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  1. The diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children is quite challenging as the rate of negative appendectomy varies between 15 and 57%. Increased utilization of imaging diagnostic facilities in advanced countries...

    Authors: Ademola Olusegun Talabi, Tewogbade Adeoye Adedeji, Oludayo Adedapo Sowande and Olusanya Adejuyigbe
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2021 17:8
  2. Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) may follow acid corrosive ingestion. Several surgical techniques have been reported after the failure of endoscopic dilatation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasib...

    Authors: Essam A. Elhalaby, Nezar Abd Erouf Abo Halawa, Ismael E. Elhalaby, Dina Shawky, Hussam Hassan and Hisham A. Almetaher
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2021 17:16
  3. Scrotoschisis is a rare anomaly in which the testis is lying outside scrotum congenitally. Only few cases have been reported in literature under different names most of which are unilateral. We have found only...

    Authors: Shazia Perveen, Mishraz Shaikh and Sajid Ali
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2021 17:5
  4. Pediatric patients rarely exhibit Baker’s cysts. This study was conducted on 15 cases (9 males, 6 females) presented with Baker (popliteal) cyst in the last 2 years (from September 2017 to September 2019). The...

    Authors: Mohammed A. Mansour, Mohammed A. Shehata, Mohammed M. Shalaby, Mohammed A. Arafa and Hisham A. Almetaher
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2021 17:4
  5. Acute appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal emergencies in children. Complicated appendicitis is much more common in pediatric age group than in adults due to probability of delay in diagnosis or mi...

    Authors: Mohammad Seqsaqa, Ahmed Ezzat Rozeik, Mohammed Khalifa and Hazem Nour Abdellatif Ashri
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2021 17:3
  6. To explore the association between patent urachus and bladder outflow obstruction (BOO). A retrospective review of patient records over a 35-year period (1983–2018) with complete patent urachus was performed. ...

    Authors: Heba Taher, Sharmila Ramnarine, Naima Smeulders, Divyesh Desai, Imran Mushtaq, Peter Cuckow and Abraham Cherian
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2021 17:2
  7. Infectious diseases have always been the lime light of global health with very little focus on childhood surgical conditions despite the fact that children constitute about half of the population in LMICs. A s...

    Authors: Maame Tekyiwa Botchway, Deirdre Kruger, Charles Adjei Manful and Andrew Grieve
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2021 16:44
  8. Laryngotracheal stenosis is a major cause of airway obstruction in pediatric age. The correction of such abnormality still remains a challenge, both because of anatomical issues in childhood and also due to th...

    Authors: Melissa Ameloti Gomes Avelino, Laís da Silveira Botacin and Miguel Angel Corrales Coutinho
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2021 17:1
  9. Ganglioneuroma is a rare neurogenic tumor which could grow into massive size in the thorax with minimal or no symptoms. Resection of these tumors will be challenging in view of large size and vascular encaseme...

    Authors: Mathula Hettiarachchi, Chanuka Dharmadasa, Ashoka Wijeyananda, Kapila Hettiarachchi and Bandula Samarasinghe
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:54
  10. Epithelioid hemangioma is a rare, benign vascular lesion classically presenting with painless nodules in the head and neck region. Hemangioma lesions are typically small, located within the dermis and subcutan...

    Authors: Claire J. Wiggins, Rami P. Dibbs, Erica L. Bartlett, Daniel J. Ashton and Renata S. Maricevich
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:53
  11. Post-omphalocele ventral hernias (POVH) are common after giant omphaloceles. Abdominal wall botulinum toxin injections (BTI) are useful to treat complex incisional hernias (CIH) in adults, which may also apply...

    Authors: Lisieux Eyer de Jesus, Thais Cardoso Leve, Celine Fulgencio and Samuel Dekermacher
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:56
  12. Feeding gastrostomy is widely used in children that have troubles of swallowing and need to stablish enteral feeding. There are several methods for creation of that stoma. After the children gain their normal ...

    Authors: Mohammad Gharieb Khirallah and Nasir Bustangi
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:47
  13. Classifying anorectal anomalies (ARA) has always been a matter of debate among pediatric surgeons. A new classification does not necessarily imply discarding older ones. Several concepts have been introduced i...

    Authors: Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid, Shaimaa Abdelsattar Mohammad, Sherif Elhussiny Ibrahim and Leila Rawash ElDieb
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:42
  14. Alimentary tract duplications are rare anomalies and any delay in the diagnosis may develop various complications. Infection, hemorrhage, or perforation of the duplication cyst may lead to an acute presentatio...

