Biodegradable airway stents: Novel treatment of airway obstruction in children.

Background: Tracheobronchomalacia is the most common cause of congenital airway obstruction in infants. An alternative for surgical approach (aortopexy) can be metallic airway stents. Usually, they are not considered as a first choice because of the relatively high risk of complications.

[Gastrografin challenge test for the management of subileus in children].

Background: The appearance of gastrografin in colon within 6 hours after gastric administration rules out the need of surgery in abdominal subileus. This diagnostic management is not routinely applied in children. We present a one-year experience from the department of pediatric surgery.

A prospective comparison of antibiotic usage in pediatric surgical patients: the safety, advantage, and effectiveness of the Surgical Infection Society guidelines versus a common practice.

Background: The Surgical Infection Society (SIS) guidelines for antibiotic (Ab) usage minimally changed the surgical practice. The authors believed that clinical evidence of the safety, advantage, and effectiveness of SIS guidelines may improve inappropriate usage of Ab.

Methods: A group of dedicated surgeons attempted to use Ab appropriately to SIS guidelines in their patients (group A).