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The cloacal anomalies: Anatomical insights through a complex spectrum

AbstractPurposeTo study the detailed anatomy of cloacal anomalies using the multiplanar capabilities of MRI in addition to other available...

📅 May 07, 2019 articles
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Outcomes of infants born at 23 and 24 weeks' gestation with gut perforation

AbstractPurposeThe provision of neonatal intensive care to infants born at 23 or 24 weeks' gestation poses medical, surgical and ethical...

📅 May 07, 2019 articles
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Prescription vs. consumption: Opioid overprescription to children after common surgical procedures

AbstractBackgroundIn the setting of a national opioid epidemic there are concerns about routine overprescription of opioids postoperatively in...

📅 May 07, 2019 articles
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Development and validation of the Pectus Carinatum Body Image Quality of Life (PeCBI-QOL) questionnaire

AbstractIntroductionWhile body image disturbances and quality of life in persons with pectus excavatum (PE) have been well documented, very little...

📅 May 04, 2019 articles
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Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications

AbstractBackground and aimBotulinum toxin (botox) is a commonly used treatment for functional anorectal and colonic disorders. Although generally...

4 listens 📅 May 04, 2019 articles
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Transanal proximal rectosigmoidectomy. A new operation for severe chronic idiopathic constipation associated with megarectosigmoid

AbstractBackgroundAt the severe end of the idiopathic constipation spectrum exist patients with chronic idiopathic constipation associated with an...

17 listens 📅 May 03, 2019 articles
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The effectiveness of digital anal dilatation in preventing anal strictures after anorectal malformation repair

AbstractBackgroundAnal dilatation is performed after repair of anorectal malformations(ARMs) and is vital in prevention of anal stricture...

11 listens 📅 May 01, 2019 articles
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Variations in the Detection of Anorectal Anomalies at Birth among European Cities

Aim The diagnosis of anorectal malformations (ARMs) is made at birth by perineal examination of the newborn, yet small series reported late...

📅 May 02, 2019 articles
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Female reproductive structures found in inguinal hernia sacs: A retrospective review

AbstractBackgroundIn female infants undergoing herniorrhaphy, there is a reported incidence of 15%–20% of prolapsed adnexal structures. Our...

📅 Apr 28, 2019 articles
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A comparison of surgical complications after appendicostomy and neoappendicostomy in pediatric patients

AbstractPurposeThere are limited data on neoappendicostomy complications owing to small patient populations. This study compares appendicostomy...

7 listens 📅 Apr 27, 2019 articles
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Omega-3 fatty acids are protective in hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury in the absence of GPR120 signaling

AbstractBackgroundA single dose of IV fish oil (FO) before hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury (HIRI) increases hepatocyte proliferation and...

📅 Apr 27, 2019 articles
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Low Plasma Sodium Concentration Predicts Perforated Acute Appendicitis in Children: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Background Early differentiation between perforated and nonperforated acute appendicitis (AA) in children is of major benefit for the selection of...

3 listens 📅 Apr 27, 2019 articles
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Outcomes after Split Abdominal Wall Muscle Flap Repair for Large Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias

Background Repair of large congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDHs) is challenging. As primary repair is not always feasible, patches are commonly...

2 listens 📅 Apr 27, 2019 articles
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The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations

AbstractIntroductionCloacal malformations, a confluence of the urinary tract, vagina and rectum into a single common channel, has a broad and...

3 listens 📅 Apr 25, 2019 articles
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Surgical treatment of monogenic inflammatory bowel disease: A single clinical center experience

AbstractPurposeWith the wide application of immunologic reconstitution treatment, such as hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), most...

📅 Apr 25, 2019 articles
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Thirty Years of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Children: Analysis of Meta-Analyses

Introduction In the last three decades, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been widely used in pediatric surgery. Meta-analyses (MAs) showed...

📅 Apr 25, 2019 articles
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The Roles of Neuropilin 2/VEGF-C Axis in a Series of Recurrent Lymphangioma

Objective Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor act as a major contributor to lymphangioma, but their role on nonrecurrent...

3 listens 📅 Apr 25, 2019 articles
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The dual-staged pathway for closure in cloacal exstrophy: Successful evolution in collaborative surgical practice

AbstractIntroductionA successful abdominal wall and bladder closure is critical in the management of cloacal exstrophy (CE). This study examines...

7 listens 📅 Apr 16, 2019 articles
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Implications of transfer status on bowel loss in children undergoing emergency surgery for malrotation

AbstractObjectiveMalrotation with midgut volvulus is a time-sensitive pediatric surgical disease that requires emergent operative exploration to...

