Fellowship

Month

Topics

Article

July

• Omphalocele

• Gastroschisis

August

• Duodenal atresia

• Stenosis

• Webs

• Annular pancreas

Duodenal atresia and stenosis: 30-year follow-up

September

• Anorectal malformation 

Surgical management of cloacal malformations a review of 339 patients

October

• Malrotation

November

• Choledochal cyst 

A shorter loop in Roux-Y hepatojejunostomy reconstruction for choledochal cysts is equally effective

Risk factors, complications, and outcomes of gallstones in children

December

• Undescended testes

Scrotal Incision Orchiopexy for Undescended Testes

A modified technique for scrotal fixation during orchiopexy

January

• ECMO

• Lung physiology

Long-term outcome of asymptomatic patients with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation

February

• Intussusception

March

• Inguinal hernia

6361 pediatric inguinal hernias: a 35-year review

Non-ligation of the hernial sac during herniotomy: a prospective study

A Single-Blinded Randomized Comparison of Laparoscopic Versus Open Hernia Repair in Children

April

• Wilms tumor

The management of synchronous bilateral Wilms tumor

A Surgical Approach to Adrenocortical Tumors in Children

Intraoperative spillage of favorable histology Wilms tumor cells: influence of irradiation and chemotherapy recurrence

Anterior intratumoural chemotherapy

May

• GERD

• Barrett's esophagus

Long-term outcome of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

Minimal vs extensive esophageal mobilization during laparoscopic fundoplication

June

• Germ cell tumors

Outcome and staging evaluation in malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary in children and adolescents

Randomized comparison of combination chemotherapy with etoposide bleomycin and either high-dose or standard-dose cisplatin in children

Month

Topics

Articles

July

• Branchial cleft cysts

Endoscope-assisted versus conventional second branchial cleft cyst resection

August

• Intestinal atresia 

Jejunoileal atresias: a 25y experience

September

• Esophageal atresia

• TEF

Anastomotic stricture after surgical repair of esophageal atresia: frequency, risk factors, and efficacy of esophageal bougie dilatations 

Fibrin glue for esophageal anastomosis

October

• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

How useful is the lung-to-head ratio in predicting outcome in the fetus with CDH?

CDH: outcome review of 2,173 surgical repairs in US infants 

Permacol: a potential biologic patch alternative​

November

• Hirschsprungs 

Is daily dilatation by parents necessary after surgery for Hirschsprung disease and anorectal malformations? 

Outcome Comparison Among Laparoscopic Duhamel Laparotomic Duhamel and Transanal Endorectal Pull-Through: A Single-Center, 18-Year Experience 

December

• Abdominal trauma

• Thoracic trauma

EAST: a review of the management of the open abdomen - Part 2

January

• Biliary atresia

Comparison of different diagnostic methods for differentiating biliary atresia from idiopathic neonatal hepatitis

Magnetic resonance cholangiography for the diagnosis of biliary atresia

High-dose steroids ursodeoxycholic acid and chronic intravenous antibiotics improve bile flow after Kasai procedure in infants with biliary atresia

February

• Appendicitis

Selective imaging strategies for the diagnosis of appendicitis in children

Surgeon-performed ultrasound as a diagnostic tool

March

• Neuroblastoma

Surgery for neuroblastoma

Thoracic neuroblastoma: a retrospective review of our institutional experience with comparison of the thoracoscopic and open approaches to resection

April

• Ovarian problems

• Adnexal problems

May

• Hepatoblastoma

Intensified Platinum Therapy Is an Ineffective Strategy for Improving Outcome in Pediatric Patients With Advanced Hepatoblastoma

June