Volume & Issue: Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2022 
A fetus excised from the small intestinal mesentery of a neonate (fetus in fetu): a case report

Mohammad Ahmad Alekrashy; Ahmed Refaat Khodary; Amr Abd Almohsen Alnemr; Ahmed A. Elsammak; Sherief M. Elgebaly


Reduction in blood product transfusion requirements with early on-ECMO repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Stephen M. Niemiec; Amanda E. Louiselle; Ryan Phillips; Sarah A. Hilton; Sarkis C. Derderian; Michael V. Zaretsky; Henry L. Galan; Nicholas Behrendt; John P. Kinsella; Kenneth W. Liechty; Jason Gien


Rise of pediatric robotic surgery in Italy: a multicenter observational retrospective study

Rossella Angotti; Alessandro Raffaele; Francesco Molinaro; Giovanna Riccipetitoni; Pierluigi Lelli Chiesa; Gabriele Lisi; Girolamo Mattioli; Daniele Alberti; Giovanni Boroni; Francesca Mariscoli; Ascanio Martino; Gloria Pelizzo; Michela Maffi; Mario Messina; Mario Lima


Diamonds in the appendix

Haidar Alyaseen; Ashraf Alnosair; Mukhtar Alghanim; Ahmed Almusawi; Carlos Cordoba


Jejunoileal atresia: a case-series of 63 neonates and risk factors to mortality

Muhammad Saleem; Naeem Liaqat; Jamal Butt; Imran Hashim; Asif Iqbal; Asim Raza; Atika Urooj


Vertebral destruction in an 11-month-old child with spinal tuberculosis: a case report and review of literature

Ana Karen Leos-Leija; José Ramón Padilla-Medina; Pedro Martín Reyes-Fernández; Víctor M. Peña-Martínez; Fernando Félix Montes-Tapia; José I. Castillo-Bejarano


Wilms’ tumor in low- and middle-income countries: survey of current practices, challenges, and priorities

Megan Thuy Vu; Jaime Shalkow; Bindi Naik-Mathuria; Sajid S. Qureshi; Doruk Ozgediz; Kokila Lakhoo; Hafeez Abdelhafeez


Feasibility, safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic transperitoneal pyeloplasty in children: Ain Shams University early experience

Hany Emad Mohamed; Khaled Mohamed EL-Asmar; Tarek Ahmed Hassan; Ehab Abd El-Aziz EL-Shafei; Mohamed Hisham Soliman; Ayman Mostafa Allam


Congenital absence of the skin: a case series report

Jesús Vicente Redondo Sedano; María Dolores Delgado Muñoz; Alicia Gómez Sánchez; Sara Monserrat Proaño Landazuri; María López Maestro; Jesús Rodríguez Calvo; Cecilia Castellano Yáñez; Andrés Gómez Fraile; María Eunate Marti Carrera


Intrathoracic mass in a 5-month-old infant: fetus in fetu—a case report

Abdel-Kémal Bori Bata; Joseph Akodjènou; Gilles Modeste Alain Bognon; Simon Azandegbe Azonbakin; Romulus Takin; Jules Marouf Alao; Antoine Seraphin Gbenou; Armand Michel Fiogbe; Delphin Kuassi Mehinto


Post-operative bronchoscopy findings of esophageal atresia patients, initial phase of single-institute experience

Dina Hossam El Dine Hamed; Ayman Hussein; Basma Magdy; Mohamed Elseoudi; Mohamed M. Elbarbary; Ahmed M. K. Wishahy


Spontaneous pneumoperitoneum in neonates: a case series

Raed Al-Taher; Hanan Mansour; Mohammad Al-Qaisi; Ehab Hamdan; Baraa Danoun; Ali Shrouf; Mohammed Jumaah; Eman Badran; Manar Al-lawama


