Background: Congenital h-type tracheoesophageal fistula (H-TEF) without esophageal atresia (EA) represents about 4% of congenital esophageal anomalies. The diagnosis is challenging, and surgery is considered curative. The aim was to report a national survey on the diagnosis, management, and outcome of patients with congenital H-TEF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Prone cross-table lateral x-ray (CTLxR) and colostogram aid surgical planning for anorectal malformations (ARMs) without perineal fistulas. We suggest objective imaging tools to classify ARMs.
Methods: Three observers prospectively evaluated CTLxR and colostograms of male ARM patients (2012-2022) without perineal fistulas.
Background: The management of asymptomatic congenital lung malformations (CLM) is debated, and pulmonary function of patients with CLM is seldom discussed. Short-term respiratory outcome in patients operated for CLM was assessed in order to better define surgical impact.
Methods: A retrospective study on patients operated for CLM between 2012 and 2021 was performed.
This study demonstrates the trend of computed tomography (CT) usage for children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the context of the initiation of the to promote the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) rules at the acute care hospitals in New Jersey. We used administrative databases of 10 children's and 59 general hospitals to compare CT rates before 2014-2015, during 2016, and after the initiation of the program (2017-2019). The CT usage rates at baseline and the end of surveillance in children's hospitals (19.
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