Comparison of a CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) Laser and Tissue Glue with Conventional Surgical Techniques in Circumcision.

Introduction: CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) laser application in circumcision, for cutting and coagulation, has been reported to have excellent results. Also, tissue glue has been reported to have advantages over sutures for approximation of wound edges. Most previous studies focused on comparisons between CO2 laser and scalpel, or between tissue glue and sutures.

Teratoid Wilms' tumor: case report of a rare variant that can mimic aggressive biology during chemotherapy.

Teratoid Wilms' tumor is considered by some as a variant of Wilms' tumor containing at least 50% heterologous differentiated tissue. Fewer than 30 cases have been described. We report a 9-month-old boy with bilateral Wilms' tumors who did not respond to multiagent chemotherapy and underwent right nephrectomy that showed a teratoid Wilms' tumor.

Endoscopic treatment of a large colonic polyp as a cause of colocolonic intussusception in a child.

Colocolonic intussusception is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction in children. The most common type is idiopathic ileocolic intussusception. However, pathologic lead points occur approximately in 5% of cases.

Correlation between duration of postoperative parenteral nutrition and incidence of postoperative complication in gastroschisis patients.

Background: Gastroschisis is the most common neonatal anterior abdominal wall defect. Since all neonatal infants with gastroschisis require total parenteral nutrition (TPN), the authors retrospectively review was to find correlation between duration of TPN and postoperative complications including necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and poor feeding in gastroschisis patients. The secondary objective of the present study was to find correlation(s) among length of stay (LOS), gestational age (GA), birthweight (BW), type of operation and postoperative complications.

Neonatal cholestasis in Thai infants.

The objective of this study was to study etiologies and outcome of neonatal cholestasis in Thai infants. The medical records of infants aged less than 3 months with the diagnosis of neonatal cholestasis in Department of Pediatrics, Siriraj Hospital from 1993 to 2004 were retrospectively reviewed. The etiologies were diagnosed by history, physical examination, and proper investigations.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus open cholecystectomy in children.

Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is well accepted as the standard cholecystectomy only in adult patients. However, the advantages of LC over open cholecystectomy have never been proved in pediatric patients because the number of pediatric cholecystectomies is limited as well as the faster ability of pediatric patients to resume their normal activity.

Material And Method: Retrospective study of 42 pediatric cholecystectomies (laparoscopic cholecystectomy (n = 8) (LCs), open cholecystectomy alone (n = 8) (OCs) and open cholecystectomy concomitant with splenectomy (n = 26)(OCs + S)) done in Siriraj University Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand between 1992 and 2000 was conducted.