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    Standardization of radiograph readings during bowel management week

    During “bowel management week,” abdominal radiographs are used to monitor the amount and location of stool. A radiologist familiar with the treatment plan can provide an improved interpretation. The goal of th...

    A. Bischoff, K. Hayes, C. Guimaraes, A. Merritt… in Pediatric Surgery International (2023)

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    Incidence of medullary thyroid carcinoma and Hirschsprung disease based on the cosmos database

    Multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 2A (MEN2A) can occur with Hirschsprung disease (HD) due to mutation in the RET proto-oncogene, with the majority develo** medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Given the comorb...

    L. A. Wehrli, M. L. Reppucci, J. Ketzer… in Pediatric Surgery International (2023)

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    Do adult patients with congenital colorectal conditions know their diagnosis?

    Limited research exists about the knowledge that adult patients have about their congenital colorectal diagnosis.

    M. C. Vargas, L. A. Wehrli, A. Louiselle, J. Ketzer… in Pediatric Surgery International (2022)

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    Anal duplication: is surgery indicated? A report of three cases and review of the literature

    Anal canal duplications (ACDs) are extremely rare with only approximately 90 cases described in the literature. We report on three additional patients.

    A. C. Trecartin, A. Peña, M. Lovell, J. Bruny… in Pediatric Surgery International (2019)

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    Application of the STOPP criteria in hospitalised elderly patients to detect and optimise inappropriate psychopharmaceutical prescriptions

    Psychotropic drugs are frequently used in the elderly population, but their inappropriate prescription can cause numerous adverse effects and interactions.

    Claudio Garay-Bravo, A. Peña, M. Molina, J. Sanfeliu… in European Geriatric Medicine (2018)

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    Critical analysis of fecal incontinence scores

    Objectively evaluating the lack of bowel control (fecal incontinence) continues to be a challenge. Many have attempted to measure the severity of fecal incontinence and to evaluate its impact on the quality of...

    Andrea Bischoff, J. Bealer, A. Peña in Pediatric Surgery International (2016)

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    Brain tissue biomechanics in cortical contusion injury: a finite element analysis

    The controlled cortical impact model has been used extensively to study focal traumatic brain injury. Although the impact variables can be well defined, little is known about the biomechanical trauma as delive...

    A. Peña, J. D. Pickard, D. Stiller… in Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring… (2005)

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    Comments on anterior ectopic anus

    A. Peña in Pediatric Surgery International (2004)

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    The posterior sagittal trans-sphincteric and trans-rectal approaches

    Background: The posterior sagittal, transphincteric approach to treat different pelvic problems has been known since the last century. Although some surgeons have embraced it and have enthusiastically advocated ...

    A. Peña, A. Hong in Techniques in Coloproctology (2003)

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    Communicating Hydrocephalus: The Biomechanics of Progressive Ventricular Enlargement Revisited

    This article investigates the physical mechanisms involved in the chronic ventricular enlargement that accompanies communicating hydrocephalus (CH) — including its normal and low-pressure forms. In particular,...

    A. Peña, N. G. Harris, M. D. Bolton… in Intracranial Pressure and Brain Biochemica… (2002)

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    A. Peña in Pediatric Radiology (1996)