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Factors Associated with Postoperative Opioid Use in Adolescents

We aimed to identify factors associated with postoperative prescription opioid use in adolescents.

Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the surgical treatment of vesicoureteral reflux in children

Abstract Background To determine the utility of contrast-enhanced voiding urography (CeVUS) in the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)...

Patent processus vaginalis: role of ultrasound in pediatric population with unilateral inguinal hernia and other predictors

Abstract Introduction Inguinal hernia (IH) repair is a common procedure in the daily practice of pediatric surgeons. In a developing country with...

Diaphragmatic hernia repair porcine model to compare the performance of biodegradable membranes against Gore-Tex®

Abstract Background Patch repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) using Gore-Tex® is associated with infection, adhesions, hernia...

Generation of human gastric assembloids from primary fetal organoids

Abstract Purpose Understanding human gastric epithelium homeostasis remains partial, motivating the exploration of innovative in vitro models....

Potential mechanisms underlying the effect of hepatocyte growth factor on liver injury in short bowel syndrome model rats

Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the autophagy associated with apoptosis in hepatic damage in the short bowel...

Premalignant/malignant histology in excised choledochal cyst specimens from children. Experience and literature review

Abstract Background Dysplasia, carcinoma in situ, and other malignant transformation or premalignant/malignant histopathology (PMMH) seem uncommon...

Ostomy Management for Pediatric Perianal Crohn's Disease

Pediatric patients with perianal Crohn's Disease (CD) suffer recalcitrant fistulas, abscesses, and strictures. Fecal diversion is a palliative...

Psychosocial Outcomes of Parents of Children with Hirschsprung Disease Beyond Early Childhood

The lifelong impact of Hirschsprung disease (HD) upon children and their families is increasingly well recognized. Parental psychosocial wellbeing...

Pediatric Patients as a Source of Bias in Joseph Lister's Study of Antisepsis

Joseph Lister's (1827–1912) use of carbolic acid to prevent wound infection in open fractures of the extremities (1865) provided a basic science...

The Safety and Efficacy of Early Enteral Nutrition After Paediatric Enterostomy Closure - The EPOC Study

Keeping children nil by mouth until return of bowel function after intestinal anastomosis surgery is said to reduce complications. Fasting may...

Risk factors for and developmental relation of delayed oral nutrition in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Abstract Purpose To identify risk factors for delayed oral nutrition in infants with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and its impact on...

Response to a comment regarding ‘Perianal abscess in children: an evaluation of microbiological etiology and the effectiveness of antibiotics’

The “cut and push” method of removing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube is not safe in paediatric patients

Abstract Purpose A “cut and push” (CP) approach has been described in the literature for removal of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)...

Comparison of robotic assistance and laparoscopy for pediatric choledochal cyst: advantages of robotic assistance

Abstract Aim Surgery for pediatric choledochal cyst (CC), complete excision (CE), and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy anastomosis (HJA) can be...

A novel mouse model of intestinal neuronal dysplasia: visualization of the enteric nervous system

Abstract Purpose Intestinal neuronal dysplasia (IND) is a congenital anomaly affecting gastrointestinal neural innervation, but the pathogenesis...

The impact of the recipient intestinal site on the differentiation of transplanted enteric neural crest cells

Abstract Purpose It has long been established that the failure of enteric neural crest cells (ENCCs) to colonize the entire gut results in...

Prednisolone administration monitored by postoperative stool color achieves high jaundice clearance after laparoscopic portoenterostomy for biliary atresia

Abstract Purpose Stool color (SC) for monitoring prednisolone use in biliary atresia (BA) patients after laparoscopic portoenterostomy (LPE) was...

Characterization of the congenital diaphragmatic hernia model in C57BL/6J fetal mice: a step toward lineage tracing experiments

Abstract Purpose Lineage tracing is key to study the fate of individual cells and their progeny especially in developmental biology. To conduct...

Preoperative Risk Factors and Postoperative Complications of COVID-Positive Children Requiring Urgent or Emergent Surgical Care

Preoperative COVID-19 testing protocols were widely implemented for children requiring surgery, leading to increased resource consumption and many...

Fish: A Promising Screening Tool for Malignancy After Augmentation Cystoplasty?

Malignancy after augmentation cystoplasty (AC) is reported up to 5.5 %. We assessed the use of urine fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)...

The evidence mismatch in pediatric surgical practice

Abstract Purpose Outpatient pediatric surgical practice often involves conditions of limited morbidity but significant parental concern. We...

Mortality and neurodevelopmental outcomes in very low birth weight infants with esophageal atresia

Abstract Purpose Very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs) have been thought as risk of bad outcomes in the patients with esophageal atresia (EA)....

Fetal ascites in cloacal malformations—a red flag

Abstract Introduction Cloacal malformation is a rare anomaly that remains a diagnostic challenge prenatally, despite the current advances in...

Letter to the Editor: Alternative Stomal Closure Technique

We read the recently published article by Ameer et al. comparing outcomes of purse-string and conventional linear closure techniques for stoma...

Pilot bowel management program at Mbarara Hospital, Uganda

Abstract Purpose Children with Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) and anorectal malformations (ARM) may benefit from a bowel management program (BMP) to...

Anti-inflammatory effects of antenatal administration of stem cell derived extracellular vesicles in the brain of rat fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Abstract Purpose Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) survivors may experience neurodevelopmental impairment, whose etiology remains elusive....

The Effect of Steroids on Prenatally Diagnosed Lung Lesions

Open fetal resection for large lung lesions has virtually been replaced by maternal steroid administration. Despite this paradigm shift, little is...

Association Between Common Empiric Antibiotic Regimens and Clostridioides Difficile Infection in Pediatric Appendicitis

Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) is a serious antibiotic related complication that has been reported among children undergoing treatment...

Use of the Kono-S anastomosis in pediatric Crohn’s disease: a single-institution experience

Abstract Objectives About 24% of children with Crohn’s Disease (CD) require surgery. In 2003, Kono et al. described a novel anastomosis reported...

Robotic-assisted vs. Laparoscopic Heller's Myotomy for Achalasia in Children

Robotic-assisted Heller-Dor procedure has been proposed as an alternative minimally invasive approach to traditional laparoscopy for the treatment...

Preliminary Experience with Continuous Submucosal Anastomosis in Small-Diameter Hepaticojejunostomy during Single-Port Laparoscopic Choledochal Cyst Surgery in Children

Purpose Hepaticojejunostomy anastomosis (HJA) is the most challenging aspect in single-port laparoscopic choledochal cystectomy and Roux-en-Y...

Surgical approach to penile reconstruction for shaft skin excision from circumcision

Correction to: Flow cytometric characterization of cecal appendix lymphocyte subpopulations in children: a pilot study

Pleural drainage vs video-assisted thoracoscopic debridement in children affected by pleural empyema

Abstract Background Both thoracic drainage and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) are available treatment for pleural empyema in pediatric...

Standardization of Antibiotic Management and Reduction of Opioid Prescribing in Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Appendicitis is one of the most common pediatric surgical procedures in the United States. However, wide variation remains in antibiotic...