[MEDICAL PEDAGOGY - THE USE OF PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND COPING IN PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION].

Teachers employed in educational centers inside hospitals, encounter thousands of hospitalized children every year. Although many pedagogical tools are at hand, in order to establish a designated unique pedagogical profession, their practice is in need of an organizing principle compatible with hospital goals. In this article we assert that hospital teachers can and should become an inherent and meaningful factor in promoting children's health and supporting healing processes.

Oesophageal atresia: sonographic signs may prenatally predict surgical complexity.

Objective: Oesophageal atresia (OA) is a major anomaly of varying severity. The complexity of surgical correction highly depends on the gap length of missing oesophagus and the presence of a distal fistula. The aim of this study was to identify antenatal sonographic findings associated with presence of a distal fistula and type of surgical repair METHODS: Prenatal medical records of neonates postnatally diagnosed with OA were reviewed.

Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for disseminated intra-abdominal malignancies in children-a single-institution experience.

Purpose: Our purpose was to present our institutional experience with performing complete cytoreduction surgery and heated intraoperative chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) for children with disseminated intraabdominal malignancies, guided by a leading international center performing CRS-HIPEC in children.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of all cases of CRS-HIPEC in children in our institution, examining diagnosis, preoperative management, operative management, postoperative treatment, short term outcome including length of stay and complications, and long term outcome including survival and recurrence of disease.

Results: 9 children underwent CRS-HIPEC over 48months.

Minimal incision as a promising technique for resection of pilonidal sinus in children.

Purpose: To evaluate functional and long-term outcome of a minimal incision technique for resection of pilonidal sinus in children.

Patients And Methods: All children who underwent surgery for pilonidal sinus in our institution between October 2008 and March 2015 were included. We performed a retrospective chart review and a follow-up telephone survey.

Giant omental hemorrhagic cyst presenting as acute hemorrhagic anemia in a 21-month-old infant.

An omental cyst is a very rare pathology, especially in small infants. Children generally present with abdominal distention with or without a palpable mass. The mass may be huge, simulating ascites.

[Trends in surgery--evolution or revolution?].

Background: In recent years surgical procedures have developed enormously outpacing the rapid growth in medicine.

Objectives: The aim of this article is to highlight the trends in surgical treatment over the past decade in comparison with reports in the scientific literature.

Methods: We reviewed the surgical trends in the Pediatric Surgical Department at the Sheba Medical Center between the years 1995-2006.