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Introduction: Virtual reality is being used more and more in the healthcare field, particularly during treatment. In the context of pain management, the question arises as to the effectiveness of using virtual reality during care in reducing the perception of procedural pain.

Aim: To study the impact of using virtual reality on the perception of procedural pain and on the course of care in pediatric oncology.

Impact of Music Therapy on Quality of Life in Children with Cancer.

Background: Music therapy (MT) is a non-pharmacological treatment increasingly used to reduce stress and anxiety in hospitalized children affected by cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of MT on quality of life in children with cancer and determine its effect on cardiorespiratory rates.

Methods: We conducted a quasi-experimental study between 1 April and 31 August 2021 at Bechir Hamza children's Hospital in Tunis, including children treated for cancer.

[Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in a Tunisian Department of Pediatric Oncology].

Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (FN) is the most common infectious complication in pediatric oncology. To our knowledge, no pediatric research has been published in Tunisia. The purpose of our study was to describe the features of FN among Tunisian children and to investigate factors correlated with FN.

Scurvy still exists in children: A case report.

Scurvy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. Although rare lately, the clinical suspicion arises in front of a precarious situation or deficient nutrition and food restriction secondary to a psychiatric condition, even in patients with non-specific complaints. We report the observation of a 6 -year- old boy, followed for autism since the age of 3 years and who was admitted for limping, hemorrhagic syndrome, arthritis and weakness.

Pediatric Noncerebral Thromboembolism: Etiological Assessment and Outcome.

Objective: To report clinical presentation and etiologic investigation findings during pediatric noncerebral thromboembolism.

Methods: Retrospective study of cases of vascular non cerebral thromboses admitted in Medicine infantile A Department of the Children's Hospital of Tunis over 08 years.

Results: We confirmed 14 cases of non cerebral vascular thromboses.

Prognostic factors in children with extracranial malignant germ cell tumors: a monocentric pediatric Tunisian study.

Background Extracranial Germ cell tumors (GCT) are a rare and a heterogeneous group of pediatric cancers but highly curable. Aim We aimed to review management, outcome and prognostic factors that influence overall survival (OS) in a pediatric Tunisian oncologic unit. Methods We retrospectively evaluated between January 1998 and December 2012, 33 patients affected by extracranial germ cell tumors and treated according to TGM95 protocol established by the SFOPin a pediatric Tunisian oncologic unit.

Soft Tissue Myoepithelial Carcinoma in a Child: Case Report.

Background: Myoepithelial carcinoma was only recently recognized to occur primarily in soft tissue. Only a small number has been reported in children.

Observation: We report a rare case of myoepithelial carcinoma of the leg in a 4-month-old boy with a good response to chemotherapy initially.