Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation: The Long-Term Outcome.

 Evaluating the long-term outcome of spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP).  We studied all patients treated for SIP at our institution between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2014.  Twenty-three infants (13 males) with a median gestational age of 26 (range: 23-32) weeks and a median weight of 825 (range: 560-1,965) g composed this cohort.

Management of Intestinal Strictures Post Conservative Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: The Long Term Outcome.

Objectives: Evaluating the long-term outcome of the surgical management for intestinal strictures developing after necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study of all patients with an intestinal stricture after completion of conservative management for NEC. They were treated during the eight years period from 1st January 2008 to 31st December 2015.

What is the role of laparoscopic surgery in intussusception?

Background: Assessing the role of laparoscopy in the management of intussusception.

Methods: A retrospective review of children aged up to 17 years who had surgery for intussusception at this institution between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2013.

Results: The cohort of 44 individuals (18 females) presented at a median age of 9 months (range 2.

Irreducible inguinal hernia in children: how serious is it?

Background/purpose: We evaluated the experience with irreducible inguinal hernias at our institution.

Methods: We reviewed patients with an inguinal hernia operation at our institution between 1st January 2004 and 31st December 2013. Individuals with a failed manual reduction of an incarcerated hernia under sedation by the attending surgeon were included into the study group as irreducible hernia.

Duodenal ulcers dominate acute upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding in childhood: a 10-year experience from Hong Kong.

Objective: Systematic reports on acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in children/adolescents are scanty. The aim of this study is to analyze its presentation, pathology and outcome in Hong Kong.

Methods: A retrospective review of the hospital database for admissions up to the age of 18 years with signs of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding between 1 June 1996 and 31 May 2006.

Gastroschisis closure: a technique for improved cosmetic repair.

Gastroschisis closure is performed either primarily or after staged reduction of the prolapsed bowel. A technique for surgical closure of the abdominal wall defect is described which allows for an almost scarless appearance of the abdominal surface with preservation of a midline umbilicus.

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in recurrent necrotizing enterocolitis--a case report.

A 35-week gestation male neonate had 3 episodes of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), the first of which was managed surgically. Two further episodes of NEC were treated by medical management. Angiography then identified a stricture at the origin of the superior mesenteric artery.