Improvement of surgical wound classification following a targeted training program at a children's hospital.

abstract：:This study aimed to determine whether laparoscopic splenectomy is more advantageous than open splenectomy in pediatric patients. Data from 61 patients treated between June 1983 and September 1994 were reviewed. Length of hospitalization, hospital costs, operating time, and postoperative complications were evaluated. F...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Janu PG,Rogers DA,Lobe TE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Community hospitals commonly obtain computed tomographic (CT) imaging of pediatric trauma patients before triaging to a level I pediatric trauma center (PTC). This practice potentially increases radiation exposure when imaging must be duplicated after transfer. METHODS:A retrospective review of our level ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Chwals WJ,Robinson AV,Sivit CJ,Alaedeen D,Fitzenrider E,Cizmar L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforated appendicitis in children continues to be associated with significant morbidity. In 1976, a treatment algorithm was begun at the authors' institution, which included immediate appendectomy, antibiotic irrigation of the peritoneal cavity, transperitoneal drainage through the wound, and 10-day treatment with i...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Lund DP,Murphy EU

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Treatment of pediatric papillary thyroid cancer (p-PTC) often follows adult guidelines, including total thyroidectomy for tumors >1cm. This study examined the association between operation type and overall survival (OS) for tumors >1cm in size in the pediatric population. METHODS:Patients ≤ 21 years of age wit...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Nice T,Pasara S,Goldfarb M,Doski J,Goldin A,Gow KW,Nuchtern JG,Vasudevan SA,Langer M,Beierle EA

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:Most babies born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) die after birth. The natural course of CDH in the human fetus is not known. We found 94 cases of fetal CDH in the records of surgeons and obstetricians surveyed in the United States and Canada. We found the following: (1) prenatal diagnosis of CDH is accurate...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Adzick NS,Harrison MR,Glick PL,Nakayama DK,Manning FA,deLorimier AA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with anal atresia often have compromised function. This is especially common with the anatomic "high lesion." Twenty-five patients have been studied using clinical evaluation, computed tomography (CT), and manometry to make an objective evaluation. The patients were an average of 9.6 years old; the male-to-fe...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Doolin EJ,Black CT,Donaldson JS,Schwartz D,Raffensperger JG

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterocolitis (EC) remains the most serious complication of Hirschsprung's disease (HD). The aetiology of EC is uncertain. Ischemic and bacterial causes, and recently rotavirus infection, have been suggested to explain the occurrence of EC. The gut has an abundance of neuroendocrine (NE) cells which modulate gut funct...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Soeda J,O'Briain DS,Puri P

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomically, diaphragmatic agenesis (DA) is the most extreme form of congenital diaphragmatic defect, but clinically it has not been defined separately from Bochdalek's hernia (BH). Between 1986 and 1992, the authors treated 55 neonates who had diaphragmatic defects. Forty-eight of these cases presented within 24 hou...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Tsang TM,Tam PK,Dudley NE,Stevens J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increased utilization of robotic-assisted surgery in the pediatric population during the past decade, reports of comparative analysis between robotic surgery and laparoscopic surgery are lacking. Our aim was to evaluate outcomes between pediatric robotic-assisted cholecystectomy (RC) and laparoscopic...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Kulaylat AN,Richards H,Yada K,Coyle D,Shelby R,Onwuka AJ,Aldrink JH,Diefenbach KA,Michalsky MP

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful endoscopic drainage of a posttraumatic pancreatic pseudocyst in a 9-year-old boy is described. This case study suggests that there is a role for endoscopic placement of stents in the treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts in children. ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Kimble RM,Cohen R,Williams S

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old girl with multiple genitourinary malformations, incomplete bladder exstrophy, urethral duplication with single bladder, septate vagina, and total urinary incontinence is presented. Prior to admission she had undergone surgery for teratoma and calculi of the bladder and partial fecal incontinence. A conti...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Pintér AB,Farkas AP

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Over the last 20 years, hepatocyte transplantation (HcTx) has advanced from the experimental to the clinical stage. To date, HcTx has been performed in 30 patients in the United States. Regardless whether hepatocytes are transplanted into the spleen and migrate to the liver or are injected directly i...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Wilhelm A,Leister I,Sabandal P,Krause P,Becker H,Markus PM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of the buried penis is necessary both to ensure its proper management and to avoid performance of a standard circumcision, which can result in penile degloving. We describe a simple technique of unfurling the prepuce which provides adequate functional and cosmetic replacement for the penile shaft skin. ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Donahoe PK,Keating MA

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fifteenth case of neonatal adrenal abscess is reported. It is the first case successfully diagnosed with needle aspiration and treated with percutaneous drainage. ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Mondor C,Gauthier M,Garel L,Filiatrault D,Grignon A

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients have been followed from 1 to 6 yr after diagnosis and treatment during infancy of partially obstructing antral web. Seven had surgical correction, six with web excision and pyloroplasty. Four were treated nonoperatively with antispasmodics and small curd formula. Five of the seven operated infants had ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Tunell WP,Smith EI

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen children with abdominal masses (16 solid and 1 complex cystic) were evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Computed tomography (CT) was also performed in 12 cases. MRI findings were correlated with CT and histopathologic findings. In 10 cases MRI provided more specific diagnostic information than CT....

