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Non-variceal gastrointestinal bleed in children: surgical experience with emphasis on management challenges

Abstract Purpose This exclusively surgical series on pediatric non-variceal gastrointestinal bleed (NVGIB) defines three levels of bleed site and...

📅 Jul 12, 2019 articles
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Trephination Versus Wide Excision for the Treatment of Pediatric Pilonidal Disease

AbstractBackground/PurposeTo evaluate outcomes of trephination compared to wide excision in children undergoing initial surgical treatment of...

14 listens 📅 Jul 11, 2019 articles
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Parenteral Nutrition Prolongs Hospital Stay in Children with Nonoperative Blunt Pancreatic Injury: A Propensity Score Weighted Analysis

AbstractBackgroundBlunt pancreatic injury is frequently managed nonoperatively in children. Nutritional support practices – either enteral or...

11 listens 📅 Jul 10, 2019 articles
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Laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia repair in children: which is the true gold-standard? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Purpose Hernia repair is one of the most common operations performed in children. Traditionally, an open surgical approach has been...

1 listens 📅 Jul 10, 2019 articles
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Heritable Spina Bifida in Sheep: A Potential Model for Fetal Repair of Myelomeningocele

AbstractBackground/PurposeIn 2004, a heritable occurrence of spina bifida was reported in sheep on a farm in the United States. We maintained and...

📅 Jul 10, 2019 articles
Sacral Nerve Stimulator Placement: A Novel Surgical Navigation Tool for...

Sacral Nerve Stimulator Placement: A Novel Surgical Navigation Tool for...

This video demonstrates an image-guided technique for sacral nerve stimulator insertion by Dr. Jason Frischer at Cincinnati Children's Hospital...

19 listens 📅 Jul 09, 2019 videos
Sacral Nerve Stimulator Placement: A Novel Surgical Navigation Tool for Complex Anatomy

Sacral Nerve Stimulator Placement: A Novel Surgical Navigation Tool for Complex Anatomy

This video demonstrates an image-guided technique for sacral nerve stimulator insertion by Dr. Jason Frischer at Cincinnati Children's Hospital...

6 listens 📅 Jan 25, 2021 videos
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Evaluation of Lung Injury in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

AbstractBackground/PurposeThe presence of lung injury and the factors that contribute to it in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)...

1 listens 📅 Jul 09, 2019 articles
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Primary Laparoscopic Endorectal Pull-Through Procedure With or Without a Postoperative Rectal Tube for Hirschsprung Disease: A Multicenter Perspective Study

AbstractBackgroundHirschsprung-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) is a significant complication of HD both in the pre- and postoperative periods....

4 listens 📅 Jul 08, 2019 articles
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Deficiency of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Causes Child Indirect Inguinal Hernia

AbstractIntroductionEpithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) describes rapid changes in cellular phenotype. During EMT, epithelial cells...

📅 Jul 07, 2019 articles
#APSA50: Academic Surgery in 2019

#APSA50: Academic Surgery in 2019

Next in our #APSA50 series, comes a thoughtful discussion regarding academic surgery and future transformations. Dr. Ron Hirschl starts us off...

11 listens 📅 Dec 30, 2020 podcasts
#APSA 50: Robert E. Gross Debate

#APSA 50: Robert E. Gross Debate

The 50th APSA meeting featured a debate moderated by Dr. Jacob Langer from The Hospital for Sick Children. The topic debated was: "Be it resolved...

12 listens 📅 Dec 30, 2020 podcasts
#APSA 50: Robert E. Gross Debate

#APSA 50: Robert E. Gross Debate

The 50th APSA meeting featured a debate moderated by Dr. Jacob Langer from The Hospital for Sick Children. The topic debated was: "Be it resolved...

📅 Jul 05, 2019 videos
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What do pediatric surgeons think about sexual issues in dealing with patients with anorectal malformations? The ARM-Net consortium members’ opinion

Abstract Purpose Since pediatric surgeons aim to follow their patients with anorectal malformations (ARM) into adulthood the aim of this study was...

📅 Jul 05, 2019 articles
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Non-financial conflicts of interest: contribution to a surgical dilemma by the European Reference Networks for Rare Diseases

Abstract Purpose Conflicts of interest can impede both research and medical treatment. The European Reference Networks require their members to...

📅 Jul 05, 2019 articles
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Ectopic ureters in anorectal malformations

Abstract Purpose The literature about ectopic ureters in anorectal malformations is limited. Repair of an anorectal malformation may require...

📅 Jul 05, 2019 articles
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Management of fetal extraperitoneal rectal perforation: a case series and review of the literature

Abstract Purpose Fetal extraperitoneal rectal perforation (FERP) is an extremely rare entity. The objective of this report is to review the...

📅 Jul 05, 2019 articles
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Clinical application and technical standardization of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging in pediatric minimally invasive surgery

Abstract Purpose We reported our preliminary experience using ICG fluorescence in pediatric minimally invasive surgery (MIS) with the aim to...

