abstract：PURPOSE:Since 1999, complete primary repair of exstrophy has represented a valid alternative in the treatment of exstrophy patients, offering one- stage reconstruction for all components of this malformation in newborns. The vast majority of cases are currently approached within 48/72 h of life, and risk of vascular in...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Zaccara A,De Gennaro M,Di Lazzaro A,Capolupo I,Bozza P,Ragni A,Bagolan P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the associations between hsMAD2 mRNA expression in tumor cells and sensitivity to paclitaxel or patient prognosis in neuroblastoma. METHODS:Fifty-one formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor samples were manually microdissected to collect tumor cells, and RNA was purified. Nineteen clinical sampl...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Otake K,Uchida K,Tanaka K,Koike Y,Inoue M,Matsushita K,Ueeda M,Hashimoto K,Kitajima T,Komada Y,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Esophageal dilatation, gastroesophageal reflux, and intestinal obstruction have been demonstrated in CDH survivors. Abnormal esophageal and intestinal innervations were recently found in rats and babies with this disease. Our aim was to further characterize these malformations in embryos and fetal rats e...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Martínez L,Aras-López R,Lancha S,Vallejo-Cremades MT,Pederiva F,XiaoMei L,Tovar JA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate early postoperative results in a case controlled study following clinical use of stem cells in extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA). METHODS:From July 2005 to March 2008, 30 cases of suspected EHBA were divided in two groups in an intervention study. Group A received autologous mononuclear bone marr...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sharma S,Kumar L,Mohanty S,Kumar R,Datta Gupta S,Gupta DK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of esophageal length in long-gap esophageal atresia or obliteration of the esophageal lumen due to stricture may require major operative reconstruction. A number of procedures have been developed to allow anatomic replacement of the esophagus. The gastric transposition requires a single cervical anastomosis a...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Cowles RA,Coran AG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Surgery of the inguinal canal is very common in infancy. Occasionally, injury of the bladder may occur with severe consequences. The aim of this paper was to warn young surgeons of this serious complication. METHODS:During the last 2 years, we observed four cases of bladder injury following surgery on inguinal...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Aloi IP,Lais A,Caione P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the management of cavoatrial extension of nephroblastoma in a developing country. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Of 406 consecutive children with Wilms tumour, 40 (10%) presented with tumour extension into the inferior vena cava (IVC) (30), right atrium or right ventricle and form the inception cohort. Of th...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hadley GP,Sheik-Gafoor MH,Buckels NJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Diagnosis of imperforate anus is usually made shortly after birth with physical examination. Nonetheless, a significant number of patients have presented beyond the neonatal period without recognition of anorectal malformation. We reviewed our experience of anorectal malformations, with particular emphasis on t...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Turowski C,Dingemann J,Gillick J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Since DX/HA was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2001 as an acceptable tissue-augmenting substance for subureteral injection, endoscopic treatment has become increasingly popular for treating vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). However, most paediatric urologists still continue to recommend ureteral rei...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hunziker M,Mohanan N,D'Asta F,Puri P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrocaval ureter is abnormal looping of the proximal ureter behind the inferior vena cava. The aberrant anatomy results in the compression of the ureter causing hydronephrosis. This is a very infrequent cause of hydronephrosis in children. Association of retrocaval ureter with a stone in the looping segment of the ur...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kanojia RP,Bawa M,Handu AT,Naredi BK,Menon P,Rao KL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subclinical varicocele is a relative rare condition. The aim of this study is to identify the role of bioflavonoids in the management of subclinical varicocele. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We analyzed the medical charts of patients treated for subclinical varicocele with bioflavonoids between 1999 and 2004; inclu...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Zampieri N,Pellegrino M,Ottolenghi A,Camoglio FS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to review the complications and growth after proctocolectomy and ileal J-pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) in pediatric ulcerative colitis (UC) patients receiving prolonged steroid therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We experienced 209 patients with UC who received IPAA between September...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Uchida K,Araki T,Inoue M,Otake K,Yoshiyama S,Koike Y,Matsushita K,Okita Y,Miki C,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious condition with a high morbidity and mortality commonly affecting premature babies. Data for the impact of the long-term disease burden in developing countries are limited although poor long-term outcome of surgically managed patients has been shown in terms of inc...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Arnold M,Moore SW,Sidler D,Kirsten GF

