Tension pneumoperitoneum in a child resulting from high-frequency oscillatory ventilation: a case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:Familial occurrence of extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA) or biliary dilatation has been reported; however, the genetic influences on these disorders are still obscure. The authors previously reported the occurrence of biliary dilatation and EHBA in sisters, which is extremely rare. Recently, a similar pair of sister...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Ando K,Miyano T,Fujimoto T,Ohya T,Lane G,Tawa T,Tokita A,Yabuta K

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in children is rare and surgical management is supported only by limited evidence. METHODS:Retrospective case series of all children under the age of 16 years who underwent parathyroidectomy (PTx) between 1978 and 2012. RESULTS:We identified 29 children who had surgery for HPT. Si...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Alagaratnam S,Brain C,Spoudeas H,Dattani MT,Hindmarsh P,Allgrove J,Van't Hoff W,Kurzawinski TR

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a known complication after renal trauma. The cause of posttraumatic hypertension can be renal scarring, infarction, hydonephrosis, infection, vascular injury, and parenchymal compression. The authors report on the case of a 16-year-old boy who experienced hypertension after blunt renal trauma. He had a...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Moriarty KP,Lipkowitz GS,Germain MJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), originally known to stimulate hepatocyte DNA synthesis, also has been shown to stimulate growth of intestinal epithelial cells in vitro. The authors recently demonstrated that HGF can dramatically increase substrate absorption beyond the normal adaptive response after ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Kato Y,Yu D,Schwartz MZ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were 30 infants, under 1 yr of age, in refractory congestive heart failure, who underwent surgical correction for coarctation of the aorta. The series was divided into two groups, depending on the type of surgical procedure performed: Group 1, 17 patients end-to-end anastomosis; Group 2, 13 patients aortic angio...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Allen RG,Maria-Garcia J,Nayek G

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) acts through specific receptors to inhibit adenyl cyclase and may have a role in neuroblastomas and neuroepitheliomas (NE) as a regulator of cell growth and differentiation. The authors have examined the status of NPY receptors in the NE cell line SK-N-MC and the effect of retinoic acid ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Shorter NA,Pence JC

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：PURPOSE:Expandable metallic stents (Palmaz stents) have been used in the treatment of tracheobronchial obstruction in children and adults. The authors investigated their utility in the management of acute airway stenosis in a growing animal model. METHODS:A model for tracheal stenosis was developed in young lambs (mea...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Tsakayannis DE,Siddiqui AM,Kozakewich H,Nobuhara KK,Ibla JC,Perry SD,Lillehei CW

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Eight cases of imperforate anus with short colon were seen in our hospital from April 1982 to December 1987. Five were boys, three were girls, and their ages ranged from 2 days to 2 years. The international literature about this kind of disease was reviewed. The disease's name, embryology, diagnoses, differential diag...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Wu YJ,Du R,Zhang GE,Bi ZG

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Recent advances including prenatal diagnosis, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, and nitric oxide inhalation therapy have gradually improved the survival of high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia. However, the factors affecting the long-term outcome of these patients have not been well establ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Kamata S,Usui N,Kamiyama M,Tazuke Y,Nose K,Sawai T,Fukuzawa M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extralobar pulmonary sequestrations have been occasionally described in the abdomen but rarely in the diaphragm. We present the case of a 10 month old girl with an intradiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestration. The minimally invasive operative technique is outlined in detail, including the combine use of laparoscopy and ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Escobar MA Jr,Acierno SP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to elucidate the urodynamic features of patients with Y-type urethral duplication. METHODS:Patients with Y-type urethral duplication were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical presentation, urodynamic findings, surgical methods, and treatment outcomes were reviewed. RESULTS:From 2014 to...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Zhang Y,Qu Y,Jiao L,Zhang W,Sun N,Tian J,Li M,Song H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing prevalence of obesity has necessitated the increasing use of bariatric surgery in the adolescent population. Outcomes following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) among adolescents, however, have not been well-studied. We report outcomes following LSG as a first-line surgical therapy in pat...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Ejaz A,Patel P,Gonzalez-Heredia R,Holterman M,Elli EF,Kanard R

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Fryns syndrome is characterized by multiple congenital anomalies including Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), and has a reported poor prognosis with a survival rate during the neonatal period of approximately 15%. This report details the management and outcome of patients with Fryns syndrome and CDH. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Neville HL,Jaksic T,Wilson JM,Lally PA,Hardin WD Jr,Hirschl RB,Langham MR Jr,Lally KP,Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group.