8 listens 📅 Jul 04, 2019 articles
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Gastrostomy: A percutaneous laparoscopic technique

AbstractSeveral techniques are available for a gastrostomy concomitant with a major abdominal surgery, i.e., there is no ‘standard' technique....

1 listens 📅 Jul 04, 2019 articles
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Gynecological anomalies in patients with anorectal malformations

Abstract Purpose The association of gynecological anomalies in all anorectal malformations (ARM) is firmly established. Our goal is to study this...

📅 Jul 03, 2019 articles
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Portal Venous Deprivation in Patients with Portosystemic Shunts and Its Effect on Liver Tumors

AbstractAimsTo outline the use of radiological investigations in patients with congenital portosystemic shunts (CPS) and to assess the degree of...

📅 Jul 03, 2019 articles
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Robotic-assisted surgery for choledochal cyst in children: early experience at Vietnam National Children’s Hospital

Abstract Purpose We aimed to describe our robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) techniques and assess the early results of RAS for choledochal cysts in...

📅 Jul 03, 2019 articles
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A survey of adults with anorectal malformations: perspectives on educational, vocational, and psychosocial experiences

Abstract Purpose Despite medical advances, individuals with anorectal malformations (ARM) experience significant medical and psychosocial...

📅 Jul 03, 2019 articles
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Development of a new reproductive tissue cryopreservation clinical service for children: the Oxford programme

Abstract Purpose This article describes the development of a new reproductive tissue cryopreservation clinical service for children at high risk...

📅 Jul 02, 2019 articles
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Does hypertension at initial presentation adversely affect outcomes in pediatric traumatic brain injury?

AbstractBackgroundAdults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who present hypertensive suffer worse outcomes and increased mortality compared to...

📅 Jul 02, 2019 articles
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Pleuropulmonary Blastoma in Children: A Single-Center Report of 41 Cases

AbstractObjectiveThis study was performed to investigate the age at onset, clinical manifestations, pathological types and features, treatment,...

📅 Jul 02, 2019 articles
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Does Aggressive Respiratory Rehabilitation after Primary Nuss Procedure Improve Pulmonary Function?

AbstractObjectiveHere, we present the efficacy of an aggressive respiratory rehabilitation program that was initiated from early postoperative...

📅 Jul 02, 2019 articles
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ERNICA Consensus Conference on the Management of Patients with Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula: Diagnostics, Preoperative, Operative, and Postoperative Management

Introduction Many aspects of the management of esophageal atresia (EA) and tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) are controversial and the evidence for...

📅 Jul 10, 2019 articles
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Clinical characteristics and surgical outcome in children with intussusceptions secondary to pathologic lead points: retrospective study in a single institution

Abstract Background Intussusception secondary to pathologic lead points (PLPs) is a potential surgical emergency and almost all cases need...

1 listens 📅 Jul 02, 2019 articles
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Frequency of inguinal herniotomy in Australia (1998–2017)

Abstract Background/aim Closure of the processus vaginalis (PV) is considered as the last step of testicular descent. Therefore, patent processus...

📅 Jul 02, 2019 articles
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Altered ryanodine receptor gene expression in Hirschsprung’s disease

Abstract Aim of the study Ryanodine receptors are the largest of all ion channels, named after their exogenous ligand, ryanodine. The ryanodine...

📅 Jul 02, 2019 articles
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Corrigendum to “Down-regulation of MeCP2 in Hirschsprung's disease” [J Pediatr Surg 48(10) (2013 Oct) 2099–105]

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📅 Jun 22, 2019 articles
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Common pediatric surgical diseases of refugee children: health around warzone

Abstract Purpose We aimed to describe our robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) techniques and assess the early results of RAS for choledochal cysts in...

📅 Jul 02, 2019 articles
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Torsion of an Undescended Testis — A Surgical Pediatric Emergency

AbstractBackground/PurposeTorsion of an undescended testis is a surgical emergency whose frequency may be underestimated in the pediatric...

1 listens 📅 Jul 01, 2019 articles
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Preventing the O in OHVIRA (Obstructed Hemivagina Ipsilateral Renal Agenesis): Early Diagnosis and Management of Asymptomatic Herlyn–Werner–Wunderlich Syndrome

AbstractIntroductionHerlyn–Werner–Wunderlich syndrome (HWWS) is a rare variant of Mullerian ductal anomaly associated with ipsilateral renal...

3 listens 📅 Jun 29, 2019 articles
Addressing the Opioid Crisis: 2018 Pediatric Surgery Practice Gap #1

Addressing the Opioid Crisis: 2018 Pediatric Surgery Practice Gap #1

Drs. Todd Ponsky, Alex Casar, Alex Gibbons, and Rae Hanke review 2018 Practice Gap #1: Addressing the Opioid Crisis, as identified by the APSA...

7 listens 📅 Jun 28, 2019 videos