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue tumour in children. This is the first time a facial RMS metastatic to the pancreas is reported. The patient was a 3-year-old boy with a symptomatic solitary pancreatic metastasis of a primary facial RMS, with already one relapse in a submental lymph node. Since thi...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Chatzizacharias NA,Lakhoo K

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:With the widespread use of the obstetrical ultrasound, identification of a fetal suprarenal mass has become more common. Most of these masses prove to be congenital neuroblastomas (CNB), but the diagnosis is often confused with other benign lesions and the postnatal management remains to be controversial. METH...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Moon SB,Shin HB,Seo JM,Lee SK

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Partial hepatectomy (PH) can be an inevitable surgical therapy in some conditions, such as hepatic malignancies, trauma or partial liver transplantation. Its capacity for regeneration distinguishes the liver from other essential organs. Regeneration is a complex process involving growth factors, cytokines, tran...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Karaman A,Kirimlioglu H,Tas E,Karadag N,Gülsul C,Fadillioglu E,Demircan M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effects of erythropoietin on the acute phase of esophageal burn damage induced by sodium hydroxide. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A standard esophageal alkaline burn was produced by the application of 10% sodium hydroxide to the distal esophagus in an in vivo...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bakan V,Garipardic M,Okumuş M,Ciralik H,Atli Y,Ozbağ D,Tolun FI

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For esophagus tissue engineering, isolation and proliferation of esophageal epithelial cells (EEC) is a pre-requisite for scaffold seeding to create constructs. The aim of this study was to sort EEC expressing cytokeratin markers and their proliferative subpopulations; also, to investigate the viability of di...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kofler K,Ainoedhofer H,Höllwarth ME,Saxena AK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Congenital primary bladder diverticulum is a rare condition and may present with urinary infection; other forms of presentation are rare. We present a series of infants who presented with urinary retention secondary to large primary bladder diverticulum. METHODS:Seven infants were evaluated for symptoms of low...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Singal AK,Chandrasekharam VV

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The Ncx/Hox11L.1 gene is required for adequate development of enteric neurons in mice and Ncx/Hox11L.1 deficient (Ncx-/-) mice are used as a model for human intestinal neuronal dysplasia (IND) because of similar histopathology (hyperganglionosis), however, some 50% of Ncx-/- mice develop megacolon with a caliber ch...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Kato Y,Miyahara K,Hatano M,Hasegawa Y,Seki T,Frykman PK,Kusafuka J,Lane GJ,Yamataka A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed our clinical experience of using a computer-powered right angle linear cutter (CPRALC) for Collis-Nissen fundoplication (CNF) in three children with gastroesophageal reflux (GER) or failed Nissen associated with short esophagus. Case 1 was a 13-month-old female with persistent GER after type-C esophageal a...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Takahashi T,Okazaki T,Shimotakahara A,Lane GJ,Yamataka A

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：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

abstract：:This review gives an overview of the disease spectrum of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Etiological factors, prenatal predictors of survival, new treatment strategies and long-term morbidity are described. Early recognition of problems and improvement of treatment strategies in CDH patients may increase surviv...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： van den Hout L,Sluiter I,Gischler S,De Klein A,Rottier R,Ijsselstijn H,Reiss I,Tibboel D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The loss of normal anatomic barriers in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) can predispose children to gastroesophageal reflux (GER). In an attempt to improve post-operative feeding, we have added a modified anterior fundoplication to restore natural gastric and esophageal positioning. METHODS:...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Guner YS,Elliott S,Marr CC,Greenholz SK

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Historically, the majority of patients with colonic atresia have been managed by ostomy creation at the time of initial operation; conversely, we have tended to treat the atresia with resection and anastomosis. The purpose of this study is to determine the rate of concomitant Hirschsprung's disease and to ident...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Dassinger M,Jackson R,Smith S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy with a history of esophageal atresia repair received an esophagoesophagostomy at 14 months for a severe refractory anastomotic stricture, which had already required repeated balloon dilation with intralesional dexamethasone injection. Anastomotic leakage and stricture was again evident after the second surgery, ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Hishiki T,Kouchi K,Saito T,Terui K,Sato Y,Mitsunaga T,Nakata M,Yoshida H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-month-old female was referred to the paediatric surgery clinic with a neck swelling in the right supra-clavicular region. This was thought clinically to be cystic hygroma. Pathology showed an ectopic salivary gland. This should be added to the list of differential diagnoses of neck swelling in childhood. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Naguib NN,Hamza AF,Kiberu S,Vali A,Davies DJ,McGowan BA,Izzidien AY

