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View article: Three-dimensional multicellular layer structure: an advanced in vitro model for studying inflammatory bowel diseases
Three-dimensional multicellular layer structure: an advanced in vitro model for studying inflammatory bowel diseases Open
View article: A roadmap of artificial intelligence applications in pediatric surgery: a comprehensive review of applications, challenges, and ethical considerations
A roadmap of artificial intelligence applications in pediatric surgery: a comprehensive review of applications, challenges, and ethical considerations Open
View article: Core Indicator Set for Measuring Quality of Care in Necrotising Enterocolitis: A European Delphi Study
Core Indicator Set for Measuring Quality of Care in Necrotising Enterocolitis: A European Delphi Study Open
Aim Inconsistent guidelines and practice variations in necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) hamper care improvements. A universally accepted quality indicator set is needed to standardise and improve care throughout Europe. We aimed to establis…
View article: Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Precision Medicine in Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Neonatal Sepsis: A State-of-the-Art Review
Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Precision Medicine in Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Neonatal Sepsis: A State-of-the-Art Review Open
Necrotizing enterocolitis remains one of the most severe gastrointestinal diseases in neonates, particularly affecting preterm infants. It is characterized by intestinal inflammation and necrosis, with significant morbidity and mortality d…
View article: Amniotic fluid stem cell extracellular vesicles as a novel fetal therapy for pulmonary hypoplasia: a review on mechanisms and translational potential
Amniotic fluid stem cell extracellular vesicles as a novel fetal therapy for pulmonary hypoplasia: a review on mechanisms and translational potential Open
Disruption of developmental processes affecting the fetal lung leads to pulmonary hypoplasia. Pulmonary hypoplasia results from several conditions including congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and oligohydramnios. Both entities have high…
View article: Predictive Value of a Gastric Microbiota Dysbiosis Test for Stratifying Cancer Risk in Atrophic Gastritis Patients
Predictive Value of a Gastric Microbiota Dysbiosis Test for Stratifying Cancer Risk in Atrophic Gastritis Patients Open
Background/Objectives: Gastric cancer (GC) incidence remains high worldwide, and the survival rate is poor. GC develops from atrophic gastritis (AG), associated with Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection, passing through intestinal metaplasia…
View article: Optimizing Surgical Techniques for Anal Canal Duplications in 2 Pediatric Patients
Optimizing Surgical Techniques for Anal Canal Duplications in 2 Pediatric Patients Open
BACKGROUND Anal canal duplications (ACD) are rare in children older than 2 years old. While some patients are asymptomatic, others have a variety of nonspecific symptoms. The definitive treatment is surgical removal, but the best technique…
View article: Noninvasive Tools to Predict Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Infants with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Narrative Review
Noninvasive Tools to Predict Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Infants with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Narrative Review Open
Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most frightening gastrointestinal emergency in newborns. Despite being primarily a disease of premature infants, neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk of devel…
View article: Playing sport as a central‐line carrier: a survey to collect the European pediatric intestinal failure centers' view
Playing sport as a central‐line carrier: a survey to collect the European pediatric intestinal failure centers' view Open
Background The administration of home parenteral nutrition improves quality of life for patients with intestinal failure, thus fostering their will to actively participate to social activities. Nevertheless, sports participation can be ris…
View article: Metabolomic analysis to predict the onset and severity of necrotizing enterocolitis
Metabolomic analysis to predict the onset and severity of necrotizing enterocolitis Open
View article: Metabolomic Analysis to Predict the Onset and Severity of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Metabolomic Analysis to Predict the Onset and Severity of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Open
View article: Enhancing diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease using deep learning from histological sections of post pull-through specimens: preliminary results
Enhancing diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease using deep learning from histological sections of post pull-through specimens: preliminary results Open
Purpose Accurate histological diagnosis in Hirschsprung disease (HD) is challenging, due to its complexity and potential for errors. In this study, we present an artificial intelligence (AI)-based method designed to identify ganglionic cel…
View article: Postoperative Hirschsprung’s associated enterocolitis (HAEC): transition zone as putative histopathological predictive factor
Postoperative Hirschsprung’s associated enterocolitis (HAEC): transition zone as putative histopathological predictive factor Open
Aims Hirschsprung’s-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) is the most severe complication of Hirschsprung disease (HD), and its pathogenesis is still unknown. Length of transition zone (TZ) interposed between aganglionic and normal bowel has bee…
View article: Research Models to Mimic Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Focus on Extracellular Vesicles Action
Research Models to Mimic Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Focus on Extracellular Vesicles Action Open
