Postoperative Complications in Children With Crohn Disease Treated With Infliximab.

Objectives: Infliximab (IFX) has become a mainstay of therapy for children with Crohn disease (CD). Despite medical advances, many children with CD, however, still require operative interventions. The risk of complications following resection in children treated with IFX remains largely unknown.

Early results of an objective feedback-directed system for the staged traction repair of long-gap esophageal atresia.

Purpose: Treatment of long-gap esophageal atresia challenges pediatric surgeons. Dr. Foker described utilization of external traction sutures to promote in-vivo growth through tension-induced lengthening, but reproducibility of this technique is difficult.

Treatment of appendicitis in neutropenic children.

Background: Appendicitis in the neutropenic patient places the clinician in a precarious position; balancing the timing and risks of surgery and the risk of an uncontrolled infectious source in the abdomen.

Methods: Multi-center retrospective review from 2000 to 2010 of appendicitis occurring in patients with neutropenia secondary to chemotherapy. Patient demographics and surgical outcomes were tracked.