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View article: Reply to: Comment on: Risk of malignant transformation and infections in congenital lung malformations in adults: a systematic review
Reply to: Comment on: Risk of malignant transformation and infections in congenital lung malformations in adults: a systematic review Open
View article: Risk of malignant transformation and infections in congenital lung malformations in adults: a systematic review
Risk of malignant transformation and infections in congenital lung malformations in adults: a systematic review Open
Background Although there is agreement on surgically removing symptomatic congenital lung malformations (CLMs), the management of asymptomatic cases remains controversial. Some paediatric surgeons suggest conservative management for asympt…
View article: Congenital lung malformations
Congenital lung malformations Open
View article: Association between duodenal atresia/stenosis and biliary and pancreatic abnormalities: Is it overlooked? A systematic review
Association between duodenal atresia/stenosis and biliary and pancreatic abnormalities: Is it overlooked? A systematic review Open
Background: Congenital duodenal obstruction occur with other anomalies in 50% of cases. Although predictable, its association with biliary/pancreatic anomalies is rarely reported. All cases of duodenal atresia (DA) and stenosis (DS) associ…
View article: Quality of life in flexible painful flatfoot treated by anterograde calcaneo-stop procedure: The patient’s and family’s perspective
Quality of life in flexible painful flatfoot treated by anterograde calcaneo-stop procedure: The patient’s and family’s perspective Open
Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and satisfaction about the surgical treatment in patients with symptomatic flexible flatfoot. Methods The Oxford Ankle Foot Questionnaire for children (one to fill in before the surg…
View article: Recurrent abdominal pain in a 7-year-old girl
Recurrent abdominal pain in a 7-year-old girl Open
View article: Are Pedobarographic and Gait Analyses Useful Tools to Evaluate Outcomes of Anterograde Calcaneo-Stop Procedure in Pediatric Symptomatic Flexible Flatfoot?
Are Pedobarographic and Gait Analyses Useful Tools to Evaluate Outcomes of Anterograde Calcaneo-Stop Procedure in Pediatric Symptomatic Flexible Flatfoot? Open
Background: Flexible flatfoot is a frequent condition in childhood that needs to be treated when symptomatic. The aim of this study was to analyze pedobarographic and gait outcomes of patients with painful flexible flatfoot who underwent t…
View article: Trauma in Children during Lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. A Brief Report
Trauma in Children during Lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. A Brief Report Open
Purpose: The national lockdown established by the Italian government began on the 11th of March 2020 as a means to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections. The purpose of this brief report is to evaluate the effect of the national lock…
View article: Colonic Volvulus in Children: Surgical Management of a Challenging Condition
Colonic Volvulus in Children: Surgical Management of a Challenging Condition Open
Colonic volvulus (CV) is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition with unclear etiopathogenesis. To date, less than 80 pediatric cases have been described. Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) is associated with CV in 17% of cases, represe…
View article: Foreign Body Ingestion in Neurologically Impaired Children: A Challenging Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric Surgery
Foreign Body Ingestion in Neurologically Impaired Children: A Challenging Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric Surgery Open
Children with intellectual disability/neurodevelopmental delay (ID-ND) commonly ingest foreign bodies (FB) and often present complications due to peculiar aspects of their condition. The aim of this paper is to report the experience of two…
View article: The Histopathology of the Appendix in Children at Interval Appendectomy
The Histopathology of the Appendix in Children at Interval Appendectomy Open
Whilst most surgeons agree that conservative treatment of appendiceal abscess in children is an adequate treatment, the need for subsequent interval appendectomy is still controversial. We analyzed the histopathology in interval appendecto…
View article: Whole-Genome Methylation Study of Congenital Lung Malformations in Children
Whole-Genome Methylation Study of Congenital Lung Malformations in Children Open
Background and Objectives The treatment of asymptomatic patients with congenital pulmonary malformations (CPMs) remains controversial, partially because the relationship between congenital lung malformations and malignancy is still undefin…
View article: Infant With Inconsolable Cryinge
