abstract：:Primary lymphedema of the penis (PLP) is a rare disease. We report a case in a 2-year-old, uncircumcised boy where the uninvolved inner preputial skin was unfurled to cover the penile shaft. The uninvolved inner preputial skin is often elongated, and provides a suture-free cover of sufficient length for the small peni...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Shenoy VG,Jawale SA,Oak SN,Kulkarni BK

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile papillomatosis (JP) is a rare benign, proliferative breast tumor in children. We observed a 9-year-old girl with a large soft-tissue mass at the lower outer quadrant of the left breast. Ultrasonography showed an ill-defined, inhomogeneous mass with numerous small, hypoechoic areas. The tumor was completely ex...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hsieh SC,Chen KC,Chu CC,Chou JM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant born in the 34th week of gestation weighing 5,355 g with a massive sacrococcygeal (SC) tumor was delivered by elective cesarean section. An ultrasonographic examination showed solid and cystic components in the tumor. Resection was successfully undertaken with insertion of a Nélaton catheter into the rectum ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hase T,Kodama M,Kishida A,Shimadera S,Aotani H,Shimada M,Yamamoto Y,Noda Y,Okabe H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of all cases (n = 21) of congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) treated at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, from September 1988 to August 1999 was performed. The presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome are reviewed. All 21 patients were nonwhite. Thirteen had left-upper-lobe, 7 right-middle-lobe, an...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Thakral CL,Maji DC,Sajwani MJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed 233 patients with posterior urethral valves treated in a single center in Calcutta, India, over the last 20 years: 37 were neonates, 75 were between 1 and 12 months, 88 were between 1 and 5 years, and 33 were more than 5 years old when first seen. The clinical presentation and methods employed in diag...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chatterjee SK,Banerjee S,Basak D,Basu AK,Chakravarti AK,Chatterjee US,Haque J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common cystic lesion recognized antenatally is multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK). Recently, conservative management without nephrectomy has been advocated. The purpose of this study was to report our experience in the conservative management of unilateral MCDK. Between 1989 and 1997, 20 children with MCDK ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Oliveira EA,Diniz JS,Vilasboas AS,Rabêlo EA,Silva JM,Filgueiras MT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic interposition is a treatment option in childhood when esophageal replacement (ER) is necessary. We reviewed 18 children who underwent ER by colon between 1984 and 1999. There were 5 with esophageal atresia and 13 with corrosive esophagitis; 15 had long-term follow-up (mean 38 months). Three procedures were per...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Erdoğan E,Emir H,Eroğlu E,Danişmend N,Yeker D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female urethral injuries may cause serious morbidity with loss of the entire urethra in some cases. We review the results of construction of a neourethra by the flipped anterior bladder-tube technique in five girls aged 3-18 years (mean 8 years). All had pelvic fractures and had their initial management elsewhere; fou...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ahmed S,Kardar AH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound (US) guided percutaneous sclerotherapy in the pediatric population, 14 hydatid liver cysts (HLC) in eight male patients whose ages ranged between 6 and 16 years (mean 9.9 years) were treated. The maximum diameter was 110 mm. Albendazole was administered orally to all patients for...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kabaalioğlu A,Karaali K,Apaydin A,Melikoğlu M,Sindel T,Lüleci E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anorectal injuries (ARI) are uncommon in children in civil practice. In developed countries the injuries are mainly due to sexual abuse and firearms. This report reviews the experience in tropical Africa. A retrospective study of children aged 12 years or less managed for ARI over 10 years was undertaken. There were s...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ameh EA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antral web is a rare cause of gastric-outlet obstruction. We report a case of gastric antral web with intermittent vomiting in a 10-year-old girl who received medical treatment for 6 months. The literature on this anomaly is reviewed with respect to differential diagnosis on the basis of upper gastrointestinal radiogr...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Lui KW,Wong HF,Wan YL,Hung CF,Ng KK,Tseng JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdoid tumour of the kidney is not common. Presentation of such a lethal tumour along with blunt abdominal trauma is even rarer. We report such a case of Rhabdoid tumour of kidney which presented as renal trauma, and discuss the diagnostic difficulties and rapidly fatal outcome. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Desai SR,Upadhyay V

