Jonty Karpelowsky,Alastair J W Millar
Jonty Karpelowsky
Pediatric HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a pandemic predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. Approximately 2.2 million children aged less than 15 years are infected with HIV, representing almost 95% of the total number of children global...
Emmanuel A Ameh,Francis A Abantanga,Doreen Birabwa-Male
Emmanuel A Ameh
Infections and their complications requiring surgical intervention are a frequent presentation in African children. Surgical site infection (SSI) is common with rates over 20%, even after clean procedures. The high rates of SSI are due in p...
Lukman O Abdur-Rahman,A B Sebastian van As,Heinz Rode
Lukman O Abdur-Rahman
Childhood trauma is one of the major health problems in the world. Although pediatric trauma is a global phenomenon in low- and middle-income countries, sub-Saharan countries are disproportionally affected. We reviewed the available literat...
Training and practice of pediatric surgery in Africa: past, present, and future [0.03%]
非洲儿科外科的培养和实践：过去、现在与将来
Essam A Elhalaby,Francis A Uba,Eric S Borgstein et al.
Essam A Elhalaby et al.
The evolution and recognition of pediatric surgery as a specialty in Africa can be divided into 4 distinct phases, starting from early 1920s till the present. The pace of development has been quite variable in different parts of Africa. Des...
Essam A Elhalaby,Alastair J W Millar
Essam A Elhalaby
The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in children with malignant solid tumors [0.03%]
儿童恶性实体瘤新辅助化疗的作用
Andrew M Davidoff,Israel Fernandez-Pineda,Victor M Santana et al.
Andrew M Davidoff et al.
Pediatric surgeons play a critical role in diagnosing, staging, and treating malignant solid tumors in children. Over the years, the surgical management of the primary tumor site has evolved from an aggressive en-bloc resection at diagnosis...
Surgical treatment of lung metastases in patients with embryonal pediatric solid tumors: an update [0.03%]
胚胎性儿科实体肿瘤患者肺转移的手术治疗：最新研究进展
Joerg Fuchs,Guido Seitz,Rupert Handgretinger et al.
Joerg Fuchs et al.
Distant metastases regularly occur in children with solid tumors. The most affected organ is the lung. Nearly in all extracranial pediatric solid tumors, the presence of lung metastases is associated with an adverse prognosis for the childr...
Roshni Dasgupta,David A Rodeberg
Roshni Dasgupta
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a malignant childhood tumor of mesenchymal origin that currently has a greater than 70% overall 5-year survival. Multimodality treatment is determined by risk stratification according to pretreatment stage, postope...
Andrea Hayes-Jordan
Andrea Hayes-Jordan
Nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft-tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) represent a subgroup of sarcomas that encompass more than 50 distinct histologies. All are rare, but some are more common in patients younger than 20 years of age. The management of patients ...
Pediatric germ cell tumors [0.03%]
儿童生殖细胞肿瘤
Frederick J Rescorla
Frederick J Rescorla
Pediatric germ cell tumors represent a diverse group of tumors that present from in utero through adolescence at many nongonadal locations, from the neck to the sacrococcygeal region. Surgical resection remains the central element of manage...