abstract：:High ligation of spermatic vessels (HLSV) and low ligation of spermatic vessels (LLSV) have been described in the surgical treatment of high undescended testis. Testicular capillary blood flow utilizing laser Doppler flowmetry after these maneuvers has not been studied thus far; hence, this study was designed. Thirty ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Srinivas M,Kilmartin B,Basham P,Puri P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long chain fatty acids (LCFAs) appear to be powerful stimulants for small bowel adaptation in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS). However, the dietary lipid content may alter intestinal lipid transport. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a high fat diet (HFD) on in vivo lipid absorption and ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sukhotnik I,Gork AS,Chen M,Drongowski RA,Coran AG,Harmon CM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal cysts (AC) are rare, particularly in the newborn period. Almost all ACs in newborns were diagnosed on exploratory laparotomy or at autopsy. We report a newborn with an AC that was diagnosed after an exploratory laparotomy due to its rare presentation. This case shows that ACs should be considered in the differ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Içağasioğlu D,Caksen H,Yildiz E,Koçyiğit C,Cevit O

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulopathies associated with malignancies are not extremely rare, but are uncommonly associated with Wilms' tumour (WT). A 6-month-old female with a WT and an abnormal coagulation profile is reported. Due to the Coagulopathy and elevated D-dimers in the blood, surgery was deferred and chemotherapy was given, after w...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Singh S,Singh D,Baheti G,Karmarkar SJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) have been reported to play the role of a pacemaker in regulating bowel motility. The relationship between neurons and ICCs, however, remains unclear. Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is an ideal model for investigating this relationship. The operated specimens obtained from 6 short and 3 ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Taguchi T,Suita S,Masumoto K,Nada O

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Renal and perinephric abscess in children are uncommon. Three basic pathophysiologic mechanisms are involved, namely, hematogenous spread, ascending infection and contamination by proximity to an infected area. Six pediatric patients diagnosed with renal abscess were treated at our institution from 1990-2000. Five pat...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Angel C,Shu T,Green J,Orihuela E,Rodriquez G,Hendrick E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the incidence of cystic fibrosis (CF) in neonates with intestinal obstruction (NIO) secondary to meconium ileus (MI), jejunoileal atresia (JA), meconium plug syndrome (MPS), volvulus (V), and meconium peritonitis (MP) and analyze the correlation of ultrasonographic (US) signs with CF in NIO with a prenata...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Casaccia G,Trucchi A,Nahom A,Aite L,Lucidi V,Giorlandino C,Bagolan P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With widespread use of antenatal ultrasound, an increasing number of urinary-tract lesions are being detected, and the clinician is called upon to make management decisions. Parenchymal lesions of the kidney pose a special challenge because of the associated risk of the occurrence of malignancy. A case of an antenatal...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Murthi GV,Carachi R,Howatson A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small phallus causes great concern regarding genital adequacy. A concealed penis, although of normal size, appears small either because it is buried in prepubic tissues, enclosed in scrotal tissue penis palmatus (PP), or trapped due to phimosis or a scar following circumcision or trauma. From July 1978 to January 20...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Radhakrishnan J,Razzaq A,Manickam K

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical mycobacterial disease is common in children in Australia. Over 22 years, records were kept prospectively by the senior author. The diagnosis was confirmed in 118 patients, either by culture or by the combination of a positive skin test plus typical histology. There were 46 boys and 72 girls with a median age ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Mushtaq I,Martin HC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presacral cystic teratoma in an infant is reported. The cyst consisted solely of central nervous system tissue. This pathologic finding is extremely rare. A review of the literature reveals no previous report of a teratoma arising in this manner. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Koh CC,Wang NL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirschsprung disease is the result of aganglionosis of a variable length of the terminal bowel, which arises from the incomplete colonisation of the embryonic gut by vagal neural crest-derived cells (NCC) that migrate caudally from the pharyngeal gut to the rectum. We have previously shown that a very small group of N...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sidebotham EL,Kenny SE,Lloyd DA,Vaillant CR,Edgar DH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reflux nephropathy (RN) is recognized as a major cause of end-stage renal failure in children and young adults. Inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) exacerbates and enhanced production ameliorates tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF) in experimental obstructive uropathy. NO is synthesised by NO synthase (NOS), three distinct ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chertin B,Rolle U,Farkas A,Puri P