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-system ureteral ectopia (UE) encompasses a spectrum of malformations involving the bladder trigone, ureter, and kidney. The clinical presentation is variable, and both diagnostic and therapeutic problems are common. Reduced renal function in these patients may result from primary dysplasia, obstruction, vesicou...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Wünsch L,Hübner U,Halsband H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant with a large-bowel obstruction due to Salmonella B enterocolitis is presented. The clinical and radiologic findings were suggestive of Hirschsprung's disease with total colonic aganglionosis. Due to further deterioration, an ileostomy was performed. Pathologic examination disclosed ganglia in the colon. At l...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Gross E,Engelhard D,Katz S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of postoperative cholangitis has changed very little despite progressive improvement in the treatment of biliary atresia. The role of the bilioenteric conduit in its pathogenesis is still uncertain. A retrospective study of 39 patients undergoing either a conventional Kasai operation (group 1, n = 20) or...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chuang JH,Lee SY,Shieh CS,Chen WJ,Chang NK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic management is the accepted form of treatment for posterior urethral valves (PUV). The Nd:YAG laser has been in clinical use for many decades, but has been used only sporadically for ablating PUV. In this study, PUV were diagnosed by micturating cystourethrogram (MCU). In the 9-month period beginning March 1...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bhatnagar V,Agarwala S,Lal R,Mitra DK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of a critical airway in infants and toddlers with congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS) continues to be an enormous challenge to the surgeon. Until recently, this condition often proved fatal. Improvements in surgical techniques, anesthetic management, and postoperative critical care have resulted in succe...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Angel C,Murillo C,Zwischenberger J,Swischuk L,Graves D,Chernin J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-month-old twin with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome underwent exstirpation of a nephroblastoma from the right kidney. A Meckel's diverticulum (MD), an incidental finding intraoperatively, was resected because it was indurated and enlarged. Histologically, the MD contained ectopic gastric and pancreatic mucosa. Nesidi...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Schier F,Sauerbrey A,Kosmehl H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital lumbar hernia (CLH) is a rare anomaly with only 45 cases reported in the English-language literature. This paper describes nine patients with CLH treated in our unit. Unusual features included the relatively high incidence of inferior lumbar hernia, presentation at the age of 6 years in one case, and an ass...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Wakhlu A,Wakhlu AK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal skin wounds heal scarlessly while adult wounds scar. Fetal wound healing occurs in a physiologically hypoxic environment whereas in adult wound healing, cells have to acutely adapt to hypoxia caused by locally impaired blood supply. We examined the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), a potent trans...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Scheid A,Wenger RH,Christina H,Camenisch I,Ferenc A,Stauffer UG,Gassmann M,Meuli M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports indicate that extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton plasmalemmal elements are altered in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). Desmin is a cytoskeletal protein that is important for the organization and function of muscular fibers. It has been found to be increased in the smooth muscle in chro...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Guarino N,Shima H,Puri P

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:A 45,X/46,Xidic(Y)(q11.2) mosaicism was found in a 4-year-old boy. The clinical appearance was characterized by bilateral cryptorchidism, penoscrotal hypospadias, short penis, and coarctation of the aorta. The latter is the only abnormality also seen in Turner syndrome. A biopsy of the gonads revealed normal prepubert...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Konrad D,Sossai R,Winklehner HL,Binkert F,Artan S,Schärli AF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the long-term outcome of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM), the records of all patients with CCAM treated in three Hungarian paediatric surgical centers between 1977 and 1996 were reviewed. Patients were followed for up to 20 years following diagnosis and treatment. In 20 patients CCAM was...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Pinter A,Kalman A,Karsza L,Verebely T,Szemledy F

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neonate with a constellation of unusual congenital deformities associated with pulmonary agenesis is reported. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sarin YK,Jacob S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant developed massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage secondary to necrotising enterocolitis after cardiac surgery. The haemorrhage was only controlled following a colectomy. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Pushparani P,Spitz L,Somerville J,de Leval MR

