Negative pressure wound therapy ...
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is an accepted form of treatment in managing complex wounds in adults and children. It is not as widely used ...
Body-image, self-concept and me ...
Background Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital anomaly of the sternum and anterior chest wall, which occurs about 3–4 times more often in ...
Nutritional outcomes in surgica ...
We read with great interest the article of Kronfli et al. [1] reporting outcomes in neonates with intestinal atresia and gastroschisis. However, des ...
Outcome of hepatoblastomas trea ...
Background In the recent years, surgical resection with pre- and/or postoperative chemotherapy has markedly improved the survival rate of hepatoblas ...
Late administration of antenata ...
Purpose The lungs in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are hypoplastic and immature making respiratory support one of the most challenging aspec ...
Febrile urinary tract infection ...
The ideal approach to the radiological evaluation of children with urinary tract infection (UTI) is in a state of confusion. The conventional bottom ...
Emerging ethical issues in pedi ...
With the rapid pace of technological advancement and changing political, social, and legal attitudes, physicians face new ethical dilemmas. For pedi ...
The outcome of laparoscopic por ...
Aim There were only a few reports on laparoscopic portoenterostomy for biliary atresia in children. We report our experience on laparoscopic Kasai o ...
Diagnosis of gastroesophageal r ...
Gastroesophageal reflux is commonly encountered in the infant population. Most children will outgrow their reflux but some develop pervasive disease ...
Isolation and identification of ...
Purpose It has been thought that the persistence of even a small number of tumor cells in the body may increase each tumor cell in a similar manner ...
Prenatal retinoic acid treatmen ...
Purpose Pulmonary hypoplasia (PH), the leading cause of mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), is associated with arrested alveolarizat ...
Implications of intestinal meta ...
Purpose Pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) is associated with an increased frequency of gallbladder malignancy. Intestinal metaplasia is often obs ...
Hirschsprung’s disease and the ...
A link between factors governing brain development and the development of the ENS is not surprising as both processes are largely controlled by the ...
Liver and portal histopathologi ...
Aim To grade histopathological parameters in biliary atresia (BA) and correlate it with advancing age and outcome. Method Liver and porta hepatis bi ...
Early experience with thoracosc ...
Purpose To describe the surgical technique, initial results, and overview indications of thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. P ...
Functional connectivity of the ...
Introduction The superior temporal sulcus (STS) constitutes a polymodal associative area providing higher-order visual representation of other’s act ...
The prognostic factors and the ...
Purpose The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic factors and review the outcome of primary isolated fetal ascites. Methods A ...
Oxidative stress after living r ...
Background Oxidative stress has been suspected to influence graft survival and prognosis in pediatric recipients of living related liver transplanta ...
Pre-treatment with N-acetylcyst ...
Purpose In the chick embryo, administration of the heavy metal Cadmium (Cd) induces omphalocele phenotype. Cd is a potent inhibitor of antioxidant e ...
Skingineering I: engineering po ...
Background Extended full thickness skin defects still represent a considerable therapeutic challenge as ideal strategies for definitive autologous c ...
Constipation in children with a ...
Background Children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) have long been known to suffer from GIT symptoms. We planned to quantify the contributio ...
Intralaparoscopic endoscopy: it ...
Aim We report our experience of laparoscopic repair of choledochal cyst (CC). Methods Wereviewed 10CCpatients (mean age 3.3 years) who had lap CC r ...
Fryns syndrome a presentation o ...
Introduction Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital malformation that has a reported incidence ranging from 2.4 to 4.1 in 10,000 birt ...
High serum matrix metalloprotei ...
Background Biliary atresia (BA) is a neonatal liver disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and obliteration of extrahepatic bile ducts. The ...
Octreotide in the treatment of ...
Chylothorax is a well-recognized complication after neonatal cardiothoracic surgery. Management strategies include cessation of enteral feedings, re ...