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Intracranial bleeding has been reported as one of the complications of both open and minimally invasive fetal surgery and putatively attributed to intraoperative fluctuations of carotid blood flow. The aim of this study was to look at fetal carotid blood flow and its relationship with umbilical blood...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Fauza DO,Fishman SJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic infiltrative adenocarcinoma of the linitis plastica morphologic type is rare in children. The case of a 15-year-old child with this unusual form of gastric carcinoma is presented. One year postoperatively following radiation and chemotherapy, the child is free of disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Black RE

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal achalasia (EA) has been historically treated by esophageal dilatation or myotomy with or without fundoplication. Botulinum toxin (Botox-Allergan) use in pediatric EA has not been previously described. The authors' objective was to observe the efficacy of botulinum toxin injection into the lower esophageal s...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Walton JM,Tougas G

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case report of a boy with biliary atresia who, after hepatoportoenterostomy performed on day 21 of life, had immediate resolution of cholestasis and remained anicteric until 3.5 months of age. He then abruptly developed acholic stools. Nuclear medicine imaging study showed no excretion. Broad-spectrum ant...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Haber BA,Erlichman J,Thayu M,Flake AW,Rand EB

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with congenital microgastria and associated anomalies requiring surgery as infants, developed severe dumping syndrome which necessitated a remedial operation. A Roux-en-Y jejunal pouch (Hunt-Lawrence) was formed at 22 months and 10 months respectively. Weight gain was immediate in both patients and has be...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Anderson KD,Guzzetta PC

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella (chickenpox) affects approximately 90,000 children each year. Although most cases resolve, some develop necrotizing soft tissue infections secondary to group A streptococcus and staphylococcus. Delay in diagnosis is common. At the time of initial presentation, the need for surgical intervention is not always...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Waldhausen JH,Holterman MJ,Sawin RS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tension gastrothorax develops when the stomach herniated through a congenital diaphragmatic defect into the thorax is massively distended by trapped air. The authors present 5 cases and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic management. CASE REPORTS:Four children, aged 3, 4, 6, and 13 months, presented with...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Horst M,Sacher P,Molz G,Willi UV,Meuli M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has allowed an increasing number of infants with total agenesis of the diaphragm to survive. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is the most widely used material for reconstruction. However, recurrent hernia is a growing problem; PTFE also does not grow with the ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Lally KP,Cheu HW,Vazquez WD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:"Early on-ECMO" repair of CDH entails repair within 48-72 h of cannulation in an effort to optimize pulmonary physiology, shorten ECMO duration, and, ultimately, improve survival. This study evaluated the effect of early on-ECMO repair as compared to leaving patients unrepaired during ECMO. METHODS:The CDH Stu...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Glenn IC,Abdulhai S,Lally PA,Schlager A,Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group.

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Air rifles, or BB guns, are generally thought of as childhood toys. Although most injuries are not serious, life-threatening events have been reported. Within a 1-year period, 3 boys presented after BB gun shots to the chest, all requiring surgical intervention for penetrating injuries to the heart. A 15-year-old unde...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： DeCou JM,Abrams RS,Miller RS,Touloukian RJ,Gauderer MW

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:After nephrectomy for unilateral Wilms' tumor (WT), two potential hazards threaten the remaining kidney. The development of a metachronous WT (2% to 3%), and decrease in renal function after chemotherapy. Our study aims included: (1) to clarify how many WT patients could benefit from partial nephrectomy (PN) wi...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Moorman-Voestermans CG,Aronson DC,Staalman CR,Delemarre JF,de Kraker J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1973 and 1985, 165 infants (aged 1 week to 6 months) underwent unilateral inguinal herniotomy at our hospital. An attempt was made to trace these 165 children. It proved possible to contact and examine 116 children (104 boys and 12 girls). Age at follow-up ranged from 5 to 17 years. Parents were asked whether ...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Surana R,Puri P

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubular colonic duplications are exceedingly rare. The authors present an unusual case of a boy with a persistent prostatorectal fistula resulting from a tubular colorectal duplication. The current case is unique for 2 reasons: (1) the presence of a fistula without any concomitant genitourinary anomalies and (2) the e...

journal_title：Journal of pediatric surgery

authors： Kokoska ER,Steinhardt GF,Tomita SS,Weber TR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00