Long-Term Outcomes of Sacrococcygeal Germ Cell Tumors in Infancy and Childhood.

Purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term outcomes of sacrococcygeal germ cell tumors (SC-GCTs) over a 15-year period. Materials and Methods.

Clinical differences between choledochal cysts in infancy and childhood: an analysis of 160 patients.

Background: Choledochal cysts (CDC) can become symptomatic at any age. Clinical features of infants and older children are different and have been documented by many authors.

Objective: The aim of this report was to study the differences in clinical spectrum of CDC between the infants and children treated at our hospital during a 17-year period.

Clinical outcomes of esophageal atresia: comparison between the Waterston and the Spitz classifications.

Introduction: Preoperative prognostic predictors are important for surgeons and parents to estimate the survival of patients with esophageal atresia (EA). The aim of this study was to update the clinical outcomes of EA treatment by comparing between the Waterston and the Spitz classification.

Materials And Methods: Medical records of the patients with EA treated at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Heath from 2003 to 2010 were reviewed.

Clinical outcome of patients with gastroschisis: what are the differences from the past?

Objective: The aim of the present study was to review the experience in management of neonates with gastroschisis and analyze the differences in the clinical outcome during a 24-year period.

Material And Method: A retrospective study of patients with gastroschisis treated at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health (QSNICH) between 1986 and 2009 was conducted. Patients' information was compared between the first period (1986-1997) and the second period (1998-2009) regarding demographic data, modes of operative procedures and results of the treatment.

Management of recurrent intussusception: nonoperative or operative reduction?

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine how to manage children with recurrence of intussusception.

Methods: Medical records of patients treated for intussusception from 1976 to 2008 at the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health were reviewed. Information on patients who developed recurrent intussusception was extracted to study patterns of recurrent attack and suitable management procedures.

Intussusception associated with a relapsing nephrotic patient: a case report.

Background: Gastrointestinal disturbances are encountered frequently in the course of the nephrotic syndrome but intussusception is a rare association. It may be the result of incoordinate motility and bowel wall edema.

Objective: To report a case of intussusception associated with relapsing nephrotic syndrome.