Thoracoscopic Resection of Pulmonary Lesions in Israel: The Mentorship Approach.

Background: Most congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAMs) are detected antenatally. The majority of newborns are asymptomatic. Patients are prone to subsequent respiratory complications and to a lesser extent malignant transformation remains concerning.

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: quality improvement using a maximal lung protection strategy and early surgery-improved survival.

Unlabelled: To evaluate the effectiveness of a novel protocol, adopted in our institution, as a quality improvement project for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). A maximal lung protection (MLP) protocol was implemented in 2019. This strategy included immediate use of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) after birth, during the stay at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and during surgical repair.

Aerodigestive Clinics as Emerging Pediatric Care Model: The First 100 Patients in Israel.

Background: Aerodigestive clinics are run by interdisciplinary medical and surgical teams, and provide complex care coordination and combined endoscopies.

Objectives: To describe the design and patient population of the first pediatric aerodigestive center in Israel.

Methods: A retrospective single-center cohort study was conducted describing patients followed in the aerodigestive clinic of Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, a tertiary pediatric hospital, between its inception in January 2017 and June 2020.

Neonatal Cardiac Surgery in the New Era: Lessons learned from 1000 Consecutive Cases.

Background: neonatal cardiac surgery has evolved over the last 50 years with a large percentage of the patients achieving complete physiological repair in the neonatal period. The remaining patients achieve staged palliation with an increasing amount of success.

Objectives: To report our experience with 1000 neonatal cardiac surgical procedures performed in the last 10 years.