De Rose, Domenico Umberto Landolfo, Francesca Giliberti, Paola Santisi, Alessandra Columbo, Claudia Conforti, Andrea Ronchetti, Maria Paola Braguglia, Annabella Dotta, Andrea Capolupo, Irma
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Journal of pediatric surgery
Infants affected by Esophageal atresia (EA) with or without tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) may require non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in the post-operative period after elective extubation, especially if born preterm. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the role of different ventilation strategies on anastomotic complications, specifically on anas...
Chwa, Emily S Weissman, Joshua P Applebaum, Sarah A Gosain, Arun K
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Journal of pediatric surgery
Telemedicine has played an increasingly important role in surgical care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, yet little is known about its usage and correlation to cost both within and across surgical specialties during the pandemic. We collected data on telehealth encounters from April 2020 to June 2021 for all surgical special...
Zhu, Weiwei Zhou, Huixia Cao, Hualin Li, Pin Tao, Yuandong Ma, Lifei Tao, Tian Zhou, Xiaoguang Zhao, Yang Guo, Tao
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Journal of pediatric surgery
To describe a novel modification of technique to improve efficacy of robot-assisted laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation (RALUR-EV) in infants. Between April 2017 and July 2019, sixteen infants with primary obstructive megaureter (POM) (Age range: 4-12 months) underwent robot-assisted ureteral reimplantation were reviewed in this serie...
Evans, Lauren L Chen, Caressa S Muensterer, Oliver J Sahlabadi, Mohammad Lovvorn, Harold N Novotny, Nathan M Upperman, Jeffrey S Martinez, J Andres Bruzoni, Matias Dunn, James C Y
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Journal of pediatric surgery
Preservation of native esophagus is a tenet of esophageal atresia (EA) repair. However, techniques for delayed primary anastomosis are severely limited for surgically and medically complex patients at high-risk for operative repair. We report our initial experience with the novel application of the Connect-EA, an esophageal magnetic compression ana...
Rice-Townsend, Samuel E Brogan, Thomas V DiGeronimo, Robert J Riehle, Kimberly J Stark, Rebecca A Yalon, Larissa Rothstein, David H
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Journal of pediatric surgery
To characterize practices surrounding pediatric eCPR in the U.S. and Canada. Cross-sectional survey of U.S. and Canadian hospitals with non-cardiac eCPR programs. Variables included hospital and surgical group demographics, eCPR inclusion/exclusion criteria, cannulation approaches, and outcomes (survival to decannulation and survival to discharge)....
Li, Yue Liu, Peiqi Wang, Weilin Bai, Yuzuo Jia, Huimin Yuan, Zhengwei Yang, Zhonghua
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Journal of pediatric surgery
Despite improvements in anorectal malformation (ARM) therapy, patients might still experience post-operative problems such as fecal incontinence, constipation, and soiling. In particular, the dysplasia of the lumbosacral spinal cord in ARM patients is a major disorder that affects fecal function post-operation. However, the pathological mechanisms ...
Alaish, Samuel M Arca, Marjorie J Bucher, Brian T Cooney, Cathi Diesen, Diana L Ehrlich, Peter F Gaines, Barbara A Griggs, Cornelia L Javid, Patrick J Krishnaswami, Sanjay
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Journal of pediatric surgery
More than twenty years ago, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Board of Medical Specialties began the conversion of graduate medical education from a structure- and process-based model to a competency-based framework. The educational outcomes assessment tool, known as the Milestones, was introduced in 2013 for...
Engwall-Gill, Abigail J Weller, Jennine H Rahal, Simon Etchill, Eric Kunisaki, Shaun M Nasr, Isam W
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Journal of pediatric surgery
The optimal timing of operative management in children with primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) remains controversial. This study sought to determine early risk factors for failure of chest tube nonoperative management during the initial hospitalization in adolescents with PSP. A retrospective review was conducted for children (aged ≤18 years) a...
Hua, Kaiyun Yang, Shen Tao, Qiang Chen, Kuai Yang, Zhi Wang, Peize Zhang, Yanan Zhao, Yong Gu, Yichao Li, Shuangshuang
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Journal of pediatric surgery
Although thoracoscopic surgery has become the routine surgical method for esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF), thoracoscopic treatment for recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula (rTEF) is far from popularized. We aimed to explore the safety and efficacy of thoracoscopic treatment for rTEF with a large-cohort study. We retrospectively...
Le, Melanie Reinshagen, Konrad Tomuschat, Christian
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Journal of pediatric surgery
The quality of life of patients with Biliary Atresia (BA) have not been systematically examined. The goal of this meta-analysis is to determine patients' postoperative health-related Quality of life (HrQoL) with native or transplanted livers. From 2000 to August 2021, a literature-based search for relevant cohorts was conducted using Pubmed/Medline...