    Authors: Muhammad Bilal Mirza, Asim Shahzad, Nasir Mahmood, Ahmed Imran, Mahvish Hussain, Zafar Fayyaz and Nabila Talat
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:51
  15. Hydatid disease is relatively uncommon in children and thus rarely reported in literature. Pediatric patients with large hydatid cysts can have grave complications due to mass effect. Postoperative bile leak i...

    Authors: Saswati Behera, Monika Bawa, Ravi P. Kanojia, Ashwani Sood and Ram Samujh
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:43
  16. Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series is the standard imaging tool for diagnosis of structural and functional abnormalities affecting the esophagus, stomach, and proximal small bowel. The aim of this study was t...

    Authors: Eman Ahmed Hamed, Shaimaa Abdelsattar Mohammad, Leila M. Rawash Eldieb and Mennatallah Hatem Shalaby
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:52
  17. Pediatric presentations of a prostatic utricle have received only little attention. The incidence of symptomatic prostatic utricle has been reported but most cases are asymptomatic. The purpose of this study i...

    Authors: Manjiri S., Kush Luthra, Padmalatha S. K., Jeevak Shetty and Neehar Patil
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:50
  18. Lump or mass formation due to delayed presentation after appendicitis is common, and it is frequently complicated by perforation, gangrene, pus, or abscess formation. Care of patients and management vary betwe...

    Authors: M. A. Mushfiqur Rahman, Tanvir Kabir Chowdhury, Mohammad Zonaid Chowdhury and Md. Abdullah Al Farooq
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:39
  19. Although the outcome of hypospadias repair has much improved, repair of a small-sized phallus is still challenging. Whether preoperative hormonal therapy is beneficial remains controversial.

    Authors: Islam Mahmoud Wali, Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid, Nehal Ahmed Radwan, Mohamed Abdel Sattar GadAllah, Wael Ahmed Ghanem and Osama El-Naggar
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:38
  20. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes to clinical practice, including the introduction of remote clinics. Those familiar with remote clinics have reported benefits to their use, such as patient sa...

    Authors: A. M. Charnell, E. Hannon, D. Burke, M. R. Iredale and J. R. Sutcliffe
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:49
  21. Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a therapeutic procedure for the management of several hematological diseases and malignancies in pediatric population. Central venous catheters (CVCs) play a pivotal role d...

    Authors: Ahmed Elgendy, Ahmed M. Ismail, Eslam Elhawary, Ahmed Badran and Mohammed Ramadan El-Shanshory
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:46
  22. Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the commonest congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract that occurs in 2% of general population. It remains asymptomatic, but it may lead to life-threatening complicati...

    Authors: Hisham A. Almetaher and Mohammed Awad Mansour
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:45
  23. Intussusception is the most common intestinal obstruction among infants and young children. Most of the pediatric cases are ileo-cecal, while jejuno-jejunal and ileo-ileal combined contribute only 2.5% of the ...

    Authors: Gilang Vigorous Akbar Eka Candy and Supangat Supangat
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:41
  24. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the feasibility, safety, efficacy, benefits, and outcome of elective laparoscopic splenectomy for children younger than 5 years with sickle cell disease (SCD) who neede...

    Authors: Taha Alkhatrawi, Radi Elsherbini and Waheed Turkistani
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:35
  25. Different laparoscopic approaches for insertion of a peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) have been adopted. Most of these techniques require 2–3 ports. One port laparoscopic technique for PDC placement was intr...

    Authors: Nasir Bustangi and Mohammad Gharieb Khirallah
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:33
  26. Intestinal strictures are an extremely rare and life-threating complication in patients undergoing allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). We describe the case of a child operated for mu...

    Authors: Agnieszka Sobkowiak-Sobierajska, Michał Błaszczyński, Przemysław Mańkowski and Jacek Wachowiak
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:37
  27. Delayed presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is an uncommon event. Occurrence of gastric volvulus with massive necrosis in this setting is unusual. In this difficult scenario, the surgeon is faced w...

    Authors: G. Krishna Kumar, U. Mallikarjun and D. Reshma
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:31
  28. Worldwide, infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis has an incidence of 3 in 1000 livebirths, with an unknown etiology. Even when babies present with characteristic symptoms, it is often misdiagnosed leading to...