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) 2B is a hereditary syndrome including medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), pheochromocytoma, gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, marfanoid facies, and multiple ganglioneuromas. MTC is the major cause of mortality, and often appears during the 1st decade of life. RET proto-oncogene mutatio...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Torre M,Martucciello G,Ceccherini I,Lerone M,Aicardi M,Gambini C,Jasonni V

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:70 cases of gastroschisis (GS) were surgically treated at the Pediatric Surgical University Clinic, Münster, from 1984 through 1998. The defect occurred more frequently in males (44) than females (26). The average birth weight was 2,383 g and mean gestational age 36.8 weeks. 9 infants (12.9%) were delivered vaginally ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Saxena AK,Hülskamp G,Schleef J,Schaarschmidt K,Harms E,Willital GH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To categorize variant persistent müllerian-duct derivatives (MDD) in males and determine their related clinical presentations for further management, five male patients with retained MDDs from abnormal müllerian remnants were studied. They comprised one patient with persistent müllerian-duct syndrome, one with transve...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Yu TJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Spontaneous prenatal closure of gastroschisis (GS) is rare and usually associated with atresia of the midgut. We describe a case of GS diagnosed at 20 weeks' gestation that resolved spontaneously in utero. At delivery the infant had an ileus. A laparotomy with a jejunocolostomy was performed, but she died at 2 months ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Basaran UN,Inan M,Gücer F,Yardim T,Pul M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal atresia (OA) is often associated with anomalies of other systems. The genetic contribution to the formation of the VACTERL association is not clear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of associated anomalies in two different racial populations. The associated anomalies in neonates wi...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： van Heurn LW,Cheng W,de Vries B,Saing H,Jansen NJ,Kootstra G,Tam PK

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of congenital duodenal atresia (DA) associated with a choledochal cyst (CC) is reported. At 38 weeks of gestation, a 1,610-g girl was born by cesarean section with a prenatal diagnosis of DA. After the disorder was confirmed by X-ray, she underwent a duodenoduodenostomy for a complete separation of the duo...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sugimoto T,Yamagiwa I,Obata K,Ouchi T,Takahashi R,Suzuki R,Shimazaki Y

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH) occur through the foramen of Bochdalek; herniation through the foramen of Morgagni (MH) is rare. Fifteen children (12 males and 3 females) with congenital MH (7 right, 3 left, 5 bilateral) were treated over a period of 15 years, comprising 11% of a total of 135 ch...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Al-Salem AH,Nawaz A,Matta H,Jacobsz A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issues of sexual function and fertility are becoming relevant in patients with posterior urethral valves (PUV), as more of them reach adulthood. To evaluate the semen of post-pubertal patients with PUV as a determinant of future fertility, all such patients (age >16 years) attending the follow-up urology clinic of...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Puri A,Gaur KK,Kumar A,Bhatnagar V

