Nutritional management of children with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) presents multiple challenges including reduced oral intake compounded by mucosal fragility. Gastrostomy tube feeding is effective in improving nutritional status however there is limited data on the safety and tolerance of this technique in EB children. We aim to review the effectiveness and morbidity of our minimally invasive…

Login to your accountEmail/UsernamePasswordShowForgot password?Remember meDon’t have an account?Create a Free Account If you don’t remember your password, you can reset it by entering your email address and clicking the Reset Password button. You will then receive an email that contains a secure link for…

In pediatric surgery the outcome of infants with oesophageal atresia (OA) has been one of the key indicators for the quality of neonatal surgical care. Very soon after the first successful repairs of OA in 1940s pediatric surgeons realized that the outcome and especially mortality in infants with OA depended on two important factors, the presence of significant congenital heart disease and birth…

After completing general surgery residency, a surgeon can proceed to a subspecialty fellowship for additional education and training. Over time, the percentage of graduating residents seeking additional fellowship training has increased and is now the majority with a reported rate ranging from 77 to 91.4% [1,2]. As defined by the American board of surgery (ABS), the pediatric surgery (PS)…

hypertrophic pyloric stenosis,

Quality Improvement

If you don’t remember your password, you can reset it by entering your email address and clicking the Reset Password button. You will then receive an email that contains a secure link for resetting your passwordIf the address matches a valid account an email will be sent to __email__ with instructions for resetting your password …

Malignant melanoma is rare in the pediatric population and management is largely extrapolated from adult guidelines. Adult data have shown that immediate completion lymph node dissection (CLND) does not improve overall survival in selected patients with clinically node negative, sentinel lymph node-positive disease. Current nodal management in children is unknown.