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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Aspirating Patients.

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Aspirating Patients.

OBJECTIVES: Oropharyngeal dysphagia and aspiration may occur in infants and children. Currently, there is wide practice variation regarding when...

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Efficacy of antireflux surgery in children with or without neurological impairment: a systematic review.

Efficacy of antireflux surgery in children with or without neurological impairment: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND: Antireflux surgery is commonly performed in children, yet evidence for its efficacy is limited. The aim of this review was to...

1 listens 📅 Apr 09, 2020 articles
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Single-site retroperitoneoscopy in pediatric metastatic lymphadenopathy

AbstractBackgroundRetroperitoneoscopic surgery (RS) is increasingly used for the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of solid tumors, but rarely in...

📅 Apr 08, 2020 articles
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Congenital short bowel syndrome: systematic review of a rare condition

AbstractBackgroundCongenital short bowel syndrome (CSBS) is a rare gastrointestinal disorder caused by intrauterine reduction of small bowel...

📅 Apr 08, 2020 articles
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Gastroschisis prevalence substantially decreased from 2009 through 2018 after a 3-fold increase from 1997 to 2008

AbstractBackground/PurposeGastroschisis incidence increased 300% in the United States from 1998 to 2013. We sought to assess trends in...

📅 Apr 08, 2020 articles
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A pitfall of using general equivalence mappings to estimate national trends of surgical utilization for pediatric patients

AbstractBackgroundGeneral equivalence mappings (GEMs) were developed to facilitate a transition from International Classification of Diseases,...

📅 Apr 08, 2020 articles
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US decennial census: Why the pediatric surgical community should be invested

The views expressed in this letter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of...

📅 Apr 08, 2020 articles
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Correspondence from Northern Italy about our experience with COVID-19

Facing the emergency of COVID-19 in one of the first red zones in Italy, we would like to remark about the significant impact that this infection...

📅 Apr 08, 2020 articles
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Clinical guideline for retained button batteries.

Clinical guideline for retained button batteries.

OBJECTIVE: To design a clinical guideline for the emergency management of retained button batteries (RBBs) through analysis of UK National Health...

📅 Apr 07, 2020 articles
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History of WOFAPS (1963–2019)

Abstract The formation of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgery (WOFAPS) was an important unifying force in the emergence of...

📅 Apr 07, 2020 articles
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Do social circumstances dictate a change in the setup of an anorectal malformation clinic?

AbstractBackground/PurposeTo assess the number of patients seen at the colorectal clinic of a low-to-middle income-country with emphasis on their...

📅 Apr 06, 2020 articles
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Severity of Pectus Excavatum is a Risk Factor for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax.

Severity of Pectus Excavatum is a Risk Factor for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between bleb formation, primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) and...

📅 Apr 05, 2020 articles
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Human skin-derived precursor cells xenografted in aganglionic bowel

AbstractPurposeOne in 5000 newborns is diagnosed with Hirschsprung disease each year in the United States. The potential of employing neural crest...

📅 Apr 04, 2020 articles
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Is Mother's Own Milk Lactoferrin Intake Associated with Reduced Neonatal Sepsis, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and Death?

Is Mother's Own Milk Lactoferrin Intake Associated with Reduced Neonatal Sepsis, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and Death?

INTRODUCTION: Lactoferrin (LF) is a protective protein present in milk with anti-infective and immune-modulating properties. OBJECTIVES: The aim...

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Is thoracoscopic esophageal atresia repair safe in the presence of cardiac anomalies?

AbstractBackgroundEsophageal atresia (EA) is often associated with congenital heart disease (CHD). Repair of EA by the thoracoscopic approach...

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Validation of a venous thromboembolism prediction algorithm for pediatric trauma: A National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) analysis

AbstractPurposeWe sought to validate a risk model to predict venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pediatric trauma through an analysis of a...

📅 Apr 02, 2020 articles
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Current Image-Guided Interventions in Pediatric Surgery

Traditionally, surgical technique has not included imaging modalities. Image guidance had largely been left to radiology specialties. However, in...

