Atsuyuki Yamataka,Geoffrey J Lane,Joel Cazares
Atsuyuki Yamataka
Minimally invasive surgery in children has evolved to the extent that complex procedures can be performed with safety and outcome comparable with open surgery, with the advantage of minimal scarring. Here we describe the latest laparoscopic...
Amy G Feldman,Cara L Mack
Amy G Feldman
The cause of biliary atresia is unknown; in the past few decades, the majority of investigations related to its pathogenesis have centered on viral infections and immunity. The acquired or perinatal form of biliary atresia entails a progres...
Claus Petersen
Claus Petersen
Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive fibrosing process of the neonatal biliary tree and liver, of unknown origin, and an as-yet unexplained pathologic mechanism. The crucial point is to elucidate the origin of this rare disease to change p...
Mark Davenport
Mark Davenport
Biliary atresia (BA) remains an enigmatic disease with a degree of etiologic heterogeneity. A number of variants can be defined clinically, and these include the syndromic group (typically BA splenic malformation), cystic BA, and cytomegalo...
Alastair J W Millar,Alaa F Hamza
Alastair J W Millar
Liver disease in children in the developing world is a frequent occurrence, which is generally inadequately managed because of lack of resources. However, increasingly, there has been a demand for liver transplantation, where primary medica...
Pediatric minimally invasive surgery in Africa: limitations and current situation [0.03%]
非洲小儿微创外科的现状与限制条件
Jerome Loveland,Alp Numanoglu,Sameh Abdel Hay
Jerome Loveland
The second largest and most populous continent, with an exploding pediatric population, Africa has an overwhelming burden on its very limited pediatric surgical services. In an international environment of progressively advancing endoscopic...
Neonatal surgery in Africa [0.03%]
非洲的新生儿手术
Lohfa B Chirdan,Petronilla J Ngiloi,Essam A Elhalaby
Lohfa B Chirdan
The management of neonatal surgical problems continues to pose considerable challenges, particularly in low-resource settings. The burden of neonatal surgical diseases in Africa is not well documented. The characteristics of some neonatal s...
Afua A J Hesse,Abdellatif Nouri,Hussam S Hassan et al.
Afua A J Hesse et al.
Parasitic infestation is common in developing countries especially in Africa. Children are often more vulnerable to these infections. Many health problems result from these infestations, including malnutrition, iron-deficiency anemia, surgi...
Larry G P Hadley,Bankole S Rouma,Yasser Saad-Eldin
Larry G P Hadley
The care of children with malignant solid tumors in sub-Saharan Africa is compromised by resource deficiencies that range from inadequate healthcare budgets and a paucity of appropriately trained personnel, to scarce laboratory facilities a...