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Mashup Score: 6Reply to Letter to the Editor: Regular body imaging screening should be required for all children following anorectal malformation repair - 2 month(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 7Surgeon perceptions of volume threshold and essential practices for pediatric thyroidectomy✰ - 2 month(s) ago
The prospect of sub-specialization within pediatric surgery has become increasingly debated over the past 10 years. Particularly within large groups or practices, some pediatric surgeons are choosing to narrow their clinical focus toward a particular subset of pathologies [1]. Further, in the past few years, additional clinical fellowships have been developed to provide board certified pediatric surgeons concentrated training in pediatric colorectal surgery, fetal surgery, critical care, and pediatric transplant surgery [1].
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Mashup Score: 21
Management of undescended testes (UDT) has evolved over the last decade. While urologic societies in the United States and Europe have established some guidelines for care, management by North American pediatric surgeons remains variable. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the published evidence regarding the treatment of (UDT) in children.
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Mashup Score: 5
Over the last 30 years, healthcare payment reform and legislature such as the Stark Law, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid regulations, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and the Affordable Care Act have altered the practice environment for many physicians. Individual providers have migrated toward larger physician groups or become employees with health care systems. In addition, third-party payers have markedly decreased reimbursements as costs, both to the patient and to the management of surgical practice, have continued to increase.
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Mashup Score: 14Effect of implementing an enhanced recovery protocol for pediatric colorectal surgery on complication rate, length of stay, and opioid use in children - 3 month(s) ago
Standardizing perioperative care through clinical programs, “fast track” pathways, and surgical site infection prevention bundles has led to major improvements in surgical outcomes [1,2]. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is one such clinical pathway that has been shown to improve surgical outcomes, increase efficiency of care, and reduce hospital costs without increasing complication rates [1,3,4]. However, ERAS pathways have been described and studied primarily in the adult population. A few new and innovative studies have explored pediatric enhanced recovery feasibility and the post-implementation impact on child health outcomes [5–8].
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Mashup Score: 5Evaluating the association between obesity and discharge functional status after pediatric injury - 3 month(s) ago
Children with obesity frequently have functional impairment after critical illness. Although obesity increases morbidity risk after trauma, the association with functional outcomes in children is unknown.
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Mashup Score: 12Ultrasound-guided percutaneous insertion of Broviac lines in infants less than 5kg: Prospective study of 100 consecutive procedures - 3 month(s) ago
Ultrasound-guided (USG) percutaneous insertion of Broviac lines (cuffed tunnelled silastic central venous catheters, TCVC) has increasingly been adopted throughout the UK. However, vascular access remains a challenge in small babies and in some units is still performed by open cutdown. Our vascular access team, established in 2004, consists of consultant surgeons, anaesthetists and interventional radiologists, who provide all permanent vascular access by the USG technique. We reviewed the outcome in our last 100 patients less than 5 kg.
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Mashup Score: 7
The 52nd meeting of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (CAPS) was held virtually from September 23–25th, 2021. The meeting coordinator Arlene Ein worked tirelessly to organize an outstanding meeting. Dr. Richard Keizer, Chair of the Program Committee, along with the help of his committee members, provided an excellent, high quality educational and scientific program consisting of 48 virtual presentations. Special thanks to the CAPS secretary-treasurer Dr. Sarah Jones all her crucial work before, during, and after the meeting.
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Mashup Score: 1Distribution of injury in inflatable jumping amusements in the U.S. over the last 20 years - 3 month(s) ago
Since their introduction in the 1960s, bounce houses have grown in popularity in the United States (US) [1]. Also known as inflatable houses, inflatable play structures, inflatable amusement devices, and moon walks, these devices are a staple at children’s birthday parties, carnivals, and other community events. In the last decade, concerns have been raised regarding the safety of bounce houses as increasing rates of injury reflect their surge in popularity and ease of accessibility. From 1995 to 2010 alone, there was a statistically significant 15-fold increase in the number of bounce house-related injuries, and these injury rates have potential to increase as at-home inflatable devices become more recreationally available [2].
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Mashup Score: 6High-powered magnets still require high-powered vigilance - 3 month(s) ago
The recent history of magnet ingestions in children warrants review as we recently learned of a new mandatory recall by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) of Zen Magnets and Neoballs magnets on August 17, 2021 [1]. Readers will likely be familiar with the significance of this recall as ingestion of high-powered magnets by children has been increasingly problematic over the last 15 years. The magnets, sold as desk toys and stress relievers, can cause significant damage to children and frequently require endoscopic and/or surgical intervention [2,3].
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