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Is the Laparotomy Here to Stay? A Review of the Disadvantages of Laparoscopy

Minimally invasive procedures have seen increasing utilization in the pediatric patient population since the 1990s. Most thoracic and abdominal...

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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A Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed for Pediatric Patients in Ghana

Introduction Currently, there are no existing benchmarks for evaluating a nation's pediatric surgical capacity in terms of met and unmet needs....

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Temporal trends in patient characteristics, injury mechanisms and outcomes in pediatric trauma admissions between 2010 and 2017.

Temporal trends in patient characteristics, injury mechanisms and outcomes in pediatric trauma admissions between 2010 and 2017.

INTRODUCTION: Injuries are a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in children. Mechanisms of injuries and presentations are...

📅 Apr 01, 2020 articles
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Performance Assessment - The Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes of Surgical Performance

Publication date: Available online 1 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): Monica A. Farcas, Georges Azzie

📅 Apr 02, 2020 articles
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Corrigendum to “Disparities in Pediatric Gonadal Torsion: Does Gender, Race and Insurance Status Affect Outcomes?” [J Pediatr Surgery. 2018 Jul;53(7):1392-1395]

The authors regret that the above article, upon revision, was submitted omitting one of the key authors. We thereby request an erratum and...

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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The Application of Simulation-based Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; The Myanmar Experience

Publication date: Available online 3 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): O.O. Yin Mar, R.M. Nataraja

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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The history of surgery for esophageal atresia

AbstractUntil the successful repair of esophageal atresia (EA) and distal tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) in 1941 by Cameron Haight of Ann Arbor,...

📅 Apr 01, 2020 articles
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Achieving Expert Performance through Simulation-based Education and Application of Mastery Learning Principles

Publication date: Available online 2 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): Katherine A. Barsness

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Laparoscopic-guided versus transincisional rectus sheath block for pediatric single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A randomized controlled trial

AbstractPurposeThe purpose of our study was to compare the effectiveness of transincisional (TI) versus laparoscopic-guided (LG) rectus sheath...

📅 Apr 01, 2020 articles
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Incidence of recurrent intussusception in young children: A nationwide readmissions analysis

AbstractBackground/PurposeRecurrent intussusception following successful nonoperative reduction has previously been reported with a frequency of...

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Principles and Theory of Surgical Education

Publication date: Available online 2 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): Simon Blackburn

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Working with underperformance in surgical training: educational strategies for supervisors

Publication date: Available online 3 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): M. Bearman

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Simulated participant methodology in paediatric surgical training: Exploring contemporary practices

Publication date: Available online 1 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): D Nestel, D Ljuhar, Gamble A

📅 Apr 02, 2020 articles
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Development and assessment of a simulation-based curriculum in pediatric surgical education: Conventional wisdom and lessons learned from the national training program in France

Publication date: Available online 2 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): J. Breaud, G. Azzie

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Simulation-based Acquisition of Non-technical Skills to Improve Patient safety

Publication date: Available online 3 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): A. Lynch

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Corrigendum to “Risk factors for recurrence and contralateral inguinal hernia after laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure for pediatric inguinal hernia” [J Pediatr Surg 52 (2017) 371–321]

The Editorial Office regrets that Table 2 was incorrectly submitted for this manuscript.

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Emerging Technology and Their Application to Paediatric Surgical Training

Publication date: Available online 2 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): Damir Ljuhar, Alexander T. Gibbons, Todd A. Ponsky,...

📅 Apr 03, 2020 articles
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Simulation-based Education for Paediatric Surgeons: Does it Really Improve Technical Skills?

Publication date: Available online 1 April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryAuthor(s): Maurizio Pacilli, Simon A. Clarke

📅 Apr 02, 2020 articles
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Publication date: April 2020Source: Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, Volume 29, Issue 2Author(s):

📅 May 16, 2020 articles
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