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The role of diagnostic laparoscopy in micropremmies with suspected necrotizing enterocolitis
The timely diagnosis of perforations or dead gut can be extremely difficult in micropremmies with necrotizing enterocolitis. A negative laparotomy is just as detrimental as failure to recognize early perforati...
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Laparoscopic surgery in children is associated with an intraoperative hypermetabolic response
Laparoscopic surgery is thought to be associated with a reduced metabolic response compared to open surgery. Oxygen consumption ( ...
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Lymphatic sparing, laparoscopic varicocelectomy: a new surgical technique
Several surgical options are available for managing varicoceles. Although conventional surgery offers good surgical results, the most common long-term complication of surgery is the development of hydroceles, ...
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Laparoscopic resection of type I choledochal cyst
Type I choledochal cyst is a rare saccular or fusiform congenital dilatation of the extrahepatic biliary tract. It is usually treated by laparotomy at which the cyst is completely excised and a Roux-en-Y hepat...
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The successful medical management of severe duodenal strictures secondary to eosinophilic gastroenteritis in an infant
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an uncommon condition of unknown etiology that has only been relatively recently reported. Its clinical manifestations range from a mild disease to more severe forms resembling ...
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Ectopic pancreatic rests: a rare cause of persistent umbilical discharge
Ectopic pancreatic rests are rare. We report two cases discovered in infants who underwent surgical exploration of the umbilicus for persistent umbilical discharge with peri-umbilical excoriation. A shallow s...
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Letter to the editor
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Laparoscopic bipolar strip-tease appendicectomy
Since its conception, several techniques have been described for laparoscopic appendicectomy. We describe a technique which utilizes a 5-mm bipolar forceps designed to coagulate and cut tissues at the same tim...
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Initial experience with laparoscopic adhesiolysis in children
Intra-abdominal adhesions are a well-known complication of laparotomy. We report our initial experience of ten children undergoing laparoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of intra-abdominal adhesions. Sign...
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Laparoscopic pyloromyotomy for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
Although great advances in laparoscopic techniques have been made in the field of adult surgery, its application in infants and young children has been limited. We present a technique of laparoscopic pyloromyo...
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Laparoscopic ovariopexy for paediatric pelvic malignancies
Ovariopexy can prevent radiation damage to the ovaries in children undergoing pelvic irradiation, and should be considered prior to radical curative radiotherapy. We report two children who have had successful...
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Management of urinary calculi using endourology and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
Childhood urolithiasis is uncommon, comprising 2% – 3% of urinary calculi. This paper presents our initial experience in the endourological (EU) treatment of 23 children with urinary calculi presenting to the ...