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Epithelial cell-adhesion protein cadherin 26 is dysregulated in congenital diaphragmatic hernia and congenital pulmonary airway malformation
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) are two inborn pathologies of the lung of unknown origin. Alterations of gene expression in airway epithelial cells are...
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Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in children has increased in popularity over the past years. The indications for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair are the same as for the open approach. Several randomize...
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Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Heminephrectomy
Laparoscopic heminephrectomy (LHN) may be indicated in children with ectopic ureter or vesico-ureteral reflux related to the poorly or non-functioning moiety of a duplex renal system. Preoperative evaluation c...
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Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
Vesicoureteral is the most common disease of the urinary tract in , occurring in 1 to 2% of the population and in 30 to 40% of presenting with a . The familial nature is well recognized. Siblings of ...
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Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy
Varicocele, a collection of abnormally dilatated, tortuous spermatic veins, has a high prevalence in the general male population. It is common in boys and young men and represents one of the most common causes...
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Laparoscopic Toupet Fundoplication
Laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication (LTF) is a minimal access procedure for the surgical management of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and has the advantages of being associated with a lower incidence o...
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Pulmonary Sequestrations
Pulmonary Sequestration (PS) consists of lung parenchyma that does not regularly communicate with the normal tracheobronchial tree and is supplied by an aberrant systemic vessel mainly from the thoracic and ab...
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Single-Incision Pediatric Endosurgical (SIPES) Appendectomy using a Glove Port
Pediatric single-incision pediatric endosurgery (SIPES) appendectomy has recently gained popularity due to its advantages over the traditional 3-port approach. In addition to the traditional single port system...
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Laparoscopic Partial Splenectomy
Total splenectomy carries the risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) which can occur in up to 4.4% of patients with a mortality rate of 50–80%. Partial splenectomy can prevent post-splenectomy ...
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Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Simple Nephrectomy
The indications for laparoscopic simple nephrectomy (LSN) include benign renal diseases with irreversible kidney damage such as multicystic dysplastic kidneys, end-stage ureteropelvic junction obstruction, non...
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Accidental bladder injury during elective inguinal hernia repair: a preventable complication with high morbidity
Bladder injury (BI) represents a rare complication of inguinal hernia surgery. Protrusions of the urinary bladder through the deep inguinal ring (“bladder ears”) have been reported with an incidence of 9% in i...
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Ambulantes Operieren, minimalinvasive Kinderchirurgie (MIC), Fast-Track-Chirurgie
Die Vor- und Nachteile der minimalinvasiven Chirurgie (MIC) wurden mittlerweile in großen Kohortenstudien, randomisiert kontrollierten Studien (RCT) und Metaanalysen überprüft. Daher ist die MIC bei Kindern aller...
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Angeborene Fehlbildungen: Diagnose, Therapie und Langzeitbetreuung
Die Diagnostik und Behandlung von Fehlbildungen von Früh- und Neugeborenen ist ein Schwerpunkt vieler großer kinderchirurgischer Kliniken. Häufig lassen sich die Krankheitsbilder bereits in utero diagnostizier...
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Traumatologie und Notfälle
Zu klassischen Notfällen der Kindertraumatologie gehören das Schädel-Hirn-Trauma, das stumpfe Bauchtrauma sowie die Frakturen der oberen und unteren Extremität, die Fremdkörperingestion und -aspiration. Auch B...
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Kolorektale Erkrankungen, Proktologie
In diesem Kapitel werden typische proktologische Erkrankungen bei Kindern beschrieben. Wir bieten praktische Empfehlungen zu Themen wie rektale Polypen, Analfissuren, Marisken, perianale Abszesse und Fisteln, ...
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Kindergynäkologie
In diesem Kapitel wird das breite Spektrum der Kindergynäkologie anhand von ausgewählten Blickdiagnosen und Handlungsempfehlungen anschaulich präsentiert. Dazu gehören die angeborenen Fehlbildungen Hymenalatre...
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Tracheostomy in Infants
Tracheostomy is usually performed because of significant upper airway compromise and a need for better tracheobronchial toilet, for prolonged positive pressure, or for ventilatory support. The major indication...
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Abdomen
sind eine der häufigsten Ursache für eine Vorstellung beim Kinder- und Jugendarzt. Die Herausforderung für den Pädiater ist es, chirurgische Abdominalerkrankungen zu erkennen und von anderen Ursachen wie eine...
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Prenatal maternal biomarkers for the early diagnosis of congenital malformations: A review
Congenital anomalies cause ~7% of all neonatal deaths, many of which have no identified pathophysiological cause. Because accurate and robust laboratory tests are unavailable for most birth defects, physicians...
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Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic-Assisted Approach for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction
The development of intestinal adhesions as result of transperitoneal surgery in neonates and children is common and may lead to adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO). In the first year after surgery, the inc...
