Bronchogenic Cyst: Lessons Learned in 20 Years of Experience at a Tertiary Pediatric Center.

Background: Bronchogenic cysts are benign congenital malformations of the primitive ventral foregut. The aim of this study is to analyze and report 20 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of bronchogenic cysts at a tertiary pediatric center.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of all patients diagnosed with a bronchogenic cyst between 2000-2020.

Rare tumors in pediatrics. First report in Argentina.

Introduction: Collaborative clinical trials have enlarged the knowledge base about pediatric tumors; however, this is not the case for rare tumors (RT).

Objective: To describe the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and course of RT in pediatric patients diagnosed at Hospital Garrahan.

Material And Methods: Descriptive, retrospective study of patients aged 0-18 years diagnosed with a RT and admitted between January 2007 and December 2017.

Surgical treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome in pediatrics.

Aim: Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a condition that occurs when the cervical neuro-vascular bundle becomes compressed at one of the three narrow areas of the thoraco-cervico-axillary region. Conservative management is the first line of treatment. Patients who do not respond to conservative management should be treated surgically.

Risk factors for morbidities and mortality in children following pneumonectomy.

Background And Objective: Pneumonectomy (PNE) is a procedure infrequently performed in children. A high morbidity/mortality rate associated with PNE has been described. Few series have been published in the last 15 years.

Primary lung tumors in children: 24 years of experience at a referral center.

Purpose: Primary lung tumors are rare during childhood and encompass a wide variety of histological types. Each has a different biology and a different therapeutic approach. The aim of this article is to review the experience of a pediatric referral center with this kind of tumors during the last 24 years.

Simplified surgical approach to congenital megaprepuce: fixing, unfurling and tailoring revisited.

Purpose: Megaprepuce is a congenital penile malformation that includes phimosis and severe ballooning of the internal prepuce. We combined the main technical details of 2 previously reported surgical techniques to simplify the surgical approach. We report the key points of this revisited surgical correction for megaprepuce and the long-term results.