Journal of Pediatric Surgery Article Review: July 2023, PAPS Issue
With Dr. Mary Brindle & Dr. Jamie Schnuck & Dr. Bill Chu · hosted by Dr. Cecilia Genna · StayCurrentMD
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Cryoablation in 350 Nuss procedures
56 s · Published Oct 2023
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Impact of Cryoanalgesia Use During Minimally Invasive Pectus Excavatum Repair on Hospital Days and Total Hospital Costs Among Pediatric Patients
59 s · Published Jan 2024
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Update Course Rewind: Cryoanalgesia in Pectus Cases 2024
7 min · Published Apr 2025
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Quick Literature Updates Episode 16
4 min · Published Jan 2025
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Update Course Rewind 2021 - Updates in Pectus
61 min · Published May 2022
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Update Course Rewind: Pectus Excavatum 2021
Dr. Todd Ponsky · 11 min · Published Aug 2022
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Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative (PSORC): Studying Rare Pediatric Tumors
56 s · Published May 2026
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Update Course Rewind 2025: Hirschsprung + ARM: Rare but Real
1 min · Published May 2026
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Update Course Rewind 2025: Hirschsprung + ARM: Rare but Real
1 min · Published May 2026
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Pooling Patients to Study Rare Pediatric Tumors: An Introduction to PSORC
56 s · Published May 2026
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The fetal frontier: A review of current and emerging fetal therapies for genetic diseases
44 s · Published May 2026
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Indocyanine green assists with sentinel lymph node mapping in pediatric and adolescent patients
1 min · Published May 2026
What the experts said
Study period was 2011 to 2021 comparing patients who had cryoanalgesia versus those who hadn't
44 patients total, 29 had cryoanalgesia
Patients with cryoanalgesia had 3.0 days hospital stay versus 5.4 days without
Hospital costs were less than $1000 difference, cheaper with cryoanesthesia
Cryoanalgesia equipment is incredibly expensive
70% decrease in complication rates with cryoanalgesia, from 33% to 17%
130 lung resections performed between 2013 and 2022
59 procedures were lobectomies (group 1), 19 diagnostic wedge resections (group 2), 52 excisional wedge resections (group 3)
Patients were less than 21 years of age, exclusion criteria was spontaneous pneumothorax
In lobectomy group, 75% had no air leak with median chest tube duration of 2 days
In diagnostic wedge resection group, nearly 90% had no air leak with median chest tube duration of 1 day
In excisional wedge resection group, 80% had no air leak with median chest tube duration of 1 day
Most chest tubes were removed on the first day after surgery and majority did not have an air leak
Pilonidal disease study data were prospectively gathered despite being retrospective study
198 patients total in pilonidal disease study, divided by skin types: 21 with types 1-2, 156 with types 3-4, 21 with types 5-6
151 patients had dark color hair
To reach 75% hair reduction requires mean of 4.8 to 6.8 laser ablation sessions depending on skin and hair characteristics
Dark hair and skin types 5-6 were associated with higher recurrence rates
Overall recurrence rate was 6%
Laser ablation for pilonidal disease costs money and insurance coverage varies
All three papers were chosen as PAPS Award winners at annual conference