Infant With Inconsolable Cryinge Open
View article: Trauma In Children During Lockdown For SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Trauma In Children During Lockdown For SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Open
Purpose The purpose of the work is to evaluate the differences between the routine accesses to Pediatric Emergency Room in a second level Children’s Hospital and the ones during an extraordinary event as the first month of the lockdown due…
View article: Incomplete duplex renal system with severe obstruction at the uretero-ureteral junction and minor obstruction at the common stem-vesical junction: Challenging diagnosis and conclusive laparoscopic treatment
Incomplete duplex renal system with severe obstruction at the uretero-ureteral junction and minor obstruction at the common stem-vesical junction: Challenging diagnosis and conclusive laparoscopic treatment Open
Twin obstructive megaureters associated with duplex renal system is a rare malformation, particularly when a giant ureter dilation is present. We report an original case, initially misinterpreted, of a right incomplete duplex renal system …
View article: Laparoscopic Heminephroureterectomy in Infants Weighing Less Than 10 Kilograms: The Two Peculiar Cases
Laparoscopic Heminephroureterectomy in Infants Weighing Less Than 10 Kilograms: The Two Peculiar Cases Open
Aim:We report two peculiar cases of laparoscopic heminephrectomy in infants weighing less than 10 kg with megaureter of nonfunctioning renal upper pole.Cases description: A 6-month-old boy, with history of upper pole pyo-hydroureteronephro…
View article: Gastric volvolus with wandering spleen and pancreatic torsion in a 5years old girl
Gastric volvolus with wandering spleen and pancreatic torsion in a 5years old girl Open
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View article: Ogilvie syndrome in a 8 year old girl after laparoscopic appendectomy
Ogilvie syndrome in a 8 year old girl after laparoscopic appendectomy Open
View article: Follow-Up Ultrasound after Pyeloplasty should be Performed with An Empty Bladder: A Lesson from Monsieur Laplace
Follow-Up Ultrasound after Pyeloplasty should be Performed with An Empty Bladder: A Lesson from Monsieur Laplace Open
Reason to report: Hydronephrosis caused by congenital ureteropelvic obstruction is quite common affecting up to 0.2% of infants and a pyeloplasty is the way to correct. Ultrasound is the technique of choice to follow up this kind of patien…
View article: Voiceless disability: A worth case of bilateral infrainguinal testicular torsion in a patient with cerebropalsy
Voiceless disability: A worth case of bilateral infrainguinal testicular torsion in a patient with cerebropalsy Open
In the patients with intellectual disability, a control of the testicles, it should always be done, mostly in case of atypical behaviour.
View article: A Child with Diminished Linear Growth and Waddling Gait
A Child with Diminished Linear Growth and Waddling Gait Open
View article: Outcomes in patients with short bowel syndrome after autologous intestinal reconstruction: Does etiology matter?
Outcomes in patients with short bowel syndrome after autologous intestinal reconstruction: Does etiology matter? Open
View article: Surgery for distal hypospadias: what about the catheter?
Surgery for distal hypospadias: what about the catheter? Open
No agreed recommendations exist for timing of urethral stent removal, after distal hypospadias surgery. We compared our preliminary case series with outcomes from literature: 18/44 patients were treated with catheter and 26/44 without it. …
View article: Association between Congenital Lung Malformations and Lung Tumors in Children and Adults: A Systematic Review
Association between Congenital Lung Malformations and Lung Tumors in Children and Adults: A Systematic Review Open
View article: Angiomyxoma in Accessory Hepatic Lobe.
Angiomyxoma in Accessory Hepatic Lobe. Open
1 A 9-week-old female was referred with a 7-week his- tory of increasing abdominal distension and non- bilious vomiting. Antenatal and postnatal history was unremarkable. Physical examination revealed a large palpable mass filling most of …
View article: Lung growth factors in the amniotic fluid of normal pregnancies and with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Lung growth factors in the amniotic fluid of normal pregnancies and with congenital diaphragmatic hernia Open
Anomalies in lung GFs expression of embryos and fetuses with CDH can be detected by measuring their levels in the amniotic fluid during pregnancy. Further investigation would help to correlate prenatal expression of GFs and clinical outcom…
View article: Perforated appendix with abscess: Immediate or interval appendectomy? Some examples to explain our choice
Perforated appendix with abscess: Immediate or interval appendectomy? Some examples to explain our choice Open