Carroll M Harmon
Carroll M Harmon
Laparoscopic pyloromyotomy was first reported 20 years ago. This technique uses a small umbilical incision and 2 small upper abdominal incisions. During the last 5 years, this approach has become the preferred technique for many pediatric s...
George W Holcomb rd
George W Holcomb rd
Until the mid-1980s, cholecystectomy was performed through a generous right upper abdominal incision. After the early reports from Europe and the United States on the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the minimally inv...
Daniel J Ostlie
Daniel J Ostlie
Laparoscopic appendectomy has become the standard approach in most institutions for children with nonperforated appendicitis, and in many institutions for patients with perforated appendicitis. Because of public perception and continued sur...
David M Krpata,Todd A Ponsky
David M Krpata
The minimally invasive approach has become the preferred technique for many pediatric operations. Advances in instrumentation and equipment have allowed for the introduction of a new type of minimally invasive surgery: single-site umbilical...
George W Holcomb rd
George W Holcomb rd
Dietrich Kluth,Henning C Fiegel,Christian Geyer et al.
Dietrich Kluth et al.
Faulty ventral openings of the urethra constitute a broad spectrum of malformations that are subsumed under the term "hypospadia." The normal development of the urethra and the genitals critically depends on the following events: (a) format...
Henning C Fiegel,Udo Rolle,Roman Metzger et al.
Henning C Fiegel et al.
Numerous researchers studied the morphology of the testicular descent, including the possible function of the gubernaculum. However, a clear illustration of this process is still missing. The aim of this paper was to illustrate the embryolo...
The embryology of the diaphragm [0.03%]
膈的胚胎学
Steffi Mayer,Roman Metzger,Dietrich Kluth
Steffi Mayer
Despite the progress in prenatal diagnosis and intervention as well as postnatal therapeutic strategies, congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is still associated with a meaningful mortality because of the induced pulmonary hypoplasia. An e...
Embryology of the hindgut [0.03%]
后肠的胚胎学
Dietrich Kluth,Henning C Fiegel,Roman Metzger
Dietrich Kluth
Normal and abnormal development of the hindgut is still in debate. Normal development of the hindgut critically depends on the cloacal membrane. In this study, scanning electron microscopy of staged rat embryos between the gestational days ...
Embryology of the midgut [0.03%]
中肠的胚胎学
Roman Metzger,Ulrike Metzger,Henning C Fiegel et al.
Roman Metzger et al.
In most textbooks of embryology and pediatric surgery, the puzzling spectrum of midgut "malrotations" is explained by an "impaired" process of rotation of the midgut. However, this "process of rotation" is explained in a rather schematic wa...