Outcome for biliary atresia patients treated at a low-volume centre.

Objectives: The importance of case load for treatment of extrahepatic biliary atresia (BA) is debated. The aim of this study was to register results of BA treatment in a small volume centre.

Methods: Retrospective chart review study of patients with BA treated from 2000 to 2017.

Adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome have a different velopharyngeal anatomy with predisposition to velopharyngeal insufficiency.

Aim: To find out if subjects with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DS) have a different velopharyngeal anatomy which could cause velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI).

Methods: A prospective study of 16 subjects >16 years of age with 22q11.

Effect of operator experience and frequency of procedure performance on complication rate after ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsies.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess whether the complication rate after ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsies in children is affected by how frequently the procedure is performed by the operator.

Methods: Medical charts and ultrasound descriptions of 311 ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy procedures performed by 18 radiologists at a single center from 2000 to 2011 were reviewed. Postbiopsy ultrasound the following day was performed after 97% of the procedures.

Autologous fat transplantation to the velopharynx for treating persistent velopharyngeal insufficiency of mild degree secondary to overt or submucous cleft palate.

Background: Autologous fat transplantation to the velopharynx has been described in a few smaller studies including heterogeneous groups of patients for the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). The aim of this study was to evaluate speech and to measure velopharyngeal closure with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients who underwent autologous fat transplantation for the treatment of persistent VPI of mild degree secondary to overt or submucous cleft palate.

Methods: A prospective study of 16 patients with persistent VPI of mild degree secondary to overt or submucous cleft palate who underwent autologous fat transplantation to the velopharynx.

Evaluation of risk factors for bleeding after liver biopsy in children.

Objectives: Acetylsalicylic acid is used in liver-transplanted children to prevent thrombosis of the hepatic artery. We evaluated whether acetylsalicylic acid and other risk factors were associated with bleeding after percutaneous liver biopsy.

Methods: Medical charts, laboratory results, imaging studies, and anesthesia charts of 275 ultrasound-guided liver biopsy procedures in 190 children were reviewed.

Speech and magnetic resonance imaging results following autologous fat transplantation to the velopharynx in patients with velopharyngeal insufficiency.

Objective: To measure velopharyngeal closure with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to evaluate speech when treating velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) with autologous fat transplantation to the velopharynx.

Patients: Nine patients were recruited. Six patients had undergone cleft palate repair and subsequently developed VPI.

Utility of ERCP in neonatal and infant cholestasis.

Background And Study Aims: In neonates and infants with biliary obstruction, the diagnosis is important to establish early. Despite the use of several noninvasive imaging modalities, a definite diagnosis of biliary atresia (BA) or other pancreaticobiliary disorders may be difficult to ascertain. In this paper, we report our experience with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP) in the clinical situation of neonatal and infant jaundice.