Percutaneous Tracheostomy Via Grigg's Technique in Children: Does Age and Size Matter?

Objectives: Percutaneous tracheostomy is rarely performed in children, especially in infants. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the complications and outcomes of PT via the Griggs technique according to the age and size of pediatric patients.

Methods: This study included 110 PICU patients who underwent PT using the Griggs technique between 2012 and 2020.

Neurodevelopmental evaluation of children who were operated due to congenital anomaly with the 'Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)' and 'ASQ: Social-Emotional'.

Background: The purpose of surgeries performed for congenital anomalies in children is to increase the survival rates and provide a developmental comparison to that of their peers.

Aim: The objective of this study was to investigate the development of children following surgery for congenital anomalies and the risk factors affecting their development.

Methods: Our study included 33 children who underwent surgery for gastrointestinal anomalies in our clinic between 2011 and 2016, and did not have any syndrome, chromosomal abnormality, or additional abnormality.

Effects of intraperitoneal bupivacaine injection in laparoscopic appendectomy in children on post-operative pain: A controlled randomized double-blinded study.

Background: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of local anesthetics administered intraperitoneally in laparoscopic appendectomy.

Methods: Patients who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy due to acute appendicitis were enrolled in the study. The children were divided into two groups.

An indirect effect of COVID-19 pandemic: Increased pediatric perforated appendicitis rate due to delayed admission.

Objectives: Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency among children. The coronavirus pandemic affected the system of hospitals more than any other field, and great amount of people were concerned about visiting the hospitals for any reason. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the profile of appendicitis by emphasizing perforated and acute appendicitis in the pandemic period and to compare the rates with previous three years.

Comparison of pre-PICU and per-PICU interventions, clinical features and neurologic outcomes of motor vehicle collision trauma and other mechanisms of trauma in children.

Background: Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are the number one cause of death in the pediatric age group. The aim of this study was to determine the differences between MVCs and other trauma mechanisms (OTMs) in patients who were followed up at a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Methods: Data were retrospectively collected for pediatric trauma patients hospitalized at a third level PICU between 2014 and 2018.

Management of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease in children: A survey study in Turkey.

Objectives: Sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease is common in children. The disease reduces the quality of life of patients with symptoms such as pain and chronic discharge. Variable surgical techniques have been described for the treatment of pilonidal sinus disease.

Minimal esophagus dissection without approximating the hiatus in laparoscopic fundoplication in pediatric population.

Objective: An important part of laparoscopic Nissen's fundoplication (LNF) is a proper wrap, which may only be possible with proper dissection of esophagus and hiatus. However, too much dissection of esophagus and hiatus to gain sufficient length of esophagus increases morbidity. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of minimal esophagus dissection in LNF on recurrence and post-operative hiatal hernia.

Hypospadias and the Use of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire to Evaluate Neurodevelopmental Status of Boys with Hypospadias.

Introduction:  Placental insufficiency is one of the reasons for the reduction of hormone production. Thus, if one of the suspected causes of hypospadias is placental insufficiency, then the neurodevelopmental status of boys with hypospadias may be impaired. The aim of this study was to evaluate the neurodevelopmental status of boys with hypospadias and guide the parents of those who need support to related departments for early intervention.

[Candida hellenica Candidemia Occurred After Esophagus Surgery].

In this study, a case of candidemia caused by Candida hellenica as the first report in our country was presented. Fluconazole and liposomal amphotericin B treatment was initiated in a 20-year-old male patient in October 2018 due to the diagnosis of candidemia following esophageal surgery. The patient had a history of multiple esophageal operations.

An algorithm for retrieval tools in foreign body ingestion and food impaction in children.

The aim of this study is to review the experience on managing foreign body ingestion in children with special emphasis on the endoscopic techniques and specific retrieval devices used for foreign body (FB) extraction. The charts of 341 children were reviewed retrospectively. Demographic data, ingested material, removal technique and tool, level of FB, complications, and outcomes were recorded.

Laparoscopic assisted anterior transabdominal wall closure using loop suture removing technique in Morgagni hernia: safe and easy method.

Purpose: The treatment of MH entails surgical repair either by open abdominal or thoracic approaches or by minimal invasive surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the surgical and clinical outcomes of children who underwent laparoscopic assisted transabdominal wall closure and subcutaneous knot placement technique.

