia at a tertiary center from 1981 to 2007 was performed (n =...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Pastor AC,Mills J,Marcon MA,Himidan S,Kim PC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis (EM) is an uncommon fungal infection of childhood. This article is intended to draw the attention of pediatric surgeons to the fact that EM can mimic soft-tissue tumor. METHODS:It is a retrospective review of 16 children treated for subcutaneous EM between 2000 and 2013. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Raveenthiran V,Mangayarkarasi V,Kousalya M,Viswanathan P,Dhanalakshmi M,Anandi V

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with a congenital anovestibular/perineal fistula were treated at the Montreal Children's Hospital. Two females (one of East Indian and the other of Japanese origin) had anovestibular fistulae that became symptomatic in the first few months of life. The third patient, a boy of Korean descent, presented a...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Brem H,Guttman FM,Laberge JM,Doody D

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a male infant aged 4(1/2) weeks who underwent a pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. After an uncomplicated postoperative course with normal feeding and weight gain, projectile vomiting reoccurred. The boy underwent a repyloromyotomy for recurrent hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. The un...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Ankermann T,Engler S,Partsch CJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Most IUGR is the result of inadequate transfer of nutrients from mother to fetus. Transamniotic fetal feeding (TAFF) has been proposed as a method of treating IUGR in which nutrients, infused into the amniotic fluid, would ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Flake AW,Villa RL,Adzick NS,Harrison MR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoblastoma is a rare childhood tumor composed of embryonic fat. It is benign and most often presents in children younger than 3 years. These tumors primarily present as a rapidly enlarging mass in the extremities or trunk with abdominal lipoblastomas comprising less than 10% of all reported cases. Abdominal lipoblas...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Cudnik R,Efron PA,Chen MK,Reith JD,Beierle EA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:There is a paucity of outcome prediction models for injured children. Using the National Pediatric Trauma Registry (NPTR), the authors developed an artificial neural network (ANN) to predict pediatric trauma death and compared it with logistic regression (LR). METHODS:Patients in the NPTR from 1996 ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： DiRusso SM,Chahine AA,Sullivan T,Risucci D,Nealon P,Cuff S,Savino J,Slim M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:An association between chronic renal failure (CRF) and gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is well known. The aim of this study was to pharmacologically characterize and investigate the possible contribution of smooth muscle reactivity pathways involving GER on the CRF rat model. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Chronic renal f...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Yildiz F,Tugay M,Utkan T,Yazir Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient impairment of bowel function is a frequent and distressing problem in neonates on opioid-induced analgesia. Methylnaltrexone, a peripheral-acting μ-opioid receptor antagonist, has been studied in adults for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in advanced illness and has been suggested as a promising...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Garten L,Degenhardt P,Bührer C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Melanoma is rare, accounting for only 1% of all pediatric malignancies. The management of pediatric melanoma is controversial but largely parallels that of an adult occurrence. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNBX) has become a standard of care for adults with melanoma, but the role of this procedure in...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Roaten JB,Partrick DA,Pearlman N,Gonzalez RJ,Gonzalez R,McCarter MD

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A 12-year-old girl presenting with intermittent epigastric pains and diarrhea was referred to our clinic. Diagnostic workup revealed nonfunctional bilateral adrenal pheochromocytomas as well as a neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreatic head. This is the first report on the combination of a neuroendocrine panc...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Langrehr JM,Bahra M,Kristiansen G,Neumann HP,Neumann LM,Plöckinger U,Lopez-Hänninen E

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the protracted use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in infants is known to predispose to cholestasis, which in certain instances may not be reversible, failure to understand the pathogenesis of this condition has hindered the development of an effective medical treatment. That surgical treatment may revers...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Cooper A,Ross AJ 3rd,O'Neill JA Jr,Bishop HC,Templeton JM Jr,Ziegler MM

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of Fas and Fas ligand system in biliary atresia. METHODS:Immunohistochemical stains of Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) and in situ hybridization of Fas ligand messenger RNA (mRNA) were performed on paraffin-embedded liver specimens of 36 biliary atresia, 6 c...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Liu C,Chiu JH,Chin T,Wang LS,Li AF,Chow KC,Wei C

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Moderate to severe hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is treated with splenectomy. However, total splenectomy leads to decreased immunologic function with the risk of overwhelming postsplenectomy sepsis. Splenic preservation is postulated as a method to avoid this potentially fatal complication. Although ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Slater BJ,Chan FP,Davis K,Dutta S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four children with dermatomyositis were recently seen with gastrointestinal perforations. The sites of perforation in the four cases were: (1) the duodenum, esophagus, and colon; (2) the duodenum; (3) the distal stomach; and (4) the traverse colon. The gastric and transverse colon perforations were intraperitoneal and...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Schullinger JN,Jacobs JC,Berdon WE

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital megacolon is eponymously named after Harold Hirschsprung, who accurately described the clinical features in 1886. Recent research revealed that this condition is perhaps well known for centuries before him. AIM:This article is intended to examine if ancient Hindu surgeons knew about congenital me...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Raveenthiran V

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-Accidental Trauma (NAT) is a significant cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, causing 50% of trauma-related deaths at our institution. Our purpose was to evaluate the necessity of primary surgical evaluation and admission to the trauma service for children presenting with NAT. METHODS:We review...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Larimer EL,Fallon SC,Westfall J,Frost M,Wesson DE,Naik-Mathuria BJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one pediatric cases of abdominal cystic lymphangioma (CL) treated in the past 20 years are reviewed. To date, this is the largest reported series. CL is a rare congenital malformation that presents either with chronic abdominal distension (and is detected by palpation of a cystic mass) or acutely with bowel obs...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Steyaert H,Guitard J,Moscovici J,Juricic M,Vaysse P,Juskiewenski S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Full thickness rectal prolapse (FTRP) tends to be self-limiting in children and is usually managed expectantly. However, it may persist and therefore requires surgical correction. There is no consensus upon operative management, and no one procedure has uniformly good outcomes. The aim of this study was to...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Campbell AM,Murphy J,Charlesworth PB,Bhan C,Jarvi K,Power N,Ward HC,Williams NS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) continues to be a morbid surgical condition among preterm infants. Novel therapies for this condition are desperately needed. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenous gasotransmitter that has been found to have beneficial properties. We therefore hypothesized that intraperitone...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Drucker NA,Jensen AR,Ferkowicz M,Markel TA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate the reactivity of lower esophageal smooth muscle in the Adriamycin-induced esophageal atresia (EA) rat model. METHODS:The fetuses were divided into 3 groups. The control group was exposed to saline. The second group comprised fetuses that were exposed to Adriamycin but ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Tugay M,Yildiz F,Utkan T,Ulak G,Gacar N,Erden F

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:The preferred treatment for children with major pancreatic ductal injury remains controversial. This report compares our results using early operation with previously reported series using both operative and nonoperative management. METHODS:This is a retrospective analysis of all children with pancr...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Meier DE,Coln CD,Hicks BA,Guzzetta PC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children and adolescents with colitis present specific problems for surgeons. There has been a fashion, particularly in North America, for restoring continuity after colectomy by a direct ileo-anal anastomosis. The authors reviewed their experience with restorative proctocolectomy with ileal reservoir (RPC) in patient...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Romanos J,Stebbing JF,Mortensen NJ,Kettlewell MG

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The mortality rate for pediatric trauma patients cared for in adult trauma centers has been shown, by means of TRISS methodology, not to differ significantly from that of the Major Trauma Outcome Study (MTOS). The question remains, however, whether the outcome of injured children is better in a designated pedia...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Hall JR,Reyes HM,Meller JL,Loeff DS,Dembek R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00