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Vade A,Azienstein R

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Six cases of prepyloric antral diaphragm were encountered at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron between 1965 and 1985, with approximately 150 cases reported in the literature during this time. In our series, a delay from onset of symptoms to treatment existed for a period of 4 months to 6 years. We suggest th...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Blazek FD,Boeckman CR

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an approach to safely expose the hepatic hilum for revision procedures after left lobe living donor liver transplantation. A 14-year-old adolescent girl who had undergone left lobe living donor liver transplantation experienced repeated episodes of cholangitis. Because treatment with interventional techniqu...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Honda M,Takeichi T,Ohya Y,Okumura K,Lee KJ,Yamamoto H,Asonuma K,Inomata Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is described as it is used in the treatment of an infant burn victim. This case highlights the ability and techniques used to maintain an airtight dressing seal in the perirectal region. Use of this dressing type post-skin grafting allowed for 100% graft adhesion and no bacterial...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Psoinos CM,Ignotz RA,Lalikos JF,Fudem G,Savoie P,Dunn RM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Buried Bumper (BB) is a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) that leads to tube dysfunction and major morbidity. Although many techniques have been described to manage BB, none are universally adopted, and laparotomy remains the mainstay. We introduce a novel endoscopic technique in paediatric ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Goneidy A,Malakounides G,Aslam A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of surgical wound infections. To obtain contemporary data on S aureus, we performed a prospective study of colonization and infection in children scheduled for elective surgical procedures. METHODS:A nasal swab and clinical information were obtained at the presurgical ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Vegunta RK,Gray B,Wallace LJ,Mongkolrattanothai K,Mankin P,Stanfill AB,Pearl RH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although histopathologically benign, cutaneous hemangiomas may be pathophysiologically malignant if they are associated with significant arteriovenous malformation that is hemodynamically compromising. Rapid surgical intervention may be required to prevent clinical deterioration from congestive heart failure as in the...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Lofland GK,Filston HC

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians, as well as embryologists, believe that normally a process of rotation of the midgut takes place that can be hampered at any stage resulting in the different types of "malrotations." However, a "malrotated" gut has never been observed in normal embryos. Therefore all theories on the normal and abnormal deve...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Kluth D,Kaestner M,Tibboel D,Lambrecht W

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who died of hepatic failure nearly 29 years after hepatic portojejunostomy is reported. His death may be attributed to several faults in treatment. From our experiences it can be said that biliary atresia is a curable disease, although liver-transplantation is required in some patients in whom hepato portoen...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Kasai M,Ohi R,Chiba T,Hayashi Y

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:The management of patients with a giant omphalocele remains a difficult problem. In this study, the authors described a new surgical approach for delayed closure of ventral hernia--the Lazaro da Silva's technique--in conservatively treated patients. METHODS:Ventral hernias of 11 conservatively treat...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Pereira RM,Tatsuo ES,Simões e Silva AC,Guimarães JT,Paixão RM,Lanna JC,Miranda ME

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous criteria for primary reduction of the herniated viscera in newborn infants with gastroschisis included intraoperative respiratory rate, cardiac indices, degree of viscero-abdominal disproportion, size of defect, and lower extremity turgor. From 1976 through 1993, 129 neonates with gastroschisis were treated a...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Puffinbarger NK,Taylor DV,Tuggle DW,Tunell WP

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the expression of Cold-inducible RNA-binding protein (CIRP) in torsion/detorsion of the testes in different phases and demonstrate the protective effect of CIRP on testicular injury after torsion/detorsion (T/D) in an experimental mouse model. METHODS:Twenty-four male BALB/c mice were divided rando...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Xia Z,Jiang K,Liu T,Zheng H,Liu X,Zheng X

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In recent years laparoscopic fundoplication is increasingly performed in pediatric surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the long-term outcomes between open and laparoscopic Thal fundoplication in children. METHODS:This retrospective study includes children who underwent a Thal fundoplication betwee...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Kubiak R,Böhm-Sturm E,Svoboda D,Wessel LM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00