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing incidence of gastroschisis, the cause remains unknown. Genetic factors may contribute to bowel anomalies as demonstrated by cases of gastroschisis in twins and siblings, and other types of bowel anomalies in twins. Atresia of the colon represents one of the rarest causes of neonatal intestinal o...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Saxonhouse MA,Kays DW,Burchfield DJ,Hoover R,Islam S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:to report the early experience with the Kelly procedure for the treatment of bladder exstrophy (BE) in males. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Nine boys with BE were treated at our institute. One had an untouched BE, four had epispadias after neonatal bladder closure, and four were secondary phalloplasties. Data on surgi...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Berrettini A,Castagnetti M,Rigamonti W

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 9-year-old girl with a Mycobacterium tuberculosis inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the left lobe of the liver is reported. The tumor was surgically excised and had histological features diagnostic of IMT, a positive Ziehl-Nielsen staining for acid-fast bacilli and a positive polymerase chain r...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Manolaki N,Vaos G,Zavras N,Sbokou D,Michael C,Syriopoulou V

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 4-year-old boy with a unilateral right-sided Wilms tumor with stromal predominance and teratoid features, which was localized to the kidney and hence, was completely resected. The pediatric surgeon and pathologist, both should be aware of this rare appearance of nephroblastoma so as to avoid ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Gupta R,Sharma A,Arora R,Dinda AK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is the most common congenital neoplasm in neonates. We wished to assess the long-term functional outcome of children undergoing SCT resection. METHODS:Records of neonates diagnosed with SCT from two surgeons' practices, and operated on between 1970 and 2006, were retrospectively r...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Draper H,Chitayat D,Ein SH,Langer JC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of complex minimally invasive surgery in neonates (and infants <5 kg). A systematic search of databases was performed. Inguinal herniotomy and pyloromyotomy were specifically excluded. Various operations were assessed for operative times, conversion rates, complicati...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sinha CK,Paramalingam S,Patel S,Davenport M,Ade-Ajayi N

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes five cases of congenital epulis, a rare and benign swelling in the mouth of a newborn, which is not widely known. We present five cases: four cases presented as single pedunculated nodules of the gingiva and in one case two nodules were present. Of all, 50% were located at the maxilla. Excision ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Küpers AM,Andriessen P,van Kempen MJ,van der Tol IG,Baart JA,Dumans AG,van der Waal I

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic atresia and choledochal cyst are rare congenital abnormalities and there are few cases of their coexistence reported in the literature. We report a case of choledochal cyst and colonic atresia in a term neonate. Our prenatal ultrasonographic and intraoperative findings support the idea that these two entities ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Nijagal A,Ozgediz D,Feldstein VA,Lee H,Harrison MR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is a rare paediatric renal neoplasm. It is a diagnostic challenge to the pathologists due to its close differentials having ominous prognosis. We present three cases of CMN with unusual morphology including evidence of renal dysplasia in one of them. ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bandyopadhyay R,Chatterjee U,Mondal SK,Banerjee S,Chatterjee US

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to test the susceptibility of human hepatoblastoma and neuroblastoma cells to photodynamic diagnostics (PDD) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) as a photosensitizer. METHODS:Cell cultures of human hepatoblastoma (HuH6) and neuroblastoma (MHH-NB-11) ...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Bergmann F,Stepp H,Metzger R,Rolle U,Johansson A,Till H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronological age has not always been an accurate predictor of gut motility in newborns. We hypothesized that the enteric plexus is immature at birth. We studied whole-mount preparations of the myenteric plexus in pigs from mid-point of gestation to adulthood. METHODS:Distal large bowel whole-mount preparation...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Sri Paran T,Rolle U,Puri P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neuroblastoma is a biological, genetic and morphological heterogeneous tumor with a variable clinical course. NCAM is a cell adhesion molecule belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily with structural similarities to cell adhesion molecule L1. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of NCAM in n...

journal_title：Pediatric surgery international

authors： Wachowiak R,Rawnaq T,Metzger R,Quaas A,Fiegel H,Kähler N,Rolle U,Izbicki JR,Kaifi J,Till H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00