Methods: This retrospective study includes pediatric patients who underwent surgery for MH between January 2015 and February 2019.

A Safe and Minimally Invasive Method for Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy in Interstitial Lung Disease.

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) represents a spectrum of lung diseases that may contain different levels of fibrosis and inflammation. Sometimes, the clinical picture and imaging studies are insufficient to determine the diagnosis and lung biopsy becomes crucial, which may be performed in a thoracoscopic or open manner. The aim of this study was to present a new minimally invasive biopsy method that seems to be technically easy, safe, and inexpensive.

Determination of pentraxin 3 levels in diagnosis of appendicitis in children.

Background: The aim of this study is to determine whether pentraxin 3 (PTX3) levels can be used in the diagnosis of appendicitis in children.

Methods: Fifteen children under 18 years old, who gave blood samples for reasons other than inflammatory conditions, and 40 children who were proved to have appendicitis (non-perforated or perforated) between August 2017 and January 2018, were enrolled in the study. Patients were classified into subgroups: group 1 (healthy children without any sign of inflammation, n = 15), group 2 (non-perforated appendicitis, n = 25), and group 3 (perforated appendicitis, n = 15).

Tourniquet and adrenaline use in hypospadias surgery: a survey on the current practice in Turkey.

Objective: Aim of the study is to determine the hemostatic techniques among pediatric urologists in Turkey.

Material And Methods: Questionnaire forms were sent to 459 pediatric urologist by e-mail.

Results: Ninety eight of 459 participants answered the questionnaire forms.

Sagittal skeletal correction using symphyseal miniplate anchorage systems : Success rates and complications.

Objectives: Aim of this study is to evaluate success rates and complications related with symphyseal miniplate anchorage systems used for treatment of Class 2 and Class 3 deformities.

Methods: A total of 58 miniplates applied to 29 growing patients were evaluated. The first group comprised 24 symphyseal miniplates applied to 12 patients and Forsus Fatigue Resistant Devices were attached to the head of the miniplates for mandibular advancement.

Stuck tunneled central venous catheters in children: Four cases removed by angiography assistance.

Ateş U, Taştekin NY, Mammadov F, Ergün E, Göllü G, Can ÖS, Uçar T, Bingöl-Koloğlu M, Yağmurlu A, Aktuğ T. Stuck tunneled central venous catheters in children: Four cases removed by angiography assistance. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 221-224.

Laparoscopic Gastrostomy in Children: 10 Years of Experience.

Objectives: Laparoscopic gastrostomy is a widely used procedure in children with failure to thrive, feeding disorders, or neurologic impairment. Various methods of laparoscopic gastrostomy and fixing stomach to abdominal wall have been described. Trocar site primary gastrostomy under laparoscopic control is a simple and easy technique that does not require special instruments and a kit.

Fatal Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation Due to Ingestion of Hydrofluoric Acid.

Hydrofluoric acid (HF) is a colorless and odorless solution of the hydrogen fluoride in water. It is used in some household products. The rapid onset of severe toxicity and death after the ingestion of HF is not reported often.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) for the treatment and prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most important gastrointestinal emergency affecting especially preterm infants and causes severe morbidities and mortality. However, there is no cure. Oxidant stress, inflammation, apoptosis, as well as prematurity are believed to responsible in the pathogenesis of the disease.

Use of ultrasonography as a noninvasive decisive tool to determine the accurate endotracheal tube size in anesthetized children.

Background: It is hard to determine the appropriate size and correct tracheal position of endotracheal tube (ETT) in children. The aim of this study is to determine tracheal diameter in children by using ultrasonography technique as objective tool and compare it with commonly used aged based formulas for the ETT size estimation.

Patients And Methods: Patients undergoing elective surgery in a tertiary children's hospital were prospectively enrolled.

Pediatric laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in Turkey: Short-term results.

Background: Obesity is one of the most rapidly increasing health problems in children. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one of the best treatment options and is feasible and safe in children. The aim of this study was to present the short-term results of a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy series in children.

Ultrasound guided percutaneous central venous catheters in neonatal intensive care unit.

Ateş U, Derme T, Yılmaz Y, Özkan-Ulu H, Canpolat FE. Ultrasound guided percutaneous central venous catheters in neonatal intensive care unit. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 478-481.