Balloon tracheoplasty as initial treatment for neonates with symptomatic congenital tracheal stenosis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify potential metabolic biomarkers for distinguishing malignant and benign thyroid nodules in children and adolescents using a metabolomics approach. METHODS:A total of 96 consecutive patients (median age 14.29 ± 2.31 years, range 9-18 years) who underwent thyroidectomy and 40 healthy controls were enr...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Zhou Q,Zhang LY,Xie C,Zhang ML,Wang YJ,Liu GH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At bilateral orchiopexy bilateral biopsies may be indicated to determine fertility potential. It is currently unknown if the serum inhibin B levels at time of orchiopexy reflect the testicular status of the bilaterally cryptorchid child. The aim of this study was to relate the results of inhibin B and FSH measurements...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Cortes D,Thorup J,Hogdall E,Norgaard-Pedersen B,Petersen BL,Hogdall C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which laser can be used for a vascular lesion, the different working mechanisms of the individual lasers must first be understood. The localization and diameter of the vessels to be treated define whether a certain laser is appropriate for that lesion. For teleangiectasias and port-wine stains the pulsed-...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： van der Horst CM,Koster PH,Lucassen GW,van Gemert MJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:Eighty-three gastric transpositions for oesophageal replacement were carried out over the 15-year period 1981-1995. The vast majority of patients underwent the replacement procedure for oesophageal atresia (OA) (56), 35 following failed or abandoned attempts at primary anastomosis, and 21 for isolated atresia. Caustic...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Spitz L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The natural history of patients with antenatally diagnosed congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung (CCAM) is still fully unknown. In symptomatic patients with respiratory distress, an operation is performed during the neonatal period. However, in asymptomatic patients, the optimal timing of th...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Nagata K,Masumoto K,Tesiba R,Esumi G,Tsukimori K,Norio W,Taguchi T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal anal sphincter achalasia (IASA) is a condition with a clinical presentation similar to Hirschsprung's disease, but with the presence of ganglion cells on rectal biopsy. The diagnosis of IASA is made on anorectal manometry, which demonstrates the absence of a rectosphincteric reflux on rectal balloon inflation...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Oue T,Puri P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Apparently superior result was observed after open Kasai portoenterostomy in infant with biliary atresia. Our institute stopped performing laparoscopic portoenterostomy since 2007. We aimed to investigate the outcome after reintroduction of open portoenterostomy. METHODS:27 non-syndromic infants underwent open...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chan KW,Lee KH,Wong HY,Tsui SY,Wong YS,Pang KY,Mou JW,Tam YH

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：: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：AIM:We assessed continence after scope-assisted anorectovaginoplasty (SARVP) for female anorectal malformation (FARM). METHODS:Five FARM cases were assessed; cases 1 and 2: cloacal malformation; case 3: urogenital sinus, and rectovestibular fistula (RF); case 4: RF, absent vagina, and sacral anomaly; case 5: covered c...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Yamataka A,Goto S,Kato Y,Koga H,Lane GJ,Okazaki T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessory hepatic tissue, unlike accessory splenic and pancreatic tissue, is rare and has a limited and almost exclusively sub diaphragmatic distribution. Fewer than ten cases of intrathoracic ectopic liver have been reported so far in the literature. This paper reports a case that caused a diagnostic dilemma. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Babu R,Van der Avoirt A

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：AIM:The aim of our study is to introduce a new objective method of perioperative evaluation of the size of diaphragmatic defect to enable comparison of results among various centres and methods used for diaphragmatic reconstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Prospective observational study of neonates with congenital diap...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Rygl M,Kuklova P,Zemkova D,Slaby K,Pycha K,Stranak Z,Melichar J,Snajdauf J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inguinal hernia repair is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in infants and children. Especially in premature infants, prevalence reaches up to 30% in coincidence with high rates of incarceration during the first year of life. These infants carry an increased risk of complications due to genera...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Lambertz A,Schälte G,Winter J,Röth A,Busch D,Ulmer TF,Steinau G,Neumann UP,Klink CD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been assumed that only 10% of medical interventions are supported by solid scientific evidence. The aim of this study was to determine the type of research evidence supporting operations in a tertiary referral paediatric surgical unit. All patients admitted over a 4-week period to two surgical firms were enroll...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Baraldini V,Spitz L,Pierro A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IIR) is a complex phenomenon causing local and remote tissue destruction, and even multiple-organ failure. To examine the hypothesis that IIR affects renal function, 21-day-old male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent 45 min superior mesenteric artery occlusion and control rats were subjecte...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Mutlu G,Abbasoğlu L,Doğru-Abbasoğlu S,Solakoğlu S,Bulut M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric osteomyelitis commonly occurs in the long bones and has rarely been reported in small bones such as the vertebrae and ribs. Rib osteomyelitis occurs in approximately 1% or less of all cases of hematogenous osteomyelitis, and is usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus. We present a case of acute osteomyelitis...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Naik-Mathuria B,Ng G,Olutoye OO