    Authors: Innocent Okello, Rovine Naluyimbazi, Alicia Massenga, Sarah Ullrich, Nasser Kakembo, Phyllis Kisa, John Sekabira and Stella Nimanya
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:32
  29. The majority of amebic infections among humans remain asymptomatic. Rarely, the disease takes a fulminant acute course due to the development of necrotizing amebic colitis. This complication is usually found i...

    Authors: Samantha Kiriwaththuduwa, Romola Gnanapragasam, Anjalie Amarasinghe, Yugantha Adikari, Shanika Ranasinghe, Rumala Morel, Chanuka Dharmaratne and Lakmalee Bandara
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:28
  30. The assessment of a child having hypospadias with chordee/ventral curvature (VC) and meatal position that appears to be proximal/mid-penile can be challenging with regard to the choice of chordee correction an...

    Authors: Vivek Parameswara Sarma
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:26
  31. The diagnosis of posterior urethral valves (PUV) encompasses a vast spectrum of disease with variable severity and clinical features. It is vital to understand the extent of developmental insult and to define ...

    Authors: Vivek Parameswara Sarma
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:36
  32. Testicular ectopia is defined as a testis which is located away from the normal pathway of testicular descent and outside its ipsilateral hemiscrotum. Controversies have been raised about considering the abdom...

    Authors: Rabea Ahmed Gadelkareem, Ahmed Abdelhamid Shahat, Ahmed Reda, Ahmed Mohamed Moeen, Mohamed Farouk Abdelhafez, Mahmoud Farouk Abughanima, Osama Mansour, Nasreldin Mohammed, Mahmoud Mohammed Osman, Ahmed Abdelaziz Elderwy and Hisham Mokhtar Hammouda
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:27
  33. Umbilical hernia (UH) is one of the most common problems seen by paediatric surgeons. The recurrence rate after surgical repair is 1–2%. In this study, we examined the ring of umbilical hernia histologically t...

    Authors: Mohamed Saber Mostafa, Mohamed AbdElrahman, Mohammed Elsherbeny and Hesham El-Safoury
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:22
  34. There is a lack of evidence on the surgical approach for children and adolescents undergoing cholecystectomy. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review is to compare the safety and efficacy of minimally inv...

    Authors: Daniel Steffens, Kathryn Wales, Clare Toms, David Yeo, Charbel Sandroussi and Ashish Jiwane
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:24
  35. Hyperhidrosis is an excess sweat secretion. Various modalities of treatment exist for hyperhidrosis. Although medical treatment is the first line of treatment, its long-term outcome is not satisfactory. In thi...

    Authors: Mohamed Saber Mostafa, Mohammed Elsherbeny, Ahmed Abdelbarr and Sameh Abdelhay
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:21
  36. Lymphatic sparing laparoscopic Palomo varicocelectomy is a safe and reliable technique for varicocele treatment in adolescents and children. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of lymphatic s...

    Authors: Abdelaziz Yehya, Mohamed Abdalrazek, Ibrahim Gamaan, Ahmed Fathy and Wael El Batal
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:16
  37. Neonatal gastro-intestinal perforation [NGIP] is one of the major problems in pediatric surgical practice. Although the outcomes of neonatal surgery have improved markedly over the past decade the mortality ra...

    Authors: Nezar Abd Elrouf Abo-Halawa, Mohamed Ahmed Negm and Mohamed Fathy
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:17
  38. Urachal anomalies (UAs) are rare in children; the most encountered are urachal cysts, urachal sinus, and urachal diverticulum. Other associated anomalies have been reported to include renal and abdominal wall ...

    Authors: Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Tamador Al-Shamaileh and Mohammad M. Saleem
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:19
  39. Spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) is usually an isolated perforation occurring most commonly in the terminal ileum of neonates with very low birth weight (VLBW) and extreme low birth weight (ELBW) of un...

    Authors: Ashraf H. M. Ibrahim, Hamad A. Hader, Hatem Alsherbiny, Mahmoud R. A. Hussein and Safwan A. Khan
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:20
  40. The perineal canal is a rare variety of anorectal malformations, identified by different nomenclatures like H fistula, double termination of the alimentary canal, and anovestibular fistula. Various approaches ...

    Authors: S. Manjiri, Jeevak Shetty, S. K. Padmalatha, Kush Luthra and Neehar Patil
    Citation: Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2020 16:15