Increased Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Bavarian Multi-Center Study.

Since early 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic and statutory preventive reorganization of treatment capacities with cancellation of elective surgery as well as curfew regulations led to vastly decreased utilization of primary health care. To assess whether there are negative effects on pediatric acute care in Bavaria during the spring 2020 lockdown a state-wide retrospective multi-center study was performed to analyze the rate of perforated appendicitis during lockdown. Children who have been operated on during the corresponding period in 2018/19 served as control group.

Case report: Tension pneumoperitoneum after diagnostic colonoscopy in an 11 y/o boy with Crohns disease.

Introduction: Endoscopy is an established diagnostic and therapeutic tool in paediatric gastroenterology and a save method with rare complications.

Presentation Of Case: We present the case of an 11-year-old Caucasian boy with a long history of inflammatory bowel disease. Three years prior an ileostomy was created and is still in position.

Computed Tomography-Guided Wire-Marking for Thoracoscopic Resection of Small Lung Nodules in Children.

In pediatric patients, thoracoscopic wedge-resection of pulmonary nodules is an established therapy. However, intraoperative localization of small lesions is still challenging. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided wire-marking of small lung nodules.