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Pediatr Neonatol
January 2025
Division of Pediatric General Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Hsing Street, Guishan District, Taoyuan City, 33305, Taiwan; Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 259, Wenhua 1st Rd., Taoyuan City, 33302, Taiwan.
J Family Med Prim Care
December 2024
Department of Surgery, Datta Meghe Medical College, DMIHER University, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Peutz-Jeghar syndrome (PJS) is an inherited condition that puts people at an increased risk for developing hamarotmatous polyps in the digestive tract as well as cancers of the breast, colon, rectum, pancreas, stomach, testicles, ovaries, lung and cervix. With typical presentation, majority cases of PJS can be diagnosed in childhood. PJS is inherited by mutation in the STK II gene, also known as LKB1 gene.
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December 2024
Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Ibb University, Ibb, Yemen.
Background: Recognizing factors that predict non-operative management (NOM) failure for patients with small bowel obstruction (SBO) aids in limiting surgical intervention when needed. This study investigated the predictive factors for NOM failure in SBO patients in a resource-limited setting.
Material And Method: A retrospective study included 165 patients who were diagnosed with SBO and were admitted and managed at Althora General Hospital, IBB, Yemen, from April 2022 to March 2024.
Front Pediatr
December 2024
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
In children, 90% cases of intussusception are idiopathic and the remaining 10% are attributed to underlying diseases (most commonly due to Meckel's diverticulum, polyps then either duplication cyst or mesentery cysts, and rarely due to Burkitt's lymphoma). The occurrence of acute intestinal intussusception caused by Burkitt's lymphoma in children under the age of 5 is exceedingly rare. Burkitt's lymphoma presents with diverse clinical manifestations, often leading to the identification of an abdominal tumor in pediatric patients.
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December 2024
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Zhangzhou Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No .59 North Shengli Rd, Zhangzhou, 363000, Fujian, China.
Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of increasing enema pressure on enema outcomes.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study to compare the effect of increasing enema pressure on enema outcomes. The primary outcome was the success rate of reduction, while secondary outcomes included intestinal perforation and recurrence rate.
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