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Quality of life and defecative function 10 years or longer after posterior sagittal anorectoplasty and laparoscopic-assisted anorectal pull-through for anorectal malformation

Abstract Purpose In our center, patients with anorectal malformation, including males with recto-vesical (RV)/recto-bladder neck...

📅 Dec 17, 2019 articles
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Simulation-based training is associated with lower risk-adjusted mortality in ACS pediatric TQIP centers.

Simulation-based training is associated with lower risk-adjusted mortality in ACS pediatric TQIP centers.

BACKGROUND: Although use of simulation-based team training for pediatric trauma resuscitation has increased, its impact on patient outcomes has...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Practice patterns in imaging guidance for ECMO cannulation: A survey of the American Pediatric Surgical Association

AbstractBackgroundSurgeon-specific variations in pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cannulation technique are not well...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Intermediate and long-term outcomes of a bowel management program for children with severe constipation or fecal incontinence

AbstractPurposeWe sought to examine the long-term clinical success rates of a bowel management program (BMP) for children with severe constipation...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Scientific solution to a complex problem: physiology and multidisciplinary team improve understanding and outcome in chronic constipation and faecal incontinence

Abstract Purpose There is a lack of diagnostic credibility to direct focused management for children with chronic constipation (CC) and faecal...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Ovarian tumors in children: how common are lesion recurrence and metachronous disease? A UK CCLG Surgeons Cancer Group nationwide study

AbstractBackgroundOvarian tumors in children are rare, mature teratoma being the most common histological entity. Robust guidelines to aid patient...

4 listens 📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Computed tomography scans prior to transfer to a pediatric trauma center: Transfer time effects, neurosurgical interventions, and practice variability.

Computed tomography scans prior to transfer to a pediatric trauma center: Transfer time effects, neurosurgical interventions, and practice variability.

BACKGROUND: Many nontrauma centers perform computed tomography (CT) on injured children prior to transfer to a pediatric trauma center (PTC), but...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Nonoperative treatment for nonperforated appendicitis in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children. Nonoperative treatment of nonperforated acute appendicitis in...

📅 Dec 14, 2019 articles
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Should we be checking gastric residuals in premature infants?

Should we be checking gastric residuals in premature infants?

Stay Current and APSA team up in this new series! In these videos, we will discuss need-to-know articles selected by different APSA committees. In...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 videos
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Should we be checking gastric residuals in premature infants?

Should we be checking gastric residuals in premature infants?

Stay Current and APSA team up in this new series! In these videos, we will discuss need-to-know articles selected by different APSA committees. In...

12 listens 📅 Dec 14, 2019 videos
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Age-related mortality in abusive head trauma.

Age-related mortality in abusive head trauma.

BACKGROUND: Abusive head trauma (AHT) peaks during early infancy and decreases in toddler years. Infants and toddlers experience different...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Defining the critical pediatric surgical workforce density for improving surgical outcomes: a global study

AbstractPurposeLow- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have only 19% of the global surgical workforce yet see 80% of worldwide deaths from...

1 listens 📅 Dec 13, 2019 articles
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Intramural Injection of Botulinum Toxin A in Surgical Treatment of a Long Gap Esophageal Atresia—Rat Model

Introduction Anastomosis with minimal tension is desirable in long-gap esophageal atresia. Prior studies in piglets showed that intraesophageal...

📅 Dec 20, 2019 articles
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Preliminary Use of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Angiography and Value in Predicting the Vascular Supply of Tissues Needed to Perform Cloacal, Anorectal Malformation, and Hirschsprung Reconstructions

Introduction Reconstructive techniques for cloaca, anorectal malformations (ARM), and Hirschsprung disease (HD) may require intestinal flaps on...

1 listens 📅 Dec 20, 2019 articles
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The value of failure to rescue in determining hospital quality for pediatric trauma.

The value of failure to rescue in determining hospital quality for pediatric trauma.

BACKGROUND: In adult trauma patients, high- and low-mortality trauma hospitals have similar rates of major complications but differ based on...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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The safety and efficacy of using negative pressure incisional wound VACs in pediatric and neonatal patients

AbstractBackgroundSurgical site infection (SSI) rates are an important surgical quality metric. Decreased SSI rates have been demonstrated using...

📅 Dec 12, 2019 articles
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Natural Orifice Endoluminal Technique (NOEL) for the Management of Congenital Duodenal Membranes

AbstractPurposeCongenital Partial Duodenal Obstruction (CPDO) caused by membranes/webs/diaphragms has traditionally been managed by open or...

1 listens 📅 Dec 12, 2019 articles
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Risk factors for the development of medical stress syndrome following surgical intervention

AbstractBackgroundPediatric surgical procedures involve traumatic stress that may cause psychological distress, leading to decreased adherence to...

📅 Dec 12, 2019 articles
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North American pediatric surgery fellows' preparedness for humanitarian surgery

AbstractIntroductionThe overwhelming burden of pediatric surgical need in humanitarian settings has prompted mutual interest between humanitarian...