Acquired childhood bladder melanosis

Roma Subhash Varik; Mudher Al-Adhani; Arash Taghizadeh


Single port laparoscopic-assisted ovarian cystectomy using optical forceps in neonates: a brief technical report

Hanan Said; Yasmine Shafik; Mohammed Faiz; Osama Bawazir; Obada Alhallaq; Asmaa Abdulmoez; Yasser Al Dahshan


Pediatric biliary calculus disease: clinical spectrum, predisposing factors, and management outcome revisited

Rajashekar Addagatla; Vijay Kumar Kundal; Gali Divya; Pinaki Ranjan Debnath; Atul Kumar Meena; Aarushi Kemwal; Amita Sen


Perioperative use of antibiotics in full-thickness rectal biopsies for Hirschsprung’s disease

Nicolai Skov Schiellerup; Niels Bjørn; Anders Linneman; Peter Ehlers; Sören Möller; Niels Qvist; Mark Bremholm Ellebæk


Physical growth and social prognosis of esophageal atresia after 15 years of age

Ryuta Masuya; Mitsuru Muto; Koshiro Sugita; Masakazu Murakami; Keisuke Yano; Toshio Harumatsu; Shun Onishi; Koji Yamada; Waka Yamada; Makoto Matsukubo; Takafumi Kawano; Seiro Machigashira; Kazuhiko Nakame; Motofumi Torikai; Motoi Mukai; Tatsuru Kaji; Satoshi Ieiri


Effectiveness of nonsurgical antibiotic treatment in the experimental appendicitis model in rats

Halis Can Demirtürk; Halil Ibrahim Tanriverdi; Fatma Taneli; Semin Ayhan; Cüneyt Günşar


Mediastinal teratoma presented with nonimmune hydrops and chylothorax: a case report

Yasemin Ezgi Kostekci; Elvis Kraja; Ergun Ergun; Berrin Demir; Emel Okulu; Omer Erdeve; Aydın Yagmurlu; Omer Suat Fitoz; Koray Ceyhan; Begum Atasay; Saadet Arsan


Malignant psammomatous melanotic schwannoma mimicking adrenal cyst: case report

Aleksandar Zlatarov; Plamena Drenakova; Stefan Mihaylov; Neli Zgurova; Lilyana Petkova; Krasimir D. Ivanov


Family planning and parity among pediatric surgeons — it is time to confront a serious problem (a survey among Brazilian female pediatric surgeons)

Lisieux Eyer de Jesus; Amanda Guerra Rosina; Laryssa Nayana Souza Silva de Oliveira; Karen Feldman; Renata Rangel Justiniano; Glaucia Campos Resende; Samuel Dekermacher


Amniotic fluid absorption and growth functions in humans: what can we indirectly learn from congenital digestive atresias?

Giovanni Parente; Eduje Thomas; Simone D’Antonio; Francesco Pierangeli; Chiara Cordola; Michele Libri; Tommaso Gargano; Mario Lima


Outcomes of acute appendicitis in patients younger than age 4: a descriptive study

Jhon Camacho-Cruz; Patricia Ocampo Padilla; Daniela Guerrero Sánchez; Diana Milena Mongui; Laura Katherine Hoyos; María Lucia Porras; Pablo Vásquez Hoyos; Fernando Polo; Carlos Alberto Castro


Coexistence of pulmonary hydatid cyst and tuberculosis in a child: a case report

Assia Haif; Djelloul Achouri; Halima Bougharnout; Asma Chahmana; Fahima Bouchareb; Boubakeur Bendecheche; Zineddine Soualili


Treatment of perianal abscess in children: spontaneous drainage or incision-drainage?

Elif Emel Erten; Can İhsan Öztorun; Ahmet Ertürk; Doğuş Güney; Süleyman Arif Bostancı; Medine Ezgi Öcal; Sabri Demir; Müjdem Nur Azılı; Emrah Şenel


Retroperitoneal approach in a child with ganglioneuroma: points of technique and literature review

Pietro Impellizzeri; Flora M. Peri; Salvatore Arena; Renato Trimarchi; Carmelo Romeo; Gianlorenzo Dionigi


Delayed presentation of isolated female epispadias with urinary incontinence: a case report

Adewale Olaotan Oyinloye; Samuel Wabada; Auwal Mohammed Abubakar; Christopher Uruku Rikin


An innovative use of PIRS technique for pediatric femoral hernia: report of 2 cases

Ergun Ergun; Yusuf Alper Kara; Beytullah Yagiz; Sila Ispir Karalar; Ozlem Balci; Ismet Faruk Ozguner


Diagnostic utility of Bcl-2 immunohistochemical expression in pediatric functional bowel obstruction cases with ganglionated specimens

Lobna Abd El Fattah Mohamed; Nedal Ahmed Hegazy; Faten Abd El Aziz Ghazal; Ahmed Mohy El Din Zaki; Ahmed Bassiouny Radwan; Sarah Adel Hakim


Intestinal tumor lesions leading to intussusception in children: a report of four cases and literature review

Taycir Cheikhrouhou; Rahma Chtourou; Mahdi Ben Dhaou; Manel Mallouli; Najoua Benkraiem; Rim Kallel; Saloua Ammar; Hayet Zitouni; Tahya Sellami Boudawara; Riadh Mhiri


Comparative study between one-stage versus three-stage repair of anorectal malformation with recto-vestibular fistula

Mostafa Gad; Mohamed Ashraf Farghaly; Khaled S. Abdullateef; Osama Abdelazim; Mahmoud M. A. Elfiky; Ayman Hussien A. Sattar; Sherif Nabhan Kaddah; Moutaz Ragab


Symptomatic giant solitary bile cyst with intracystic bleeding in a 13-year-old girl: a case report and literature review

José Otávio Guedes Junqueira; João Henrique Sendrete de Pinho; Thaís Bandeira de Oliveira Junqueira; Bruna Bandeira de Oliveira Junqueira; Fernando Mendonça Vidigal; Maria Cristina Vasconcelos Furtado; Gláucio Silva de Souza


Unused opioid prescription prevalence after pediatric ambulatory surgery: a survey study

Anjali A. Dixit; Nhi Ho; Christina Inglis-Arkell; Catherine L. Chen; Marla Ferschl; Solmaz P. Manuel


Vertical wound closure following sacrococcygeal teratoma excision: an approachable aesthetic solution

Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid; Ahmed Bassiouny Radwan; Mostafa Mohamed Elghandour; Nader Nassef Guirguis; Mohamed Ali Bersy


Long-term evaluation of patient satisfaction and quality of life in pectus excavatum repair

Neil Di Salvo; Giovanni Ruggeri; Eduje Thomas; Giovanni Parente; Marco Di Mitri; Mario Lima


Catheter-related atrial thrombosis: prevalence and risk factors in the pediatric age group—a retrospective study

Hasan Nassereldine; Adel Hajj-Ali; Joelle Hassanieh; Dima Hamideh; Rola F. Jaafar; Samir Akel; Ahmad Zaghal


Retrovesical cysts in boys—case series and literature review

Niklas Pakkasjärvi; Tiia Mönttinen; Lasse Hokkinen; Eija Mäkelä; Seppo Taskinen


Management of severe symptomatic abdominal lymphatic malformation complicated by abscess formation, protein-losing gastroenteropathy, and bleeding

Hitoshi Ono; Shohei Honda; Hisayuki Miyagi; Masashi Minato; Momoko Ara; Takafumi Kondo; Kazuyoshi Okumura; Tadao Okada; Akinobu Taketomi


Outcome and morbidity of liver surgery in children: a single-centre, 47-year experience

Hind Zaidan; Hanan Said; Alan Mortell; Abdulrahman AlShafei; Finn Breatnach; Nigel Heaton; Martin T. Corbally