Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders in Individuals With Gastrointestinal Congenital Surgical Anomalies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Purpose: Studies examining functional outcomes and health-related quality of life for patients with congenital surgical anomalies (CSA) are increasingly common. However, the prevalence of mental health disorders in this population has not been determined. The purpose of this review is to summarize the reported prevalence of mental health disorders in children born with gastrointestinal CSA.

Mental Health Outcomes of Mothers of Children With Congenital Gastrointestinal Anomalies Are Similar to Control Mothers: A Longitudinal Retrospective Cohort Study.

Purpose: Mothers of infants born with congenital gastrointestinal surgical anomalies experience a unique caregiving role. Whether these challenges result in more mental health diagnoses than the general population is unknown. This study assessed mental health diagnoses in mothers of children born with congenital surgical anomalies (CSA) compared to mothers of children without CSA.

Post-discharge follow-up of congenital duodenal obstruction patients: a systematic review.

Purpose: Long-term follow-up of congenital duodenal obstruction patients often falls on care providers with little experience of this condition. We performed a systematic review of the long-term outcomes of duodenal obstruction and provide a summary of sequelae care providers should anticipate.

Methods: In 2022, after registering with PROSPERA, Medline (Ovid), EMBASE, PSYCHINFO, CNAHL and SCOPUS databases were searched using the title keyword 'intestinal atresia'.

Educational and mental health outcomes in school-aged children with anorectal malformations: A case-control cohort study.

Purpose: Outcome studies for patients with anorectal malformation (ARM) have focused on fecal incontinence and quality of life, but a comparison of educational outcomes between ARM cases and controls has not been reported. The purpose of this study was to assess real-world educational outcomes, neurodevelopmental disorders and mental health disorders in ARM patients and compare to an age-matched control group.

Methods: We performed a retrospective case-control study of children diagnosed with ARM from 1991 to 2017.

Preventing severe necrotizing enterocolitis: Propensity score analysis of interventions associated with surgical NEC or NEC-associated death.

Purpose: To determine what modifiable interventions used in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are associated with severe necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) requiring surgical intervention.

Methods: A retrospective review of patients treated for NEC at a tertiary hospital from 1991 to 2016 was performed. Patient characteristics were used to calculate propensity scores for likelihood of exposure to seven interventions: enteral feeds, use of glucocorticoids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), antacids, antibiotics, or umbilical arterial (UAC) and venous catheters (UVC).

The impact of intestinal atresia on educational and mental health outcomes in school-aged children: A case-control cohort study.

Purpose: To assess real-world educational outcomes, neurodevelopmental disorders and mental health disorders in patients with intestinal atresia (IA) and compare these to outcomes to age-matched controls.

Methods: We performed a retrospective case-control study of children with IA born between 1991 and 2017. We evaluated educational outcomes using an Early Developmental Instrument, Grades 3, 7 and 8 assessments, Grade 9 completion and performance, high school graduation, and neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders using International Classification of Diseases codes available from a population-based dataset.

Effect of trisomy 21 on long-term gastrointestinal outcomes in duodenal atresia.

Purpose: We aimed to determine if Trisomy 21 (T21) affected gastrointestinal outcomes for children with duodenal atresia (DA).

Methods: We identified children born with DA between 1991 and 2017. Cases were divided into DA with T21 and DA without T21.

Musculoskeletal deformities in children with congenital thoracic malformations: a population-based cohort study.

Purpose: It is unclear if musculoskeletal deformities observed in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), congenital lung lesion (CLL) and esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF) are associated with the anomaly or are a result of the surgery required to treat the anomaly. This study compared the prevalence of musculoskeletal deformities for: (1) children with congenital thoracic anomalies to controls; (2) CLL to EA/TEF both repaired via thoracotomy; and (3) CLL and EA/TEF to CDH repaired via laparotomy.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of children with CLL, CDH or EA/TEF between 1990 and 2016.

