Objective We aimed to evaluate the characteristics,complications and outcomes of necrotizing pneumonia(NP)requiring surgical intervention.Methods We conducteda retrospective study of all children who underwent surgica...
supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China 341 (2018YFC1002503);the Beijing Municipal Natural ScienceFoundation (7224321).
Background This study aims to address the timing of repairfor severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia(CDH)without the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO)and to determine the feasibility of an earlier inter...
funded by The Thrasher Research Fund under Award Number TRF15700.
Background In Uganda,only two public hospitals provide pediatric surgery services.With less than 10 pediatric surgeons serving approximately 20 million children in Uganda,most patients with anorectal malformations(ARM...
I am so pleased to present to our readership,this topic collection of the World Journal of Pediatric Surgery(WJPS)dedicated to congenital diaphragmatic hernia(CDH).It is difficult to think of another congenital anomal...
Delayed diagnosis of children with anorectal malformations(ARMs)remains a challenge across low-,middle-,and high-income countries.However,definitions of what constitutes a delayed or late presentation and diagnosis of...
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia(CDH)is a rare heterogenous disorder with varying degrees of severity.Infant survival rates in high-income countries are approaching 80%in isolated CDH;however,over 50%will have long-ter...
Hirschsprung disease(HSCR)is the most common congenital motility disorder of the intestine,characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric and submucosal plexuses,leading to functional bowel obstructio...
Hirschsprung disease(HSCR)is a congenital enteric neuropathy in which the enteric nervous system(ENS)fails to develop along variable lengths of the distal gastrointestinal(Gl)tract.This aganglionosis results in a func...
Background In approaching surgical correction of Hirschsprung disease(HSCR),laparoscopic Swenson endorectal pull-through(Lap-S-ERPT)requires less transanal dissection and sphincter stretch.This may lead to more immedi...
The treatment of Hirschsprung disease(HSCR)is surgical resection of aganglionic bowel and subsequent pull-through of ganglionated bowel.Despite many advances since the initial description of the disease and its surgic...