DOI: 10.1055/s-00000015

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

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Publication Date: 29 October 2020

Original Article

Delgado-Miguel, Carlos; García, Antonella; Delgado, Bonifacio; Muñoz-Serrano, Antonio Jesús; Miguel-Ferrero, Miriam; Barrena, Saturnino; Lopez Santamaria, Manuel; Martinez, Leopoldo: Routine Ultrasound Control after Successful Intussusception Reduction in Children: Is It Really Necessary?

Publication Date: 22 October 2020

Original Article

Svenningsson, Anna; Gunnarsdottir, Anna; Wester, Tomas: Anorectal Malformations and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer—Is Early Routine Endoscopic Screening Indicated?

Publication Date: 20 October 2020

Original Article

Fuhrer, Audelia Eshel; Sukhotnik, Igor; Ben-Shahar, Yoav; Weinberg, Mark; Koppelmann, Tal: Predictive Value of Alvarado Score and Pediatric Appendicitis Score in the Success of Nonoperative Management for Simple Acute Appendicitis in Children

Original Article

Honoré, Karina Dyrvig; Johansen, Malene Nygaard; Rasmussen, Lars; Zachariassen, Gitte: Stoma Closure Improves Head Circumference Growth in Very Preterm Infants after Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Publication Date: 07 October 2020

Original Article

Ax, Sofie Örnö; Abrahamsson, Kate; Gatzinsky, Vladimir; Jönsson, Linus; Dellenmark-Blom, Michaela: Parent-Reported Feeding Difficulties among Children Born with Esophageal Atresia: Prevalence and Early Risk Factors
Supplementary Material

Original Article

Kiblawi, Rim; Zoeller, Christoph; Zanini, Andrea; Ure, Benno M.; Dingemann, Jens; Kuebler, Joachim F.; Schukfeh, Nagoud: Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic or Conventional Thoracic Surgery in Infants and Children: Current Evidence

Original Article

Riahinejad, Maryam; Masoumi, Mohsen; Farghadani, Maryam; Changanian, Parvaneh; Hosseinpour, Mehrdad: Sacrum Ultrasonography: An Accurate Alternative to Radiography for Measuring Sacral Ratio in Infants

Publication Date: 28 September 2020

Original Article

Miscia, Maria Enrica; Lauriti, Giuseppe; Di Renzo, Dacia; Riccio, Angela; Lisi, Gabriele; Lelli Chiesa, Pierluigi: Esophageal Atresia and Associated Duodenal Atresia: A Cohort Study and Review of the Literature
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 19 September 2020

Original Article

Deffaa, Oliver Johannes; Gosemann, Jan Hendrik; Lacher, Martin; Wagner, Richard: Increased Incidence of Functional Constipation in Children with a History of Perianal Abscess—A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study

Original Article

Schukfeh, Nagoud; Elyas, Amr; Viemann, Dorothee; Ure, Benno M.; Froemmel, Stephanie; Park, Joon-Keun; Kuebler, Joachim F.; Vieten, Gertrud: Phenotypic Switch of Human Peritoneal Macrophages during Childhood

Original Article

Younes, Alaa; Elgendy, Ahmed; Fadel, Sayed; Romeih, Marwa; Elwakeel, Madeeha; Salama, Asmaa; Azer, Magda; Ahmed, Gehad: Surgical Resection of Hepatoblastoma: Factors Affecting Local Recurrence

Review Article

Parigi, Gian Battista; Rolle, Udo; Cascio, Salvatore; Williams, Jacob; Czauderna, Piotr: UEMS Section and Board of Paediatric Surgery—A Historical Perspective

Review Article

Szymon, Olga; Bogusz, Bartosz; Taczanowska-Niemczuk, Anna; Maślanka, Marcin; Górecki, Wojciech: Ovarian Sparing Surgery in Mature Ovarian Teratomas in Children: A 20-Year Single-Center Experience

Publication Date: 18 September 2020

Original Article

Taylor, Mark A.; Bucher, Brian T.; Reeder, Ron W.; Avansino, Jeffrey R.; Durham, Megan; Calkins, Casey M.; Wood, Richard J.; Levitt, Marc A.; Drake, Kaylea; Rollins, Michael D.: Comparison of Hirschsprung Disease Characteristics between Those with a History of Postoperative Enterocolitis and Those without: Results from the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium

Publication Date: 17 September 2020

Original Article

Mandee, Sahatsa; Buachai, Kusuma; Aroonpruksakul, Naiyana; Tantemsapya, Niramol; Buasuk, Tarinee: Effects of Sucrose and Nonnutritive Sucking on Pain Behavior in Neonates and Infants undergoing Wound Dressing after Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Publication Date: 15 September 2020