Respiratory outcomes in the first 10 years of life in children with gastroschisis: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Little attention has been given to the long-term respiratory outcomes of children with gastroschisis. The purpose of this study was to determine if gastroschisis survivors have more respiratory illnesses in their first 10 years of life compared with age-matched controls.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all gastroschisis children born in Manitoba between 1991 and 2017.

The prevalence of hearing loss in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A longitudinal population-based study.

Background: The true prevalence of hearing loss among children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is unknown, with some studies reporting rates up to 60%.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hearing loss among children with CDH and compare it to age-matched controls.

Methods: We used population-based datasets to compare the number of hearing loss diagnoses in children younger than 10 years-of-age born between 1992 and 2009 with CDH to date-of-birth matched controls without CDH.

High-frequency vs. conventional ventilation at the time of CDH repair is not associated with higher mortality and oxygen dependency: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: The VICI-trial reported that in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), mortality or bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) were equivalent using conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. The purpose of this study was to determine if the mode of ventilation at the time of CDH repair affected mortality or oxygen dependence at 28 days.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of infants born wih CDH from 1991 to 2015.

Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life in Survivors of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.

The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of survivors of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is presently unknown. Literature prior to 2015 suggests that CDH survivors have worse HRQoL compared with the general population. However, due to changes in the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of CDH patients, this may no longer be true.

Magnamosis for esophageal atresia is associated with anastomotic strictures requiring an increased number of dilatations.

Background/purpose: Magnamosis is a novel technique which utilizes high power magnets to anastomose the esophageal ends in children with esophageal atresia (EA) with or without a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), theoretically avoiding the need for thoracotomy. The objective of this study was to compare anastomotic stricture formation requiring dilatation after magnamosis versus after conventional anastomosis.

Methods: Our center treated the first 3 cases of EA ± TEF with magnamosis in Canada.

Asthma Medication Use in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Survivors: A Retrospective Population Level Data Analysis.

Introduction:  The purpose of this study was to determine if congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) survivors had worse long-term respiratory outcomes compared with age-matched controls, as measured by inhaled bronchodilator use, inhaled steroid use, and asthma-related physician visits.

Materials And Methods:  We performed a retrospective case-control study of infants with isolated CDH from 1991 to 2013. The primary outcome measures were inhaled bronchodilator prescriptions, inhaled steroid prescriptions, and asthma-related physician visits between 0 and 5 years of age and between 5 and 10 years of age.

The presence of a hernia sac in isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia is associated with less disease severity: A retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: We aimed to determine if the presence of a hernia sac in neonates with isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) was associated with better clinical outcomes.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of infants with isolated CDH from 1991 to 2015. Primary outcome measures were oxygen-dependence and mortality at 28 days.

Identifying Information Needs for Hirschsprung Disease Through Caregiver Involvement via Social Media: A Prioritization Study and Literature Review.

Background: Patient and public involvement in health research is important to produce relevant and impactful results.

Objective: This paper aimed to prioritize and summarize Hirschsprung disease (HD)-related information needs among caregivers of children with HD and pediatric surgeons through partnership with a parent-initiated social media campaign.

Methods: We conducted a Web-based survey with the 2 stakeholder groups to identify information needs.

Applying vacuum to accomplish reduced wound infections in laparoscopic pediatric surgery.

Introduction: The prevention of surgical site infections has received little attention in pediatric surgery. Negative pressure wound therapy is used to treat complex wounds. We hypothesized that this principle could reduce wound infection rates following laparoscopic surgery.

Transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy isolated to a congenital anomaly of the lung.

TA-TMA is a post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant complication with clinical features of hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. A 26-month-old child who had had an allogeneic transplant for treatment of DBA developed severe TA-TMA with heavy red blood cell and platelet transfusion dependence. Incidentally, he was found to have a lung sequestration.

CT-estimated volume of Wilms tumor can predict weight.

Wilms tumor weight was used to recruit patients in a recent National Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS) group trial. The authors hypothesized that a simple calculation of tumor volume based on a preoperative CT scan could predict tumor weight. The authors reviewed charts and CT images of patients with Wilms tumors who were treated at their institution between 1985 and 2002.