Challenges in pediatric inherited/metabolic liver disease: Focus on the disease spectrum, diagnosis and management of relatively common disorders.

The clinical scenario of pediatric liver disease is becoming more intricate due to changes in the disease spectrum, in which an increasing number of inherited/ metabolic liver diseases are reported, while infectious diseases show a decreasing trend. The similar clinical manifestations caused by inherited/metabolic diseases might be under-recognized or misdiagnosed due to nonspecific characteristics. A delayed visit to a doctor due to a lack of symptoms or mild symptoms at an early stage will result in late diagnosis and treatment.

Predictors of outcomes of endoscopic balloon dilatation in strictures after esophageal atresia repair: A retrospective study.

Background: Endoscopic balloon dilatation (EBD) has become the first line of therapy for benign esophageal strictures (ESs); however, there are few publications about the predictive factors for the outcomes of this treatment.

Aim: To assess the predictive factors for the outcomes of EBD treatment for strictures after esophageal atresia (EA) repair.

Methods: Children with anastomotic ES after thoracoscopic esophageal atresia repair treated by EBD from January 2012 to December 2016 were included.