Original Article

Abildgaaard, Helle Attermann; Ellebæk, Mark Bremholm; Rawashdeh, Yazan F.; Qvist, Niels: Ileal Neoappendicostomy in the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence in Children

Original Article

Ozsin-Ozler, Cansu; Turgut, Melek D.; Uzamis-Tekcicek, Meryem; Soyer, Tutku: Oral Health Status among Children with Repaired Esophageal Atresia

Review Article

Raitio, Arimatias; Rice, Michael J.; Mullassery, Dhanya; Losty, Paul D.: Stage 4S Neuroblastoma: What Are the Outcomes? A Systematic Review of Published Studies

Publication Date: 02 September 2020

Original Article

Byström, Cornelia; Östlund, Sanna; Hoff, Nils; Wester, Tomas; Granström, Anna Löf: Evaluation of Bowel Function, Urinary Tract Function, and Quality of Life after Transanal Endorectal Pull-Through Surgery for Hirschsprung's Disease

Publication Date: 31 August 2020

Original Article

Hansen, Grith Laerkholm; Kleif, Jakob; Jakobsen, Christian; Paerregaard, Anders: Changes in Incidence and Management of Acute Appendicitis in Children—A Population-Based Study in the Period 2000–2015

Publication Date: 30 August 2020

Original Article

Froeba-Pohl, Alexandra; von Schweinitz, Dietrich; Muehling, Jakob; Paolini, Marco; Hubertus, Jochen: Implication of Image-Defined Risk Factors for the Extent of Surgical Resection and Clinical Outcome in Patients with Pelvic Neuroblastoma

Original Article

Hartman, Heather A.; Pennell, Christopher; Aronoff, Stephen; Arthur, L. Grier: Effect of Feeding Strategies on the Development of Fulminant Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Original Article

Takahashi, Toshiaki; Friedmacher, Florian; Zimmer, Julia; Puri, Prem: Pbx1, Meis1, and Runx1 Expression Is Decreased in the Diaphragmatic and Pulmonary Mesenchyme of Rats with Nitrofen-Induced Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Publication Date: 26 August 2020

Original Article

Nasher, Omar; Sutcliffe, Jonathan Richard; Stewart, Richard James: Pediatric Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Survey of Current Practice
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 23 August 2020

Original Article

Pennell, Christopher; Meckmongkol, Teerin; Prasad, Rajeev; Ciullo, Sean; Arthur III, Lindsay Grier; Lindholm, Erika; Grewal, Harsh: A Standardized Protocol for Nonoperative Management of Complicated Appendicitis in Children Reduces Resource Utilization

Publication Date: 20 August 2020

Original Article

Chen, Sen; Li, Yangqun; Ma, Ning; Wang, Weixin; Xu, Lisi; Yang, Zhe: Staged Buccal Mucosa Graft Urethroplasty for Proximal Hypospadias in Children: A Short- to Mid-Term Follow-Up Retrospective Study

Original Article

Madadi-Sanjani, Omid; Schukfeh, Nagoud; Uecker, Marie; Eckmann, Stefanie; Dingemann, Jens; Ure, Benno M.; Petersen, Claus; Kuebler, Joachim F.: The Intestinal Flora at Kasai Procedure in Children with Biliary Atresia Appears Not to Affect Postoperative Cholangitis
Supplementary Material

Original Article

Tokar, Baran; Baskaya, Mukaddes; Celik, Ozer; Cemrek, Fatih; Acikgoz, Ayfer: Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Enuresis Prediction in Children

Original Article

Uecker, Marie; Lehmann, Ulrich; Braubach, Peter; Schukfeh, Nagoud; Madadi-Sanjani, Omid; Ure, Benno M.; Petersen, Claus; Kuebler, Joachim F.: Choledochal Cysts Resected during Childhood Show No Mutations of KRAS and BRAF as Early Markers of Malignancy in Cholangiocytes

Original Article

Uecker, Marie; Ure, Benno M.; Dingemann, Jens: Ethical Publication Standards in Articles Reporting on Novel Surgical Methods: Analysis of Three Pediatric Surgical Journals

Publication Date: 09 August 2020

Original Article

Joosten, Maja; Bökkerink, Guus M. J.; Verhoeven, Bas H.; Sutcliffe, Jonathan; de Blaauw, Ivo; Botden, Sanne M. B. I.: Are Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment of Added Value in Training Complex Pediatric Surgical Skills?

Publication Date: 28 July 2020

Original Article

Wendling-Keim, Danielle S.; Teschemacher, Sandra; Dietz, Hans-Georg; Lehner, Markus: Lateral Condyle Fracture of the Humerus in Children: Kirschner Wire or Screw Fixation?

