(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, 9 Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF, UK Abstract Laparoscopic Duhamel pull-through is a surgical option in typical Hirschsprung disease…
(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Oxford Children’s Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals & University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Abstract The potential advantages of the thoracoscopic approach include avoiding the morbidity…
(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK Abstract A Morgagni (anterior) diaphragmatic hernia is usually diagnosed on a chest x-ray in a child with recurrent respiratory…
and Malcolm Wills2 (1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK (2) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK Abstract The incidence of postpneumonic…
, Cole Wiedel2 and Duncan T. Wilcox3 (1) Department of Surgery-Urology, University of Colorado Hospital Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA (2) Department of Surgery-Urology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, University…
(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK (2) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation, Birmingham, UK Abstract Thymectomy in children is performed most…
(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK Abstract The major advantage of the thoracoscopic approach for the repair of eventration of the diaphragm is that it…
and Giampiero Soccorso2 (1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, England, UK (2) Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Abstract Posterior mediastinal neurogenic tumors (neuroblastomas, ganglioneuroblastomas,…
(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK (2) Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK Abstract Laparoscopy facilitates identification of a Meckel diverticulum. It…
(1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK Abstract Most mediastinal cysts are diagnosed at antenatal ultrasound scanning; postnatally most patients are asymptomatic. The differential diagnosis includes:…
