Bracing of Pectus Carinatum in Children: Current Practices.

Background: Although effective, compressive orthotic bracing (COB) in children with pectus carinatum is still not standardized. This study has aimed to analyze current practices amongst members of the Chest Wall International Group (CWIG).

Methods: A web-based questionnaire was mailed to all CWIG members at 208 departments.

[Epidemiology of neural tube defects].

Introduction: Neural tube defects represent group of congenital diseases with relatively high incidence in population. Authors assess world and Slovak literature and statistical facts about the epidemiology of NTD and compare them with their own results of retrospective study performed in Children's Hospital, Bratislava.

Materials And Methods: List of patients consists of 250 children (106 boys, 144 girls): X-ray images showing lumbo-sacral part of vertebral column were evaluated retrospectively (X-ray of native abdomen, urological tract or skeleton).

[Type II bile duct cyst or accessory gall bladder?].

Choledochal and bile duct's cysts are well known, their morphological classification and also operative management had been described in detail. The most frequent are cysts' types I. and IV.

[Later age diaphragmatic hernia].

Introduction: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is usually diagnosed antenatally or through the neonatal period at present. It is also used to treat and manage CDH in this date. However in rare cases CDH could be presented after finished neonatal period with non-specific and misleading symptoms.

[Acute scrotum is a condition requiring surgical intervention].

Unlabelled: Acute scrotum (AS) is a clinical syndrome, in which authors indicate a surgical exploration of the scrotum. We retrospectively analyzed the group of 354 patients in 10 years (1997-2006) to compare the preoperative findings with the diagnosis of surgical exploration. The aim was to actualize diagnostics and therapeutic management.