Successful application of the innovation process to a case of Floyd Type I tracheal agenesis.

Background: Innovation is broadly defined as the act of introducing a new product, idea, or process. The field of surgery is built upon innovation, revolutionizing technology, science, and tools to improve patient care. While most innovative solutions are aimed at problems with a significant patient population, the process can also be used on orphan pathologies without obvious solutions.

Surgical management in pediatric neuroblastoma diagnosis and treatment: a 20-year, single-center experience.

Background: The currently utilized International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) staging system developed in 2009 uses image-defined risk factors as a measure of surgical risk, separating resectable neuroblastoma from those best preceded by chemotherapy. The previous International Neuroblastoma Staging System was based primarily on surgical findings. We hypothesized there would be a change to the role of the surgeon in neuroblastoma treatment in the more recent decade.

Development of a Standardized Program for the Collaboration of Adult and Children's Surgeons.

Background: Children's hospitals within larger hospitals (CH/LH) have the specific clinical advantage of easily facilitated collaboration between adult and children's surgeons. These collaborations, which we have termed hybrid surgical offerings (HSOs) are often required for disease processes requiring interventions that fall outside the customary practice of children's surgeons. Formal models to describe or evaluate these practices are lacking.

Pediatric biliary disorders: Multimodality imaging evaluation with clinicopathologic correlation.

The spectrum of pathologies affecting the biliary tree in the pediatric population varies depending on the age of presentation. While in utero insults can result in an array of anatomic variants and congenital anomalies in newborns, diverse acquired biliary pathologies are observed in older children. These acquired pathologies display different presentations and consequences than adults.