Ten-Year Experience in the Prevention of Post-Kasai Cholangitis.

Background: Cholangitis is the most common complication after the Kasai procedure. It can be life-threatening and may affect long- and short-term outcomes of children with biliary atresia. We summarize our experiences in the prevention of early-onset cholangitis.

STROBE-anastomotic leakage after pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung disease.

This study was undertaken to explore the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of anastomotic leakage after pull-through (PT) procedure for Hirschsprung disease (HD).A retrospective analysis of patients with anastomotic leakage after a PT procedure in the General Surgery Department of Beijing Children's Hospital from July 2013 to June 2016 was undertaken. The surgical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment were retrospectively analyzed.

Assessment of liver fibrosis by Fibroscan as compared to liver biopsy in biliary atresia.

Aim: To evaluate liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using non-invasive transient elastography (Fibroscan) in comparison with liver biopsy for assessment of liver fibrosis in children with biliary atresia (BA).

Methods: Thirty-one children with BA admitted to the Department of Pediatric Surgery of Beijing Children's Hospital from March 2012 to February 2013 were included in this study. Their preoperative LSM, liver biopsy findings, and laboratory results were studied retrospectively.

Anterior perineal fistulectomy in repairing H-type rectovestibular fistula with a normal anus in female children.

The purpose of this study was to review a 7-year operative experience of anterior perineal fistulectomy in repairing H-type rectovestibular fistula with a normal anus in female children. From January 2007 to December 2013, 105 female children with H-type rectovestibular fistula and a normal anus underwent anterior perineal fistulectomy in the Department of General Surgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University. Clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.

[Types of pediatric trauma in earthquake and key points of treatment].

Limb trauma is the most common among pediatric victims in earthquake. Compared with traumatic brain injury, which is frequent in earthquake, intracranial injury is rare, but it is the leading cause of death from trauma in earthquake. Thoracoabdominal crush injury, which often causes such crises as visceral hemorrhage, is also one of the main causes of death among pediatric victims in earthquake.

Tapering duodenoplasty and gastrojejunostomy in the management of idiopathic megaduodenum in children.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present the management of idiopathic megaduodenum in children.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 4 cases of megaduodenum admitted from 2005 to 2011 was performed evaluating clinical features, radiologic data, treatment, pathologic findings, and prognosis. The corresponding literature was reviewed.

Rectovestibular fistula with normal anus: a simple resection or an extensive perineal dissection?

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to review a 10-year experience of operative procedures for rectovestibular fistula with normal anus (RVFNA) at one institution.

Materials And Methods: From January 1999 to December 2008, 182 female patients of RVFNA were treated surgically in the Department of Surgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, China. The patients' age ranged from 4 months to 15 years, with a mean age of 3.

Space-occupying benign lesions in spleen: experiences in a single institute.

Purpose: To introduce a practical reference for the diagnosis and treatment of space-occupying benign lesions in children's spleens.

Method: Ten cases were collected from 1988 to 2007, and analysis of some related literature were included with special attention to the criteria of the diagnosis and the indications of splenectomy, particularly to the age for operation.

Results: The age of patients on admission ranged from 5 to 15 years, with the mean age of 10 years.

Recto-vestibular disruption defect resulted from the malpractice in the treatment of the acquired recto-vestibular fistula in infants.

Aim: To explore the pathogenesis of the rectovestibular disruption (RVD) defect and to recommend a successful repair, and prevention of it.

Methods: Clinical records of 15 girls, age ranged from 3 to 15 (median, 7.5) years, with acquired rectovestibular fistula (RVF) mistreated before were retrospectively reviewed.

Transanal approach in repairing acquired rectovestibular fistula in females.

Aim: To summarize the operative experience of the transanal approach in acquired rectovestibular fistula repair.

Methods: Ninety-six cases of acquired rectovestibular fistula in young females were analyzed retrospectively. The etiology and operative procedure were discussed.