Quick Literature Updates Ep 24
With Dr. Carlos Colunga & Dr. Cecilia Ina · hosted by Dr. Em Gdy & Dr. Lizzie Lee · StayCurrentMD
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Pectus Excavatum 58 items
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Pectus Bar Dislocation: Comparison Between Three Different Stabilization Techniques Adopted in a Single Centre
1 min · Published Sep 2024
Podcast
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Article Review: Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2024
13 min · Published Jun 2024
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Criteria for Pectus Repair: Update Course 2015
55 s · Published Nov 2015
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Vacuum Bell Therapy for Pectus Excavatum: Long-term Experience at a Single Center
58 s · Published Apr 2025
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Novel index to estimate the cephalocaudal extent of the excavation in pectus excavatum - JPS article
1 min · Published May 2023
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Novedoso indice para estimar la extensión cefalocaudal del hundimiento esternal en el pectus excavatum: El Índice Titanic
Published May 2023
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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 conducted in Italy from 2013 to 2022 on 468 patients around 15 years old with pectus excavatum
Surgeons placed 733 bars total across the patient cohort
Bar dislocation is defined as rotation more than 30 degrees out of place
Bridge fixation was significantly more stable than single bar fixation
None of the patients with bridge fixation had dislocated bars compared to those who underwent the single bar technique
Bridge fixation is the best technique for preventing bar dislocation in pectus excavatum patients
Machine learning model developed by University of Split researchers aims to accurately identify appendicitis while minimizing unnecessary surgery
Model trained on data from 551 pediatric patients who underwent appendectomy using clinical, laboratory, and anthropometric information
Best performing model achieved 99.7% sensitivity in identifying appendicitis cases
Model specificity could potentially help reduce up to 17% of negative appendectomies in high risk patients
Model can differentiate between complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis with high accuracy
Model uses readily available clinical and lab data without requiring advanced imaging
Multi-center retrospective study conducted in the US from 2018 to 2022 on pediatric choledocholithiasis
Study compared transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration versus ERCP-first approach
Study included 252 patients total: 156 in transcystic laparoscopic CBD exploration group and 96 in ERCP-first group
Patients in transcystic laparoscopic CBD exploration group had significantly lower complication rates
Patients in transcystic laparoscopic CBD exploration group had lower length of stay
Attempting transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration may benefit pediatric patients with choledocholithiasis