This review focuses on the crucial role of the intestinal epithelium in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and its significance in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). NEC is a devastat…
View article: The Metabolome and the Gut Microbiota for the Prediction of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: A Systematic Review
The Metabolome and the Gut Microbiota for the Prediction of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: A Systematic Review Open
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most devastating gastrointestinal emergency in preterm neonates. Research on early predictive biomarkers is fundamental. This is a systematic review of studies applying untargeted metabolomics and gut…
View article: Anesthesia for fetal operative procedures: A systematic review
Anesthesia for fetal operative procedures: A systematic review Open
Objective The anesthetic management of fetal operative procedures (FOP) is a highly debated topic. Literature on fetal pain perception and response to external stimuli is rapidly expanding. Nonetheless, there is no consensus on the fetal c…
View article: Fetal Doppler Evaluation to Predict NEC Development
Fetal Doppler Evaluation to Predict NEC Development Open
Antenatal factors play a role in NEC pathogenesis. This study aimed to investigate the predictive value of fetal ductus venosus doppler (DV) for NEC in fetal growth restriction fetuses (FGRF) and to assess the predictive accuracy of IG21 a…
View article: Laparoscopic Fundoplication after Oesophageal Atresia Repair
Laparoscopic Fundoplication after Oesophageal Atresia Repair Open
Background: Esophageal atresia (EA) is a rare congenital malformation. A high incidence of GER unresponsive to medical management is noted with EA. Literature suggests that complications from GER can persist in adulthood. In paediatric age…
View article: Tauber antegrade sclerotherapy: the importance of phlebography in choosing the correct vein
Tauber antegrade sclerotherapy: the importance of phlebography in choosing the correct vein Open
Antegrade scrotal sclerotherapy is a combined radiological-surgical approach introduced by Roland Tauber in 1988.1 The Tauber technique can be considered a valuable alternative for the treatment of idiopathic varicocele in the paediatric p…
View article: Providing the Best Parenteral Nutrition before and after Surgery for NEC: Macro and Micronutrients Intakes
Providing the Best Parenteral Nutrition before and after Surgery for NEC: Macro and Micronutrients Intakes Open
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the main gastrointestinal emergency of preterm infants for whom bowel rest and parenteral nutrition (PN) is essential. Despite the improvements in neonatal care, the incidence of NEC remains high (11% in …
View article: Complicated Meckel’s Diverticulum: lessons learnt from a case series of a single institution.
Complicated Meckel’s Diverticulum: lessons learnt from a case series of a single institution. Open
The aim of our study is to share a single pediatric institution’s experience with complicated Meckel’s diverticulum. The clinical records of a series of 15 cases treated between January 2006 and December 2020 were reviewed. Patients were d…
View article: Adolescent Girl with a Huge Pelvic Collection
Adolescent Girl with a Huge Pelvic Collection Open
Herein, we report our experience with an adolescent girl presenting with persistent fever, abdominal pain, and elevated levels of inflammatory blood markers. A huge pelvic collection was found at imaging studies. Occult source of infection…
View article: Tauber antegrade sclerotherapy: the importance of phlebography in choosing the correct vein.
Tauber antegrade sclerotherapy: the importance of phlebography in choosing the correct vein. Open
Tauber antegrade sclerotherapy can be considered an established procedure for the treatment of varicocele in paediatric age. Herein, we share our experience with this technique and its tricks. The choice of the spermatic vein should be ver…
View article: Tauber antegrade sclerotherapy: the importance of phlebography in choosing the correct vein.
Tauber antegrade sclerotherapy: the importance of phlebography in choosing the correct vein. Open
Tauber antegrade sclerotherapy can be considered an established procedure for the treatment of varicocele in pediatric age. Herein, we share our experience with this technique and its tricks. The choice of the spermatic vein should be very…
View article: Congenital Pouch Colon
Congenital Pouch Colon Open
Background: Congenital pouch colon (CPC) is a rare variant of anorectal malformations (ARM) with its highest reported incidence in India. We aimed to describe five patients affected by CPC, in which the tissue from the terminal dilated col…
View article: Optimizing Nutritional Strategies to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Growth Failure after Bowel Resection
Optimizing Nutritional Strategies to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Growth Failure after Bowel Resection Open
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), the first cause of short bowel syndrome (SBS) in the neonate, is a serious neonatal gastrointestinal disease with an incidence of up to 11% in preterm newborns less than 1500 g of birth weight. The rate of …
View article: Clinical prognostic factors in pediatric adrenocortical tumors: A meta‐analysis
Clinical prognostic factors in pediatric adrenocortical tumors: A meta‐analysis Open
Pediatric adrenocortical tumors (ACT) are rare and sometimes aggressive malignancies, but there is no consensus on the outcome predictors in children. A systematic search of MEDLINE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library for stu…
View article: Kidney Transplant (KT) in Anorectal Malformation (ARM) Patients: risk factors and outcome
Kidney Transplant (KT) in Anorectal Malformation (ARM) Patients: risk factors and outcome Open
View article: Pediatric endoscopic procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian center experience
Pediatric endoscopic procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian center experience Open