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected intra-abdominal cystic lymphangiomas are very rare. We report a case of a purulent mesenteric cyst, histologically a cystic lymphangioma, w which developed in a 1-year-old girl who presented with marked abdominal distension and high fever. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the huge cystic lesion occupi...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kubota A,Yonekura T,Kuroda D,Yasuda T,Kato M,Oyanagi H,Imano M,Sato T,Fukushima K,Okada M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphogenesis of the external genitalia of human fetuses (16-250 mm crown-rump [CR] length, 6-26 weeks of gestation) obtained after medical termination of pregnancy were studied. Differential development (male/female) started after 50 mm CR length (9 weeks). At that time the external genitalia consisted of a cylin...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ammini AC,Sabherwal U,Mukhopadhyay C,Vijayaraghavan M,Pandey J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital/infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) is a relatively rare form of fibrosarcoma diagnosed at birth or during early years of life and that differs from its adult counterpart because of a more favorable behavior. IFS is also known as cellular congenital mesoblastic nephroma, when it affects the kidney and is often but...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Berrebi D,Fournet JC,Boman F,Fabre M,Philippe-Chomette P,Branchereau S,Fréneaux P,Bouron-Dal Soglio D,Michon J,Peuchmaur M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyps in gastrointestinal tract are mostly benign and result from hamartomas or lymphoid hyperplasia of submucosa. They usually occur as isolated lesions in children and are referred to as juvenile polyps. Multiple polyps with inherited origin are called polyposis and can be seen as a part of the syndrome. The polyps...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Soyer T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hepatic cysts are rare lesions of infancy. While operative management and outcomes have been extensively studied in adult patients with hepatic cysts, data in pediatric patients are limited. We discuss our experience in an infant and review relevant literature regarding operative technique and surgical outc...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Nordin AB,Fallon SC,Carter BA,Brandt ML

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Numerous case reports in the literature have suggested a causal link between beta-haemolytic streptococcal infection and delayed-onset right-sided diaphragmatic hernia/eventration in the perinatal age group. We report a child with antenatally documented right diaphragmatic eventration 4 weeks before birth who subseque...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Jain M,Ford WDA,Hayward C

更新日期：1997-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two infants aged 29 and 43 days, respectively, presented with a spontaneous scrotal faecal fistula from a strangulated inguinal hernia. There was associated necrotising fasciitis of the scrotum in both patients, but the testes were spared. Resection and anastomosis along with debridement of the scrotal fasciitis was s...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ameh EA,Awotula OP,Amoah JN

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a female adolescent who had an ectopic ovary in the inguinal canal without an associated hernia, a unicornuate uterus, and ipsilateral renal agenesis. The incidental discovery of the ectopic ovary and other Mullerian anomalies, as well as the surgical correction that followed, highlights importan...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Webb JB,Fallon SC,Lopez ME,Boswell HB,Dietrich JE,Brandt ML

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal neuronal dysplasia is a controversial form of dysganglionosis that has been described both as an isolated disorder and in association with Hirschsprung's disease. It has been blamed for the bad outcome of bowel function in patients operated on for Hirschsprung's disease. According to various authors, intest...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Meyrat BJ,Laurini RN

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the important factors for successful primary closure in staged reconstruction of bladder exstrophy, 25 patients (18 males, 7 females) underwent primary bladder closure during the years 1993-1997. Twenty-one were more than 72 h old; all of these underwent bilateral posterior iliac osteotomies followed by prim...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kasat LS,Borwankar SS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:For International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) stages III or IV neuroblastoma (intermediate or high risk), complete excision of the primary tumor is not always feasible. Most current studies on the treatment outcome of these patients have reported on the complete excision status. The aim of this study is...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Moon SB,Park KW,Jung SE,Youn WJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00