📅 Dec 12, 2019 articles
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Who Hurts More? A Multicenter Prospective Study of In-Hospital Opioid Use in Pediatric Trauma Patients in the Midwest.

Who Hurts More? A Multicenter Prospective Study of In-Hospital Opioid Use in Pediatric Trauma Patients in the Midwest.

BACKGROUND: Despite increased national attention on misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids for adolescents and children, little is...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Minimally Invasive Laryngoscopically Assisted Management of an Enlarging...

Minimally Invasive Laryngoscopically Assisted Management of an Enlarging...

This video appears in a new pediatric surgery textbook, Clinical Pediatric Surgery: A Case-Based Interactive Approach," by Dr. Sherif Emil. The...

11 listens 📅 Dec 10, 2019 videos
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Minimally Invasive Laryngoscopically Assisted Management of an Enlarging...

Minimally Invasive Laryngoscopically Assisted Management of an Enlarging...

This video appears in a new pediatric surgery textbook, Clinical Pediatric Surgery: A Case-Based Interactive Approach," by Dr. Sherif Emil. The...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 videos
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Serum MMP-7 in the Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia.

Serum MMP-7 in the Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia.

BACKGROUND: The overlapping features of biliary atresia (BA) and other neonatal cholestasis with alternative causes (non-BA) have posed challenges...

📅 Dec 16, 2019 articles
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Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis in children treated at US children's hospitals

AbstractBackgroundThe incidence of and risk factors for Hirschsprung's-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) following pull-through have been limited to...

📅 Dec 10, 2019 articles
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Pediatric Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Evidence, Barriers, and Best Practices.

Severe obesity among youth is an "epidemic within an epidemic" and portends a shortened life expectancy for today's children compared with those...

1 listens 📅 Dec 09, 2019 articles
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Short-term parent reported recovery following open and laparoscopic fundoplication

AbstractBackgroundIt is assumed that children recover faster after laparoscopic (LF) than after open fundoplication (OF). As this has not been...

📅 Dec 09, 2019 articles
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Open versus thoracoscopic thymectomy for juvenile myasthenia gravis

AbstractBackgroundJuvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is an antibody mediated autoimmune disorder that manifests as progressive voluntary muscle...

1 listens 📅 Dec 09, 2019 articles
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Thoracoscopic aortopexy for symptomatic tracheobronchomalacia

AbstractAimSymptomatic tracheobronchomalacia can be fatal. Successful treatment includes aortopexy. We report outcomes of the thoracoscopic...

📅 Dec 09, 2019 articles
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Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Pediatric Patients With Severe Obesity.

Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Pediatric Patients With Severe Obesity.

Severe obesity affects the health and well-being of millions of children and adolescents in the United States and is widely considered to be an...

2 listens 📅 Dec 09, 2019 articles
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Suspected appendicitis pathway continues to lower CT rates in children two years after implementation.

Suspected appendicitis pathway continues to lower CT rates in children two years after implementation.

BACKGROUND: We implemented a protocol to evaluate pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis using ultrasound as the initial imaging modality....

📅 Dec 09, 2019 articles
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History of Pediatric Surgery

History of Pediatric Surgery

An interactive discussion between Todd Ponsky, MD and Don Nakayama, MD about the history of pediatric surgery, specifically the evolution of the...

24 listens 📅 Dec 30, 2020 podcasts
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Modified open technique for laparoscopic gastrostomy tube placement results in more leakage post operatively than Seldinger technique.

Modified open technique for laparoscopic gastrostomy tube placement results in more leakage post operatively than Seldinger technique.

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic gastrostomy tube (GT) placement is a common procedure and frequent cause of morbidity. Some surgeons perform a Seldinger...

9 listens 📅 Dec 06, 2019 articles
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The effect of diversion on readmission following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in children

AbstractBackgroundReadmission rates as high as 20% have been reported after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) in children, with obstruction and...

📅 Dec 06, 2019 articles
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Pectus Excavatum Pathway

Pectus Excavatum Pathway

Dr. Rebeccah L. Brown discusses the clinical care pathway for patients with pectus excavatum in place at Cincinnati Children's Chest Wall Center.

2 listens 📅 Dec 06, 2019 videos
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Donor mesenchymal stem cell kinetics after transamniotic stem cell therapy (TRASCET) in a rodent model of gastroschisis

AbstractPurposeWe sought to comprehensively scrutinize donor mesenchymal stem cell kinetics following transamniotic stem cell therapy (TRASCET) in...

📅 Dec 05, 2019 articles
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Discordant prenatal ultrasound and fetal MRI in CDH: wherein lies the truth?

AbstractPurposePrenatal risk assessment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) relies on prenatal ultrasound (U/S) and fetal magnetic resonance...

📅 Dec 05, 2019 articles
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