Raj P Kapur,Amy J Kennedy
Raj P Kapur
Incomplete resection of the transitional zone (TZ) between histologically normal and aganglionic bowel in Hirschsprung disease is a putative cause of postoperative dysmotility. A review of literature indicates that diverse histopathological...
Jacob C Langer
Jacob C Langer
The surgical correction of Hirschsprung disease has undergone a complete evolution in the past decade. Refinements in the performance of both transanal and laparoscopic procedures have tremendously facilitated the advancement of these surge...
Pancreatic islet transplantation [0.03%]
胰岛移植
Paul R V Johnson,Katherine E Jones
Paul R V Johnson
Pancreatic islet transplantation is a minimally invasive treatment that has the potential to prevent diabetes after total pancreatectomy for benign disease (islet autotransplantation) and to reverse diabetes in those with type 1 diabetes (i...
Alexander Dzakovic,Riccardo Superina
Alexander Dzakovic
Pancreatitis is becoming increasingly prevalent in children, posing new challenges to pediatric health care providers. Although some general adult treatment paradigms are applicable in the pediatric population, diagnostic workup and surgica...
Gallstone disease in children [0.03%]
儿童胆石症
Jan Svensson,Erica Makin
Jan Svensson
Gallstone disease in children is evolving, and for the previous 3 decades, the frequency for surgery has increased greatly. This is in part because of improved diagnostic modalities, but also changing pathology, an increased awareness of em...
Malignant liver tumors [0.03%]
恶性的肝脏肿瘤
Joshua N Honeyman,Michael P La Quaglia
Joshua N Honeyman
Malignant tumors of the liver comprise a relatively small fraction of the total number of pediatric malignancies. However, these tumors can be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, and there have been significant therapeutic gains...
Florent Guérin,Thomas Blanc,Frédéric Gauthier et al.
Florent Guérin et al.
Congenital portosystemic shunts are developmental abnormalities of the portal venous system resulting in the diversion of portal blood away from the liver to the systemic venous system. Such malformations are believed to come from an insult...
Jean de Ville de Goyet,Giuseppe D&#x;Ambrosio,Chiara Grimaldi
Jean de Ville de Goyet
The management of children with portal hypertension has dramatically changed during the past decade, with an improvement in outcome. This has been achieved by improved efficiency of endoscopic variceal control and the success of liver trans...
Medical management of esophageal varices and portal hypertension in children [0.03%]
儿童食管静脉曲张和门脉高压的内科治疗措施及外科手术指征
Lorenzo D&#x;Antiga
Lorenzo D&#x;Antiga
Portal hypertension (PH) is a common complication of chronic liver disease in children and represents a cause of morbidity and, rarely, mortality in this group of patients. Although often self-limiting, gastrointestinal bleeding in this set...