Intraabdominal abscess following open and laparoscopic appendectomy in the pediatric population.

Background: Studies comparing intraabdominal abscess (IAA) rates following laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) and open appendectomy (OA) have shown conflicting results.

Methods: The charts of 324 children undergoing appendectomy were reviewed retrospectively to examine the incidence of IAA.

Results: Of the 324 appendectomies, 204 (63.

Surgical treatment of symptomatic biliary stones in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Patients with cystic fibrosis have a high incidence of cholelithiasis. However, few studies have addressed the operative therapy for cholelithiasis in this group of patients with poor pulmonary function. We reviewed six patients with cystic fibrosis who were treated for symptomatic biliary stones.

Cardiac performance in children with pectus excavatum.

Fourteen children with pectus excavatum and 14 normal control patients underwent graded exercise testing using a cycle ergometer and the James protocol. All the subjects were preoperative. The children were exercised to exhaustion during the test.