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of right-sided diaphragmatic rupture (RDR) due to blunt abdominal trauma is often missed in the acute setting, especially in the absence of other thoracoabdominal injuries. We describe two such children. The problems associated with the diagnosis and management of RDR are discussed to emphasize the need ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sharma AK,Kothari SK,Gupta C,Menon P,Sharma A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True duplicate exstrophy is a rare and interesting congenital anomaly. We are adding a case to the previously reported seven cases in the world literature. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Mathur P,Panwar RS,Kumari K,Khamesra HL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliary atresia (BA) is a common cause of infantile cholestasis. Disease progression leads to intra hepaticfibrosis, and thus to the development of PH and EV. Our objective has been to study the relationship between procollagen-III-peptide (PIIIP) and the severity of EV in children with BA after Kasai operation. Child...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sathienkijakarnchai P,Chongsrisawat V,Charoensapaya J,Tanprayoon T,Chandrakamol B,Suwangool P,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of advances in the treatment of childhood bladder and prostate rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), the ability to detect minimal residual disease correlates imperfectly with the ultimate outcome. We report the long-term follow-up of a child with microscopic residual RMS after chemotherapy. The correct interpretation of t...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chertin B,Reinus C,Koulikov D,Rosenmann E,Farkas A,Chertin B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipiodol, a stable iodine addition product of fatty ethyl esters derived from poppyseed oil, has been used as a vehicle for targeted cytotoxic or radiotherapeutic treatment in adults with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma and in a few children with advanced hepatoblastoma (HB). Prolonged retention of lipiodol by t...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Towu E,Boxer G,Begent R,Zweit J,Spitz L,Hobbs K,Winslet M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two patients with extrahepatic portal hypertension and repeated massive bleeding from esophageal varices who underwent urgent distal splenorenal shunting (DSRS) after having proved refractory to medical treatment, endoscopic sclerotherapy, and ligation of esophageal varices. Their ages and weights w...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Vila Carbó JJ,Ibáñez V,Lluna J,Roca A,Genovés I,García-Sala C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional outcome and factors influencing improvement after pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction are still debated. This retrospective study was aimed at evaluating the factors associated with functional improvement in symptomatic unilateral hydronephrosis (HDN). Patients (n = 68) who underwen...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chandrasekharam VV,Srinivas M,Bal CS,Gupta AK,Agarwala S,Mitra DK,Bhatnagar V

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory pseudotumors (IPT) are uncommon mass lesions arising most typically in the lungs of young adults. These tumors are so named because of the difficulty in distinguishing them preoperatively from malignant lesions. IPT are characterized histologically by localized fibrous proliferations with infiltration by ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Lee SL,DuBois JJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants the ductus arteriosus fails to close spontaneously, and they subsequently develop signs and symptoms of poor tissue perfusion and heart failure. This study evalutes the results of early surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). We retrospectively reviewed the reco...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Niinikoski H,Alanen M,Parvinen T,Aantaa R,Ekblad H,Kero P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation (LT) for malignancy has had disappointing long-term results due to tumour recurrence. Ex-vivo dissection and auto-transplantation have had poor results when the tumor was obstructing bile ducts. Advances in liver surgery have made extensive liver resection safer, but cases of "unresectable" tumou...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Millar AJ,Hartley P,Khan D,Spearman W,Andronikou S,Rode H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that there are degenerative changes and decreased spermatogenesis in the contralateral descended testis (CDT) in unilateral undescended testis (UUDT). While some investigators have postulated that the mechanism may be related to primary (congenital) or secondary (autoimmune, vascular, and neural)...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Abbasoglu L,Salman FT,Sakiz D,Bulut M

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Our presentation of four cases demonstrates the essential features of limb-body wall complex (LBWC), representing a compound anomaly pattern in body-wall defects. The diagnosis of this entity is based on two of the three following characteristics: (1) exencephaly/encephalocele and facial clefts; (2) thoraco- and/or ab...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Pumberger W,Schaller A,Bernaschek G

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) is elevated in the intestinal epithelia of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We recently reported that PLA2 mediates hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine (PC) to lysophosphatidylcholine (L-PC) when both are applied to the apical surface of cultured EC monolayers, resu...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sawai T,Drongowski RA,Lampman RW,Coran AG,Harmon CM

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the assessment of germ-cell maturation of the seminiferous tubules, DNA flowcytometry is a rapid and sensitive method. Phosporus 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a non-invasive alternative that demonstrates the metabolic status of the testis, reflecting the type and relative proportion of germ cells in...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Srinivas M,Degaonkar M,Gupta DK,Raghunathan P,Das SN,Mitra DK

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the results of a 6-year review of appendicitis. In the event of diagnostic doubt, a policy of active observation was instituted. This review endorses the validity of such a policy, indicating that it does not expose patients to increased morbidity. Data were collected prospectively over a 6-year period on 1...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bachoo P,Mahomed AA,Ninan GK,Youngson GG

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00