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Effects of Virtual Reality Distraction on Pain, Stress, and Heart Rate during Pediatric Ingrown Toenail Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Immersive virtual reality (VR) shows efficacy in reducing pediatric procedural pain and stress, yet studies remain heterogeneous and conflate...

Mitrofanoff procedure in children: use of the appendix and VQZ plasty seems to minimize complications

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Enhancing transparency in postoperative complication reporting: The Azizoglu–Pederiva complication–classification diagram within the Clavien–Madadi framework

To standardize reporting, the Clavien–Dindo classification, introduced in 2004, has become the most widely used system, and has been validated...

‘Impact of a Regional Damage Control Surgery Pathway on Time to Surgery for Neonates with Severe Necrotising Enterocolitis. A prospective cohort study.’

In the UK, published time from diagnosis of perforation to surgery for babies with Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC) was 23·5 hours. We aimed to...

Letter to the Editor: Integrating Mental Health Screening into Pediatric Trauma Care

I would like to commend the authors of the article "Beyond Physical Injury: Routine Screening for Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress...

Beyond cloacal malformation. Addressing unclassifiable complexity

Cloacal malformations are a spectrum of complex congenital anomalies traditionally classified by common channel length, urethral length, Müllerian...

Internal anal sphincter achalasia in chronic functional constipation in children: A myth rather than reality

Internal anal sphincter achalasia (IASA) is characterised by chronic constipation and it is diagnosed based on an absent rectoanal inhibitory...

Explainable AI: Ethical Frameworks, Bias, and the Necessity for Benchmarks

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into pediatric healthcare, offering opportunities to improve diagnostic accuracy and...

Post Operative Anal Dilatations for the Prevention of Anal Strictures in Children With Anorectal Malformation: A Systematic Review

Jessica Taranto ∙ Isabel C. Hagemanb,d ∙ Misel Trajanovsk ∙ Suzanne Jackson-Fleurus ∙ Fiona Newall ∙ Sebastian K. KingBackground Routine post...

The Use of Laryngeal Mask Airway Versus Endotracheal Intubation in Pediatric Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Emily L. Weisberg, Benjamin J. Pieters, Meredith S. Elman, Cory J. Nonnemacher, Janelle Noel-MacDonnell, Tolulope A. OyetunjiBackground A...

Local Infrastructure and Economy Predicts Traffic Related Fatalities in Children

Zane J. Hellmann ∙ Elena Graetz ∙ Shahyan Rehman ∙ Miranda Moore ∙ Eric B. Schneider ∙ Emily R. Christison-Lagay ∙ Daniel G. SolomonPurpose...

A Modified Delphi Study to Build Consensus on Pediatric-Specific Trauma Quality Indicators

Bailey K. Roberts ∙ Brendan T. Campbell ∙ Aaron R. Jensen ∙ Mauricio A. Escobar ∙ Regan F. Williams ∙ Avery Nathensf∙ Randall S. Burd ∙ Christian...

Letter to editor: Two-stage Fowler-Stephens orchidopexy in management of undescended testes: Is it time for a change? A UK multi-centre retrospective study

I thank the authors for their honest reporting of the outcomes of two stage Fowler Stephen (FS) orchidopexy for intraabdominal testis across six...

Neurodevelopmental disorders in children with congenital abdominal wall defects: a national population-based study

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International survey on the management of pectus excavatum: is there a consensus?

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Androgen receptor expression in the foreskin of children born with hypospadias: a systematic review

Correction: Reoperation related to Roux-en-Y jejunal limb after hepaticojejunostomy of choledochal cyst

Letter to the editor: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in neonates with congenital renal failure

Vincent et al. offers insight into ECMO use among neonates with congenital renal failure (CRF) [1]. However, several issues deserved further discussion.

Management of perianal abscesses in infants: A systematic review from the APSA Outcomes and Evidence-Based Practice Committee

Management of infant perianal disease, including perianal abscess and fistula-in- ano (FIA), remains controversial. There is lack of consensus...

Assesment of factors affecting outcome of Mini-PCNL by single-shot dilatation in Pediatric Patients

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Lessons in patient-centered care and perioperative practices for children with neurodivergent conditions

Neurodiversity is a term used to encompass the different ways in which a person's brain processes and interprets information and the associated...

Effect of a Pediatric Surgeon’s Primarily Performed Technique on Inguinal Hernia Recurrence Rates: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

To investigate the effect of surgeons’ preferred repair technique for pediatric inguinal hernia repair (IHR) -laparoscopic versus open- on hernia...

Perinatal prognostic factors of recurrence or functional sequelae in neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma, and implications for prenatal counselling: a multicenter retrospective study.

With an estimated prevalence of 1/40,000-1/10,000 births and a sex ratio of four female for one male [1–3], sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is the...

Is obesity a protective factor in pediatric trauma? A retrospective review in a tertiary trauma centre over the decade

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Parental attitudes to neoanus dilatations post-reconstruction in anorectal malformations (PANDA) study

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Postoperative complications following surgery for congenital hyperinsulinism and insulinomas in pediatric patients

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Silent messengers in the nano-world: Harnessing extracellular vesicles as theranostic tools for neonatal surgical conditions

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer-enclosed nanoparticles secreted by all cells that mediate intercellular communication by...

THE EFFECT OF AGE AND SYMPTOM DURATION ON THE ACCURACY OF TWIST SCORE FOR TESTICULAR TORSION IN BOYS

To study the effect of age and duration of symptoms on accuracy of TWIST score in diagnosing testicular torsion (TT) in boys presenting with acute...

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of anterior anus in female infants: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

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Comparison of efficacy and outcome of different management strategies for pancreatic pseudocysts in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pancreatic pseudocysts (PPC) are uncommon in children, and there is currently no consensus on their optimal management. This systematic review and...

Thoracoscopic internal traction for long-gap esophageal atresia: outcomes, challenges, and complications

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Outcome of Esophageal Atresia: What choice of suture material?

Esophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital esophageal malformation frequently associated with a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). The treatment relies...

Pooling one study is not a meta-analysis

Transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy without pneumoperitoneum in children: Feasibility and outcomes from a single center

Transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy (TULAA) is a minimally invasive technique for pediatric acute appendicitis. While most TULAA...

Letter to the Editor “Application and Evaluation of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging in Pediatric Testicular Torsion Surgery”

We read with great interest the recent article “Application and Evaluation of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging in Pediatric Testicular...

Multi-port laparoscopic versus single-site robotic with DaVinci Xi® elective cholecystectomy in adolescents: A single center 5-year review

Previous studies in adults have shown similar outcomes between single-site robotic-assisted cholecystectomy (RA-C) and multi-port...