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylloides tumor is an uncommon breast tumor in children. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. A case of borderline phylloides tumor in an 11-year-old girl is described. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Selamzade M,Gidener C,Koyuncuoglu M,Mevsim A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether barium enema reduction (BER) is safe and effective in patients with a long duration of intussusception. Over the last 17 years, 104 patients were admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of intussusception. All except 1 with peritonitis underwent BER primarily. Of the 10...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Okuyama H,Nakai H,Okada A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of extrahepatic biliary atresia (EBA) associated with trisomy 18 is presented. A 1-month-old boy was suspected to have Alagille syndrome with obstructive jaundice, a systolic heart murmur, growth retardation, and a small, pointed chin. However, surgery and chromosomal analysis revealed EBA associated with triso...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Ikeda S,Sera Y,Yoshida M,Ohshiro H,Ueno M,Izaki T,Akizuki M,Hamamoto R,Uchino S

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Perineal-mound (PMD) and genital-fold defects cause anorectal malformations (ARM) in both sexes. They are common in females and usually present as a low anomaly (except rectovestibular fistula). They are rare in males and present as an intermediate anomaly. A common embryological explanation for these defects with var...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sharma AK,Goel D,Kothari SK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreaticography (MRCP) was used to visualize the biliary tract in two children, aged 7 weeks and 10 years, with a choledochal cyst. MRCP was successful in both cases and the findings were confirmed by intraoperative cholangiography. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： van Heurn-Nijsten EW,Snoep G,Kootstra G,Greve JW,Forget P,van Heurn LW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyloric atresia (PA) is an uncommon anomaly that may be associated with many other congenital anomalies, the commonest of which is junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB). Most of the cases of PA associated with JEB (Herlitz syndrome) reported have been fatal. A case of PA associated with JEB, malrotation, and a high a...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Agarwala S,Goswami JK,Mitra DK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hydatid disease of the pancreas is rare. The authors report a 3-year-old girl who had a cystic mass in the head of the pancreas with no other viscera involved. At laparatomy the entire endocyst was totally extracted from the surrounding pancreatic parenchyma. The postoperative course was uneventful. She is cur...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Arikan A,Sayan A,Erikçi VS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique for primary reconstruction of a congenital anterior urethral diverticulum is described. This operation eliminates the obstruction caused by the distal lip of the diverticulum and at the same time strengthens the unsupported urethral wall using tissue from the walls of the diverticulum. It has been used...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bhatnagar V,Lal R,Mitra DK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine babies with pure oesophageal atresia were treated in our institution in the years 1979-1996. All received a feeding gastrostomy as their initial operation. After initiation of gastrostomy feeds seven (78%) developed gastric complications, including two posterior gastric perforations (one fatal). We propose that t...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kimble RM,Harding JE,Kolbe A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete transposition of the penis and scrotum, or prepenile scrotum, is an uncommon congenital malformation. Concomitant genitourinary abnormalities, often life-threatening in nature, are frequently seen, and major malformations involving other organ systems may also be present. We report a newborn in whom complete ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chadha R,Mann V,Sharma A,Bagga D

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal actinomycosis (AMC) is a rare infection in children. The appendix is the most common intra-abdominal organ involved. It presents as an undifferentiated mass, forming abscesses and fistulas in the right lower quadrant. The case of a 15-year-old girl with a AMC of the appendix detected by the pathologist after...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Schmidt P,Koltai JL,Weltzien A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unrecognised right aortic arch (RAA) found at thoracotomy may complicate the repair of oesophageal atresia (OA) and tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF). This paper analyses the patient characteristics, peri-operative management, and outcome of 16 infants with a RAA, and proposes management guidelines. Between 1948 an...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bowkett B,Beasley SW,Myers NA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Thomsen-Friedenreich cryptantigen (TCA) is located on the surface of all red cells, but is concealed by a layer of neuraminic acid. When bacteria that produce neuraminidase disrupt this coating, the TCA can be exposed and activated. If blood products containing antibody to the TCA are subsequently administered, ha...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Grant HW,Hadley GP,Adhikari M,Fernandes-Costa F

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00