Autologous fat grafting in the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency: Clinical outcomes and treatment tolerability survey in a case series of 21 patients.

Introduction: Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is the inability to close the velopharyngeal sphincter during phonation and/or feeding. VPI is clinically characterised by hypernasal speech and nasal regurgitation. In cases of severe VPI, pharyngoplasty is recommended.

Perioperative management of hypertensive neuroblastoma: A study from the Italian Group of Pediatric Surgical Oncologists (GICOP).

Background: Hypertension (HT) is rarely reported in patients affected by Neuroblastoma (NB), and management guidelines are lacking. Clinical features and perioperative medical treatment in such patients were reviewed to 1) ascertain whether a shared treatment strategy exists among centers and 2) if possible, propose some recommendations for the perioperative management of HT in NB patients.

Methods: A retrospective multicenter survey was conducted on patients affected by NB who presented HT symptoms.

A cross-sectional nationwide survey on esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula.

Background: Our study aims at disclosing epidemiology and most relevant clinical features of esophageal atresia (EA) pointing to a model of multicentre collaboration.

Methods: A detailed questionnaire was sent to all Italian Units of pediatric surgery in order to collect data of patients born with EA between January and December 2012. The results were crosschecked by matching date and place of birth of the patients with those of diagnosis-related group provided by the Italian Ministry of Health (MOH).

Phenotypic variability of Pai syndrome: report of two patients and review of the literature.

Pai syndrome is a rare form of frontonasal dysplasia, first described in 1987. It is a triad consisting of midline cleft of the upper lip, facial skin polyps and central nervous system lipomas. Only 14 cases have been reported in the literature.

[Post-traumatic penoscrotal avulsion: cosmetic and uro-andrologic evaluation after surgical reconstruction].

A case of surgical reconstruction after penoscrotal skin avulsion is described. Penile coverage was gained by two full thickness grafts helicoidally placed to avoid retractions. Scrotal reconstruction was carried out in two steps, after testis subcutaneous implantation, with axial flaps expanded in abdominal region.