Soccer injuries in childhood.

A prospective study of soccer injuries, involving 287 male youth players, from the ages of 12-15 was conducted in 24 Greek soccer clubs, during the course of one year. A total of 193 players sustained 209 injuries. The incidence of injuries was 4.

Management of neglected giant omphalocele with Gore-tex in a child aged 8 years.

Omphalocele is a disease of neonatal age and its present management is successful in almost all specialized centers of Pediatric Surgery. A case of an 8-year-old girl who was managed with conservative treatment during her neonatal period with mercurochrome (Grob method) is presented. Due to very serious congenital cardiopathy, a corrective operative procedure of the omphalocele was not feasible during neonatal age.

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting complicated with cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst and acute appendicitis.

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting (VPS) is the standard treatment of hydrocephalus in children but can be followed by various intraabdominal complications. Formation of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pseudocyst is a rare VPS complication. A case of a non-infected CSF pseudocyst complicated with acute appendicitis is presented.

Spontaneous gastric perforation in premature twins.

Two pairs of identical and non-identical premature neonates proceeding from twin pregnancies were operated on for spontaneous gastric perforation. The newborns in our case, one girl and one boy two different pregnancies were delivered by emergency cesarean section. Their gestational ages were 30 and 32 weeks, and their birth weight 1400 and 2100 g, respectively.