Publication Date: 24 July 2020

Original Article

Bjørnland, Kristin; Hukkinen, Maria; Gatzinsky, Vladimir; Arnell, Henrik; Pakarinen, Mikko P.; Almaas, Runar; Svensson, Jan F.: Partial Biliary Diversion May Promote Long-Term Relief of Pruritus and Native Liver Survival in Children with Cholestatic Liver Diseases

Publication Date: 15 July 2020

Original Article

Dingemann, Carmen; Eaton, Simon; Aksnes, Gunnar; Bagolan, Pietro; Cross, Kate M.; De Coppi, Paolo; Fruithof, JoAnne; Gamba, Piergiorgio; Goldschmidt, Imeke; Gottrand, Frederic; Pirr, Sabine; Rasmussen, Lars; Sfeir, Rony; Slater, Graham; Suominen, Janne; Svensson, Jan F.; Thorup, Joergen M.; Tytgat, Stefaan H. A. J.; van der Zee, David C; Wessel, Lucas; Widenmann-Grolig, Anke; Wijnen, René; Zetterquist, Wilhelm; Ure, Benno M.: ERNICA Consensus Conference on the Management of Patients with Long-Gap Esophageal Atresia: Perioperative, Surgical, and Long-Term Management

Original Article

Nazki, Saalim; Kanojia, Ravi Prakash; Bawa, Monika; Binu, Vineet; Lal, Sadhna; Sood, Ashwani; Samujh, Ram: Robotic Excision of Choledochal Cyst with Hepaticoduodenostomy (HD): Report of HD Technique, Initial Experience, and Early Outcome

Publication Date: 06 July 2020

Original Article

Chan, Kin Wai Edwin; Lee, Kim Hung; Wong, Hei Yi Vicky; Tsui, Siu Yan Bess; Mou, Jennifer Wai Cheung; Tam, Yuk Him: Impact of Age of Patient and Experience of Surgeon on the Outcome after Kasai Portoenterostomy: Can We Delay the Surgery?

Original Article

Oztan, Mustafa O.; Soyer, Tutku; Oztorun, Can I.; Firinci, Binali; Durakbaşa, Çiğdem U.; Dokumcu, Zafer; Gollu, Gulnur; Akkoyun, Ibrahim; Demirel, Dilek; Karaman, Ayşe; Ciftci, Ilhan; Ilhan, Huseyin; Parlak, Ayse; Ozden, Onder; Cömert, Hatice S. Y.; Oral, Akgun; Tekant, Gonca; Kiyan, Gursu; Erginel, Başak; Guvenc, Unal; Erdem, Ali Onur; Erturk, Nazile; Yildiz, Abdullah: Outcome of Very Low and Low Birth Weight Infants with Esophageal Atresia: Results of the Turkish Esophageal Atresia Registry

Publication Date: 26 June 2020

Letter to the Editor

Karabulut, Ramazan; Turkyilmaz, Zafer; Sonmez, Kaan: Comment: Oxidative DNA Damage and NOX4 Levels in Children with Undescended Testes

Original Article

Omling, Erik; Salö, Martin; Saluja, Saurabh; Bergbrant, Sanna; Olsson, Louise; Björk, Jonas; Hagander, Lars: A Nationwide Cohort Study of Outcome after Pediatric Appendicitis
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 21 June 2020

Original Article

Al-Emadi, Ibrahim; Juricic, Mélodie; Mouttalib, Sofia; Galinier, Philippe; Bouali, Ourdia; Abbo, Olivier: Laparoscopic Vascular Hitch for Polar Vessels in Pyeloureteric Junction Obstruction: Medium-Term Follow-up of a Monocentric Experience

Publication Date: 11 June 2020

Original Article

Jawaid, Wajid; Sampat, Kit; Losty, Paul D.: Does the Presence of a Hernia Sac Improve Survival in Newborns with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia? A United Kingdom Single-Center Experience

Original Article

Unkuri, Jani; Salminen, Päivi; Kallio, Pentti; Kosola, Silja: Teens on Wheels and Consequences: A Six-Year Population-Based Study of Bicycle and Moped Injuries

Publication Date: 08 June 2020

Original Article

Shonauer, Fabrizio; Guastafierro, Antonio; Grasso, Elisabetta; Izzo, Sara; Nicoletti, Giovanni Francesco; D'Andrea, Francesco: Ligaclip for Preauricular Skin Tags in the Newborn

Publication Date: 26 May 2020

Original Article

Gudjonsdottir, Johanna; Marklund, Emma; Hagander, Lars; Salö, Martin: Clinical Prediction Scores for Pediatric Appendicitis
Supplementary Material

