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Outcomes of pediatric pilonidal disease treatment: excision with off-midline flap reconstruction versus endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment

Abstract Purpose Pilonidal disease (PD) is marked by chronic inflammation and frequent recurrence which can decrease quality of life. However,...

📅 Jan 31, 2024 articles
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Patient-Centered Surgical Care for Children in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) - A Systematic Scoping Review of the Literature

Studies exploring patient-centered care (PCC) in pediatric surgery have been disproportionately concentrated in high-income countries. This review...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Adaptation, Translation, and Validation of a Patient-Reported Experience Measure for Children and Young People for the Canadian Context

Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) evaluate children's and young people's (CYP) perceptions of care. An important PREM developed with...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Outcomes of Premature Infants With Type C Esophageal Atresia

To review the outcomes of premature patients with type C esophageal atresia (EA).

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Invited Commentary on ChatGPT: What Every Pediatric Surgeon Should Know About Its Potential Uses and Pitfalls

Adoption of artificial intelligence tools, including ChatGPT and similar large language models (LLMs), is occurring on a massive scale by the...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Dysregulation of CITED2 in abnormal lung development in the nitrofen rat model

Abstract Purpose CITED2 both modulates lung, heart and diaphragm development. The role of CITED2 in the pathogenesis of congenital diaphragmatic...

1 listens 📅 Jan 31, 2024 articles
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Predictors of Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Limited data exists regarding the mortality of very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). This study aims...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders in Individuals With Gastrointestinal Congenital Surgical Anomalies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Studies examining functional outcomes and health-related quality of life for patients with congenital surgical anomalies (CSA) are increasingly...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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The Canadian Pediatric Surgery Workforce: A 10-year Prospective Assessment

The Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons launched a 10-year prospective assessment of the Canadian pediatric surgery workforce and training...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Transurachal Catheter for Management of Difficult Catheterization in Anorectal Malformations: A Novel Technique

Urinary tract drainage is necessary to facilitate the maneuver in laparoscopic-assisted anorectoplasty (LAARP). Male patients with Anorectal...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Improving Pediatric Trauma Education by Teaching Non-technical Skills: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Pediatric trauma is a significant cause of child mortality, and the absence of non-technical skills (NTS) among health providers is linked with...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes and Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

To study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on traumatic brain injury (TBI) patient demographic, clinical and trauma related characteristics, and...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Introduction of a Warming Bundle to Reduce Hypothermia in Neonatal Surgical Patients

Hypothermia in the neonatal surgical population has been linked with significant morbidity and mortality. Our goal was to decrease intra and...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Biliary atresia: the development, pathological features, and classification of the bile duct

Abstract Biliary atresia is an occlusive biliary disease involving intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. Its etiology and pathogenesis are...

1 listens 📅 Jan 30, 2024 articles
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Risk Factors for Infection in Neonates With Intestinal Failure

Neonates with intestinal failure (IF) are at risk for infection due to central venous access, and intestinal surgery. Infection can cause systemic...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Outcomes After Pectus Excavatum Repair: Center Volume Matters

Pectus excavatum (Pectus) repair may be offered for those with significant cardiopulmonary compromise or severe cosmetic defects. The influence of...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Risk Factors for Preoperative Pneumothorax in Neonates With Isolated Left-Sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: An International Cohort Study

We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with isolated left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) who...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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A Social Media Blueprint – Understanding What Makes the Optimal Social Media Account for Paediatric Surgical Families

Social media is one of the most common sources of information for parents seeking information on their child's health. The purpose of this study...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Improper Restraint Use in Fatal Pediatric Motor Vehicle Collisions

Motor vehicle collisions (MVC) are the second leading cause of death in children and adolescents, but appropriate restraint use remains...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Increased Elastase and Matrix Metalloproteinase Levels in the Pulmonary Arteries of Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) complicated with pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a leading cause of mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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The Aging Surgeon: Planning for Retirement Across All Stages of One's Surgical Career

Most surgeons view their work as their persona: “what and who I am.” What could be more rewarding, or more challenging, than a career in surgery?...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Can Inguinal Hernia be a Negative Consequence of Human Evolution?

Surgical repair of inguinal hernia is the most frequently performed procedure in children [1]. Despite the well-established facts regarding this...

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Efficacy of Bleomycin-Lauromacrogol Foam in Pediatric Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformations With and Without Intracapsular Hemorrhage

Sclerotherapy is purportedly less effective in patients with hemorrhagic than with non-hemorrhagic lymphatic malformations (LMs). We aimed to...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Limited English Proficiency can Negatively Impact Disease/Treatment in Children With Cancer Compared to Those Who are English Proficient-an Institutional Study

In 2013, 25.5 million people in the United States self-identified as having limited English proficiency (LEP). LEP in adults has been associated...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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The 54th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons

The 54th annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (CAPS) was held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Technical Considerations in Surgical Resection of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors

Abdominal metastatic disease is a nearly universal feature of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor. The presence of this large tumor burden can be...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Letter to the Editor in Response to: Comparing Efficacy of Different Regional Analgesia Methods for Pediatric Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

With great interest we read the recent article by Mannava and colleagues [1], which compared postoperative analgesic efficacy of transversus...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Neurodevelopmental impairment following surgical necrotizing enterocolitis with gestational age ≥ 28 weeks: who is at risk?

Abstract Purpose Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe medical condition that, even after surgery, a portion of the survival...

📅 Jan 29, 2024 articles
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Chest drains after open paediatric lung resections: not always required

Abstract Introduction Chest drains are often a great source of pain and anxiety in paediatric patients. While there is growing evidence to support...

1 listens 📅 Jan 27, 2024 articles
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Mental Health Outcomes of Mothers of Children With Congenital Gastrointestinal Anomalies Are Similar to Control Mothers: A Longitudinal Retrospective Cohort Study

Mothers of infants born with congenital gastrointestinal surgical anomalies experience a unique caregiving role. Whether these challenges result...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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Validation of the predictive model for operative intervention after blunt abdominal trauma in children with equivocal computed tomography findings: a multi-institutional study

Abstract Background We recently developed a preliminary predictive model identifying clinical and radiologic factors associated with the need for...

📅 Jan 26, 2024 articles
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Letter to the Editor in response to: Immediate Versus Delayed Surgical Management of Cryptorchidism in Newborns With Gastroschisis

We read with interest the article by Ramsey and Colleagues entitled “Immediate versus delayed surgical management of infant cryptorchidism with...

📅 Mar 28, 2024 articles
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The Timing of Surgery for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Infants, on or after Weaning from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Meta-Analysis

Objectives We conducted a meta-analysis of trials to determine the optimal time to conduct surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in...

1 listens 📅 Mar 30, 2024 articles
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Evaluation of Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty with Spongioplasty–Dartosoraphy Reinforcement in Pediatric Hypospadias: A Randomized Controlled Study

Introduction The original description of tubularized incised plate urethroplasty (TIPU) was provided by Snodgrass in 1994. The results were...

📅 Mar 30, 2024 articles
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Hirschsprung disease: a cost analysis study of the direct, indirect costs and financial coping strategies for the surgical management in Western Uganda

Abstract Background Surgical management of Hirschsprung disease (HD) in low- and middle-income countries is typically a staged procedure,...

📅 Jan 22, 2024 articles
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High incidence of EDNRB gene mutation in seven southern Chinese familial cases with Hirschsprung’s disease

Abstract Purpose Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR) is the leading cause of neonatal functional intestinal obstruction, which has been identified in...

📅 Jan 23, 2024 articles
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