Airway deformation in patients ...
Purpose This study analyzed the inside appearance of the trachea and the main bronchus at the time of performing the Nuss procedure to test the hypo ...
Laparoscopic approach for child ...
Background Minimally invasive surgery is being increasingly applied to inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Few pediatric series from selected resear ...
Chinese pediatric and adolescen ...
Objectives To investigate the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes in Chinese pediatric and adolescent patients with primary tracheobronc ...
Preliminary results of VATS thy ...
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a debilitating disease which necessitates long-term medical therapy. If left untreated, it can have a high mortality rate. ...
Altered PITX2 and LEF1 gene exp ...
Purpose Although, recent studies have suggested that disruption of somitogenesis may be involved in ventral body wall (VBW) defects; the molecular m ...
Review of the evidence on the c ...
Infants with congenital abdominal wall defects pose an interesting and challenging management issue for surgeons. We attempt to review the literatur ...
Association of lymphocyte cross ...
Background The effect of preformed antidonor antibodies have been demonstrated in various types of solid organ transplantation. However, the signifi ...
Elevated inflammatory mediators ...
Purpose We aimed to study the changes in cytokines, oxidative mediators, and pulmonary blood pressure in a neonatal sepsis model when applying an ex ...
Foreign body aspiration in chil ...
Purpose Assessment of bronchoscopy usefulness for diagnosis and treatment in children suspected of foreign body aspiration. Material and method The ...
Physical and psychological outc ...
Purpose Few studies have assessed physical and psychological status in long-term survivors of childhood solid tumors in Japan. For children with suc ...
Thymectomy for inducing remissi ...
Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of thymectomy to induce remission in juvenile myasthenia gravis. Methods A retrospectiv ...
A role for Pten in paediatric i ...
Purpose The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a network of neurons and glia that lies within the gut wall. It is responsible for the normal regulation ...
Surgical treatment of chronic i ...
Surgery for chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasingly often necessary in children. This study aimed at assessing the results of these ...
How valuable is ductal plate ma ...
Purpose We assessed ductal plate malformation (DPM) as a prognostic factor for mid-/long-term outcome in posthepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) biliary at ...
Abnormal development of the ent ...
Background/Aim Esophageal dilatation, gastroesophageal reflux, and intestinal obstruction have been demonstrated in CDH survivors. Abnormal esophage ...
Prenatal treatment with retinoi ...
Purpose Prenatal treatment with retinoic acid (RA) has been reported to stimulate alveologenesis in hypoplastic lungs (HL) in the nitrofen model of ...
Is it necessary to ligate dista ...
Purpose After excision of choledochal cysts (CDC), the distal common bile duct (CBD) stumps are conventionally ligated. Yet, the distal common bile ...
Slow-transit constipation with ...
Purpose Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) speeds up colonic transit in children with slow-transit constipation (STC). This study examined ...
Does the length of the history ...
Purpose Intussusception is the most common cause of acute abdomen in infants and preschool children. Nonoperative reduction using air enema is an es ...
Neonatal functional intestinal ...
Purpose We report our experience of managing eight babies who presented with neonatal intestinal obstruction and whose rectal biopsies showed severe ...
Inhibitory effect of drug-free ...
Purpose Hybrid liposomes composed of vesicular and micellar molecules have been used as drug-delivery systems. It has become clear that hybrid lipos ...
The Skt gene, required for anor ...
Background and aims It has been reported that a dorsal cloacal plate defect is associated with anorectal malformations (ARMs); however, there has be ...
Expression of the Wilm’s tumor ...
Purpose The nitrofen model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) reproduces a typical diaphragmatic defect. However, the exact pathomechanism of ...
Reliability of the lung to thor ...
Purpose An accurate prenatal assessment of the patients’ severity is essential for the optimal treatment of individuals with congenital diaphragmati ...
Perforation: a rare complicatio ...
Purpose Spontaneous perforation is a rare complication of choledochal cyst (CDC) which is difficult to diagnose due to its nonspecific clinical pres ...