Original Article

Peng, Chunhui; Chen, Yajun; Pang, Wenbo; Zhang, Tingchong; Wang, Zengmeng; Wu, Dongyang; Wang, Kai: Redo Transanal Soave Pull Through with or without Assistance in Hirschsprung Disease: An Experience in 46 Patients

Original Article

Zuidema, Wietse P.; van der Steeg, Alida F. W.; Oosterhuis, Jan W. A.; van Heurn, Ernest: Trends in the Treatment of Pectus Excavatum in the Netherlands

Publication Date: 25 May 2020

Original Article

Neeman, Binyamin B.; Jaber, Jawdat; Kocherov, Stanislav; Farkas, Amicur; Chertin, Boris: Does Renal Function Remain Stable after Puberty in Children who underwent Ureteral Reimplantation due to Ureterovesical Junction Obstruction?

Publication Date: 18 May 2020

Original Article

Oetzmann von Sochaczewski, Christina; Tagkalos, Evangelos; Lindner, Andreas; Lang, Hauke; Heimann, Axel; Muensterer, Oliver J.: A Continuous Suture Anastomosis Outperforms a Simple Interrupted Suture Anastomosis in Esophageal Elongation

Original Article

Qureshi, Sajid S.; Kembhavi, Seema A.; Kazi, Mufaddal; Smriti, Vasundhara; Baheti, Akshay; Vora, Tushar; Chinnaswamy, Girish; Prasad, Maya; Amin, Nayana; Ramadwar, Mukta; Khanna, Nehal; Laskar, Sidharth: Feasibility of Nonanatomical Liver Resection in Diligently Selected Patients with Hepatoblastoma and Comparison of Outcomes with Anatomic Resection

Original Article

Stonelake, Stephen; Ali, Sana; Pinkey, Benjamin; Ong, Evelyn; Anbarasan, Ravindar; McGuirk, Simon; Perera, Thamera; Mirza, Darius; Muiesan, Paolo; Sharif, Khalid: Fifteen-Year Single-Center Experience of Biliary Complications in Liver Trauma Patients: Changes in the Management of Posttraumatic Bile Leak

Review Article

Ruczynski, Larissa I. A.; Botden, Sanne M. B. I.; Daniels-Scharbatke, Horst E.; Schurink, Maarten; de Blaauw, Ivo: Treatment of Congenital Microgastria

Publication Date: 12 May 2020

Original Article

Zuidema, Wietse P.; Graumans, Maarten J.; Oosterhuis, Jan W. A.; van der Steeg, Alida F. W.; van Heurn, Ernest: The Quality of Web Sites' Health Information on Minimal Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum Using the DISCERN Instrument

Publication Date: 15 April 2020

Original Article

Stenroos, Antti; Laihinen, Timo; Lybäck, Carl; Puhakka, Jani; Kosola, Jussi: Complementary Cast Immobilization Is Not Necessary after Intramedullary Fixation of Unstable Tibial Shaft Fractures in Pediatric Patients

Publication Date: 02 April 2020

Original Article

Gyedu, Adam; Stewart, Barclay; Gaskill, Cameron; Salia, Emmanuella; Wadie, Raymond; Abantanga, Francis; Donkor, Peter; Mock, Charles: A Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed for Pediatric Patients in Ghana

Publication Date: 08 March 2020

Original Article

Feng, Xiaoyan; Martynov, Illya; Suttkus, Anne; Lacher, Martin; Mayer, Steffi: Publication Trends and Global Collaborations on Esophageal Atresia Research: A Bibliometric Study

Original Article

Giray, Esra; Ermerak, Nezih Onur; Bahar-Ozdemir, Yeliz; Kalkandelen, Melihat; Yuksel, Mustafa; Gunduz, Osman Hakan; Akyuz, Gulseren: A Comparative Study on Short-Term Effects of Compression Orthosis and Exercises in the Treatment of Pectus Carinatum: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Feasibility Trial
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 04 March 2020

Original Article

Raitio, Arimatias; Tauriainen, Asta; Syvänen, Johanna; Kemppainen, Teemu; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Sankilampi, Ulla; Vanamo, Kari; Gissler, Mika; Hyvärinen, Anna; Helenius, Ilkka: Omphalocele in Finland from 1993 to 2014: Trends, Prevalence, Mortality, and Associated Malformations—A Population-Based Study

Publication Date: 20 January 2020

Original Article

Froeba-Pohl, Alexandra; Muehling, Jakob; Vill, Katharina; Grote, Veit; Komm, Tim; Seitz, Dorothee; Kappler, Roland; von Schweinitz, Dietrich: Lymphatic Leakage after Surgery for Neuroblastoma: A Rare Complication?

