Pneumonostomy in the management of pediatric lung abscess.

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Since the discovery of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene, cystic fibrosis has been an attractive target for gene therapy. Postnatal gene transfer in the respiratory epithelium has been difficult and particularly inefficient in the submucosal gland cells, the target cells for CFT...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Lim FY,Martin BG,Sena-Esteves M,Radu A,Crombleholme TM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In a previous prospective randomized trial, we found a once-a-day regimen of ceftriaxone and metronidazole to be an efficient, cost-effective treatment for children with perforated appendicitis. In this study, we evaluated the safety of discharging patients to complete an oral course of antibiotics. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Fraser JD,Aguayo P,Leys CM,Keckler SJ,Newland JG,Sharp SW,Murphy JP,Snyder CL,Sharp RJ,Andrews WS,Holcomb GW 3rd,Ostlie DJ,St Peter SD

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follow-up evaluation was performed on two groups of children, all premature infants who had undergone surgical ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus in the first days of life (Group I, 12 months postligation; Group II, 4 years postligation). Overall, two of 11 patients had significant functional scoliosis associated ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Shelton JE,Julian R,Walburgh E,Schneider E

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 25 years, from 1959 to 1984, esophageal substitution was performed in 32 patients. In most, the transverse colon was used, brought through the left chest on a vascular pedicle of the left colic artery. Indications for operation included: 21, esophageal atresia; 5, caustic injury; 3, peptic stricture; 2, esophageal ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Hendren WH,Hendren WG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From September 1, 1984 to March 1, 1988, 201 patients were evaluated for liver transplantation. Ninety-one orthotopic liver transplants were performed on 80 children ranging in age from 3 months to 15 years. The average waiting time for a transplant was 5 months, with children less than 10 kg in weight waiting a dispr...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Andrews WS,Wanek E,Fyock B,Gray S,Benser M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:This study was performed to assess the long-term follow-up of five patients who underwent one-stage ileoendorectal pull-through with right colon onlay patch for total colonic aganglionosis (TCA) at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. METHODS:A retrospective review of inpatient and outpatient charts an...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Emslie J,Krishnamoorthy M,Applebaum H

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the effects of enterally administered epidermal growth factor (EGF) on nutrient absorption and tolerance of enteral feeds in pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS). METHODS:Patients identified with severe SBS (<25% bowel length predicted for age) were prospectively enrolled i...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Sigalet DL,Martin GR,Butzner JD,Buret A,Meddings JB

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous fish oil (FO) has changed the management of intestinal failure associated liver disease (IFALD). This report describes two IFALD patients who received FO for 5 and 10 months, respectively and reports on their 3-year follow-up. ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Calkins K,Lowe A,Shew SB,Dunn JC,Reyen L,Farmer DG,Devaskar SU,Venick R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwannoma is a benign neoplasia of the peripheral nerve sheath. Its localization in the gastrointestinal tract, and in particular in the esophagus, is very rare. According to the existing literature esophageal schwannoma has been reported so far only in adult patients. We report the case of an 11 year old patient wit...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Retrosi G,Nanni L,Ricci R,Manzoni C,Pintus C

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty and proximal gastric vagotomy on gastric acid hypersecretion, hypergastrinemia, and growth after massive bowel resection were studied in beagle puppies. In puppies with 80% enterectomy, neither type of vagotomy alters significantly the postprandial hypersecretion of aci...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Wolf SA,Telander RL,Go VL,Dozois RR

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old boy presented with a 7-year history of intermittent colicky epigastric pain. Serial abdominal ultrasound studies showed a contracted gallbladder, and single and double dose oral cholecystograms demonstrated nonfunction. All other investigation results were normal. At cholecystectomy, there was a fibrotic...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Lamont N,Winthrop AL,Cole FM,Langer JC,Issenman RM,Finkel KC

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors account for approximately 5% to 10% of all soft tissue sarcomas in which 25% to 50% are diagnosed in patients with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1). Tumors are often located in the proximal portion of the upper and lower extremities and trunk, whereas cervical vagus nerve localization...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Sesenna E,Magri AS,Corradi D,Ferri T,Ferri A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the surgical management of 2 children with fusiform choledochal cysts who had accessory hepatic ducts (AHD) identified during excisional surgery for fusiform choledochal cysts (CC). Two children presenting with a triad of recurrent jaundice, fever, and abdominal pain were investigated and found t...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Narasimhan KL,Chowdhary SK,Rao KL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:All reports comparing laparoscopy-assisted anorectoplasty (LAARP) with posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP) in male high-type imperforate anus include a mix of recto-vesical, recto-prostatic, recto-bulbar, and absent fistula cases without focusing on recto-bulbar fistula (RBF), the most challenging type to...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Koga H,Ochi T,Okawada M,Doi T,Lane GJ,Yamataka A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reported cases of acute portal vein thrombosis presenting as an acute abdomen in adolescent age group. Most published series concern chronic extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis. Acute portal vein thrombosis is rare, but can develop into serious complications. Hence, prompt diagnosis and heparinization ca...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Laishram H,Cramer B,Kennedy R

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man 142623) is a typical developmental disorder of the enteric nervous system in which ganglion cells fail to innervate the lower gastrointestinal tract during embryonic development. SOX10 gene is involved in the normal development of the enteric ne...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Pan ZW,Lou J,Luo C,Yu L,Li JC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubular colonic duplications are exceedingly rare; the "Y"-shaped forms are exceptional. In the absence of associated low vertebral or urogenital malformations (often fistulas), the tubular colonic malformations frequently stay hidden for several years until a complication develops. The authors report a case of a spon...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Correia-Pinto J,Romero R,Carvalho JL,Silva G,Guimarães H,Estevão-Costa J

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is ongoing debate concerning the use of peritoneal irrigation in the setting of complicated appendicitis (CA) in children. Our aim was to conduct a prospective randomized controlled trial for the treatment of CA during a laparoscopic appendicectomy in children. METHODS:Following ethical approval (REC1...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Nataraja RM,Panabokke G,Chang AD,Mennie N,Tanny ST,Keys C,Cheng W,Pacilli M,Ferguson P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Aggressive neuroblastomas avoid apoptosis and have increased expression of the antiapoptotic protein, Bcl-2. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is mitogenic and may promote tumor survival by inhibiting apoptosis. The authors hypothesize that IGF-I may protect neuroblastoma cells from apoptosis by u...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Beierle EA,Strande LF,Chen MK

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In female infants undergoing herniorrhaphy, there is a reported incidence of 15%-20% of prolapsed adnexal structures. Our primary aim is to confirm the incidence of adnexal tissue in hernia sacs at the time of repair and to further delineate the clinical characteristics of this population at a major pediatri...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Zeng K,Murphy J,Wilson EE

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resting membrane potential (RMP) of skeletal muscle cells was investigated in a hyperdynamic animal model of sepsis. Reduced membrane potential is known to parallel the clinical course of sepsis and hemorrhagic shock in animal models. Pentoxifylline (PTF), a dimethyl xanthine derivative of the theophylline family,...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Refsum SE,Norwood W,Rowlands BJ,Boston VE

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts have traditionally been managed with surgical, percutaneous, and, more recently, endoscopic drainage. Although the role of the latter is well defined in the adult population, its utility in children needs to be clarified. The authors reviewed their experience with e...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Al-Shanafey S,Shun A,Williams S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1976, we presented our experience in the surgical management of patients with peripheral congenital arteriovenous fistulae (CAVF). This report updates our experience and specifically describes subsequent experience with intraarterial embolization therapy. Twenty-six infants and children with CAVFs have been treated...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Ford EG,Stanley P,Tolo V,Woolley MM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A (MEN 2A) is a genetic syndrome manifesting as medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), hyperparathyroidism, and pheochromocytoma. Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A results from mutations in the RET proto-oncogene. Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a rare manifestation of MEN 2A and has b...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Fialkowski EA,DeBenedetti MK,Moley JF,Bachrach B

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlebectasia affecting the internal jugular vein is a rare cause of a benign neck swelling in children. They are mostly asymptomatic and therefore managed conservatively. Ligation of the vein and excision is usually avoided owing to the worry of raised intracranial pressure. We report a case of a large right internal ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Sundaram J,Menon P,Thingnum SK,Rao KL

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new surgical technique for the treatment of total colonic aganglionosis is described. Preservation of the right colon and the ileocecal valve is possible by performing an end-to-back anastomosis between a prececal short ileum segment and the uneffected ileum, and by creating a side-to-side anastomosis between an iso...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Sauer H,Fasching G

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to identify the most appropriate timing for surgery in newborns with choledochal cysts. METHODS:The clinical and histological data of 8 newborn cases of choledochal cysts (newborn group) were compared with 45 cases that were diagnosed later than the newborn period (late group). RESUL...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Suita S,Shono K,Kinugasa Y,Kubota M,Matsuo S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Infants born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) demonstrate a wide variability in postnatal catch-up lung growth. The goals of this study were to assess the pulmonary development of children born with CDH using sequential ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy and to identify the perinatal factors tha...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Hayward MJ,Kharasch V,Sheils C,Friedman S,Dunleavy MJ,Utter S,Zurakowski D,Jennings R,Wilson JM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The meso-Rex bypass procedure has been used to treat patients with portal hypertension from extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. This report describes modifications of this procedure in 5 patients. Either the splenic or coronary vein was used as the venous inflow point, and the bypass was performed either directly th...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Chiu B,Pillai SB,Sandler AD,Superina RA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plan for cervical lymph node biopsy should include special maneuvers for recognition of patients with lymphadenitis due to atypical mycobacteria, since these children need extensive operations. The diagnosis should be suspected in children less than 3 yr old with lymphadenopathy present for several months and no e...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Harris BH,Webb HW,Wilkinson AH Jr,Santelices AA

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00