2 listens 📅 Apr 16, 2019 articles
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Population-based cohort study of the correlation between provision of care and the risk for complications after appendectomy in children

AbstractPurposeTo investigate the impact of hospital administrative level and caseload of pediatric appendectomies on the morbidity and mortality...

📅 Apr 14, 2019 articles
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Diagnostic delay and colectomy risk in pediatric ulcerative colitis

AbstractBackground/purposeDiagnostic delay or time to diagnosis, and its relationship with colectomy risk has been studied in adult Inflammatory...

📅 Apr 14, 2019 articles
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Surgical management of pediatric rectal prolapse: A survey of the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)

AbstractIntroductionMany management options exist for the treatment of refractory rectal prolapse (RP) in children. Our goal was to characterize...

5 listens 📅 Apr 14, 2019 articles
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Lessons from space—For the crew on planet earth

I am delighted to be here and honored to be presenting the Fred McLeod lecture today to celebrate the 50th year of the Canadian Association of...

📅 Apr 14, 2019 articles
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Use of a magnetic double J stent in pediatric patients: A case–control study at two Canadian pediatric centers

AbstractBackgroundUreteral stents with magnetic tips (Blackstar©) were recently approved for use in Canada. To our knowledge this is the first...

1 listens 📅 Apr 12, 2019 articles
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Management of Retained Central Venous Catheters

Management of Retained Central Venous Catheters

Ian Glenn and Todd Ponsky discuss the management of retained central venous canulas.

15 listens 📅 Apr 11, 2019 videos
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Do we need Bowel Prep

Do we need Bowel Prep

Ian Glenn gives a review of the literature to answer the question of whether or not we need bowel prep in children.

23 listens 📅 Apr 11, 2019 videos
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Fourth branchial anomalies: Predictive factors of therapeutic success

AbstractPurposeThe purpose of this work was to determine the epidemiology and the predictive factors of success of the surgical management of...

3 listens 📅 Apr 11, 2019 articles
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Too Much Variability in Opioid Prescriptions for Pediatric Operations

Too Much Variability in Opioid Prescriptions for Pediatric Operations

Do you routinely give your pediatric patients narcotics after a laparoscopic appendectomy for simple appendicitis?  Dr. K. Tinsley Anderson and...

12 listens 📅 Apr 09, 2019 videos
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CAPS at 50: Now comfortably seated with the grownups

AbstractThe Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons was established 50 years ago, with 30 founding members. Since then, the CAPS membership has...

📅 Apr 08, 2019 articles
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Microdeformational wound therapy: A novel option to salvage complex wounds associated with the Nuss procedure

AbstractBackgroundComplex wounds associated with the Nuss procedure are a resource intensive complication that may lead to significant morbidity...

3 listens 📅 Apr 07, 2019 articles
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Medical manslaughter: Resolving circularity

Recently the Royal College of Surgeons, England, republished in their Bulletin (Vol 101, Issue 2) an article from the February 2019 issue of the...

📅 Apr 07, 2019 articles
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The impact of perioperative care on complications and short term outcome in ARM type rectovestibular fistula: An ARM-Net consortium study

AbstractBackgroundThe impact of perioperative care interventions on postreconstructive complications and short-term colorectal outcome in patients...

1 listens 📅 Apr 06, 2019 articles
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Gastroschisis may be good, bad, not so ugly, and falsely beautiful

Concerning the excellent paper “Closing gastroschisis: The good, the bad, and the not-so ugly” by Perrone et al. [1], we would like to add some...

2 listens 📅 Apr 05, 2019 articles
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Pancreatic islet cell tumors in adolescents and young adults

AbstractBackgroundPancreatic islet cell tumors are rare in adolescents, and most studies published to date focus on older patients. We utilized a...

📅 Apr 05, 2019 articles
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Fetal echocardiography (ECHO) in assessment of structural heart defects in congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients: Is early postnatal ECHO necessary for ECMO candidacy?

AbstractPurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of fetal echocardiogram (ECHO) for detecting cardiac structural anomalies...

2 listens 📅 Apr 04, 2019 articles
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Author response to “Gastroschisis may be good, bad, not so ugly and falsely beautiful”

We appreciate the letter from Eyer Jesus, et al. in response to our study of infants with closing gastroschisis. The authors note that bowel that...

📅 Apr 03, 2019 articles
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