Original Article

van den Bunder, Fenne A. I. M.; Hall, Nigel J.; van Heurn, L. W. Ernest; Derikx, Joep P. M.: A Delphi Analysis to Reach Consensus on Preoperative Care in Infants with Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 07 January 2020

Original Article

Mietzsch, Stefan; Bergholz, Robert; Boettcher, Johannes; Klippgen, Lea; Wenskus, Julia; Reinshagen, Konrad; Boettcher, Michael: Classical but Not Rap Music Significantly Improves Transferability and Long-Term Acquisition of Laparoscopic Suturing Skills: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 01 January 2020

Original Article

McGregor, Angela Dawn; Beasley, Spencer; Williman, Jonathan A.: Why Women Might Choose a Career in Pediatric Surgery and Ensuring There Are No Impediments to Selecting the Best

Publication Date: 31 December 2019

Original Article

Kvello, Morten; Knatten, Charlotte Kristensen; Bjørnland, Kristin: Laparoscopic Gastrostomy Placement in Children Has Few Major, but Many Minor Early Complications

Original Article

Raitio, Arimatias; Lahtinen, Asta; Syvänen, Johanna; Kemppainen, Teemu; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Gissler, Mika; Hyvärinen, Anna; Helenius, Ilkka: Gastroschisis in Finland 1993 to 2014—Increasing Prevalence, High Rates of Abortion, and Survival: A Population-Based Study

Publication Date: 13 December 2019

Original Article

Pike, Ashton Hideki; Zvara, Peter; Antulov, Marijana Rincic; Schrøder, Henrik Daa; Hejboel, Eva Kildall; Rasmussen, Lars; Qvist, Niels; Ellebæk, Mark Bremholm: Intramural Injection of Botulinum Toxin A in Surgical Treatment of a Long Gap Esophageal Atresia—Rat Model

Original Article

Rentea, Rebecca Maria; Halleran, Devin R.; Ahmad, Hira; Sanchez, Alejandra Vilanova; Gasior, Alessandra C.; McCracken, Katherine; Hewitt, Geri D.; Alexander, Victoria; Smith, Caitlin; Weaver, Laura; Wood, Richard J.; Levitt, Marc A.: Preliminary Use of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Angiography and Value in Predicting the Vascular Supply of Tissues Needed to Perform Cloacal, Anorectal Malformation, and Hirschsprung Reconstructions

Publication Date: 27 November 2019

Original Article

Dingemann, Carmen; Eaton, Simon; Aksnes, Gunnar; Bagolan, Pietro; Cross, Kate M.; De Coppi, Paolo; Fruithof, JoAnne; Gamba, Piergiorgio; Husby, Steffen; Koivusalo, Antti; Rasmussen, Lars; Sfeir, Rony; Slater, Graham; Svensson, Jan F.; Van der Zee, David C.; Wessel, Lucas M.; Widenmann-Grolig, Anke; Wijnen, Rene; Ure, Benno M.: ERNICA Consensus Conference on the Management of Patients with Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula: Follow-up and Framework
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 26 November 2019

Original Article

Kirakosyan, Evgeniya; Lokhmatov, Maxim: High-Tech Diagnostic Methods and Enteroscopic Treatment of Children with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

Publication Date: 18 November 2019

Original Article

Königs, Ingo; Wenskus, Julia; Boettcher, Johannes; Reinshagen, Konrad; Boettcher, Michael: Lidocaine-Epinephrine-Tetracaine Gel Is More Efficient than Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics and Mepivacaine Injection for Pain Control during Skin Repair in Children: A Prospective, Propensity Score Matched Two-Center Study

Publication Date: 10 November 2019

Original Article

Montalto, Angela Simona; Currò, Monica; Russo, Tiziana; Ferlazzo, Nadia; Caccamo, Daniela; Ientile, Riccardo; Romeo, Carmelo; Impellizzeri, Pietro: CO2 Pneumoperitoneum Effects on Molecular Markers of Tumor Invasiveness in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells

Publication Date: 10 October 2019

Original Article

Sim, Sarah Kher Ru; Nah, Shireen Anne; Loh, Amos Hong Pheng; Ong, Lin Yin; Chen, Yong: Mechanical versus Chemical Pleurodesis after Bullectomy for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis

Publication Date: 22 August 2019

Review Article

Stenroos, Antti; Puhakka, Jani; Nietosvaara, Yrjänä; Kosola, Jussi: Treatment of Closed Tibia Shaft Fractures in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis