Cerebral and Renal Oxygenation in Infants Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum on cerebral and renal oxygenation and oxygen extraction, in a cohort of infants from the neonatal intensive care unit, undergoing laparoscopic gastrostomy.

Methods: After institutional review board approval, between February 2018 and June 2019, infants 0-3 mo corrected age, undergoing laparoscopic gastrostomy tube placement, were included. Strict exclusion criteria created a homogeneous cohort.

Intestinal Function after Early Late Appendectomy in Children with Perforated Appendicitis.

The aim was to prospectively document the impact of early late appendectomy on intestinal function in pediatric perforated appendicitis. After Institutional Review Board approval, between September 2016 and August 2017, complete data were prospectively collected for children undergoing planned appendectomy for perforated appendicitis. One hundred children with pathologist-confirmed transmural perforations were included.

Surgery Residents and Family Dynamics: Are Our Trainees Equipped to Handle Patient Care Beyond Disease?

Surgical trainees are expected to demonstrate family-centered care. However, it is unclear if residents know how to address psychosocial issues of pediatric patients and their families. Our aim was to evaluate surgical trainees' knowledge of family dynamics.

Craniocervical Dissociation in Pediatric Patients: Pearls and Pitfalls of Diagnosis and Management.

Aims: The aims of this study were to document the injury pattern in pediatric traumatic craniocervical dissociation (CCD) and identify features of survivors.

Methods: Pediatric traumatic CCDs, diagnosed between January 2004 and July 2016, were reviewed. Survivors and nonsurvivors were compared.

Cervical spine injuries in young children: pattern and outcomes in accidental versus inflicted trauma.

Background: The aim of the study was to compare the cervical spine (c-spine) pattern of injury and outcomes in children below 3 y with a head injury from confirmed inflicted versus accidental trauma.

Methods: After Institutional Review Board approval, data were prospectively collected between July 2011 and January 2016. Inclusion criteria were age below 3 y, a loss of consciousness, and any one of the following initial head computed tomography (CT) findings (subdural hematoma, intraventricular, intraparenchymal, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or cerebral edema).

Cervical spine imaging for young children with inflicted trauma: Expanding the injury pattern.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to document the incidence and pattern of cervical spine (c-spine) injuries in children below 36months with inflicted trauma.

Methods: An IRB approved, prospective cohort study was performed between July 2011 and January 2016. Inclusion criteria were: age below 36months, loss of consciousness after inflicted trauma, and one initial head computed tomography finding: a subdural, intraventricular, intraparenchymal, subarachnoid hemorrhage, diffuse axonal injury, hypoxic injury, or cerebral edema.

Factors associated with mortality after Nissen fundoplication in children.

Purpose: The purpose of this article was to identify factors associated with mortality after Nissen fundoplication in children.

Methods: After Institutional Review Board approval, children younger than 18 years, from two children's hospitals, with Nissen fundoplication performed between January 1994 and December 2010, were retrospectively reviewed. Inclusion required complete data and follow-up to October 2011.

A multicenter study of the incidence and factors associated with redo Nissen fundoplication in children.

Aim: The objective of this study was to identify the incidence and factors associated with redo Nissen fundoplication in children.

Methods: After Institutional Review Board approval (5100277), data for children under 18 years of age from two children's hospitals with fundoplication performed between January 1994 and December 2010 were reviewed. Children with one fundoplication were compared to those with redos to identify factors associated with redo.