January 2024
Chief Editor, Pediatric Surgery in Tropics
Pediatric surgery and pediatrics as practiced in tropical countries is different from that practiced in developed countries. High population pressure, poverty and constraints of financial support for ...
Former President, World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS)
Pediatric surgery has witnessed remarkable strides in recent years, bringing new hope and improved outcomes for young patients facing complex medical conditions. Surgeons, researchers, and innovators ...
Editors and editorial board members
A brief introduction of the editors and editorial board members of the “Pediatric surgery in Tropics”
Department of Pediatric Surgery, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi 75510, Pakistan
The children in the low and middle income countries (LMIC) suffer the most. Political instability along-with regional armed conflicts for economic gains as well as natural environ-mental disasters and...
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Bangladesh Shishu Hospital & Institute, Bangladesh
Survival rate of gastroschisis has improved worldwide due to advancements in antenatal diagnosis, perinatal care and neonatal intensive care. This is in stark contrast with the persistently poor outco...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Recent literature has focused on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Programs or Fast Track Elements in peri-operative care of patients undergoing surgery. While fast-track surgery has been studied...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Government Cuddalore Medical College, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
Tropical pyomyositis (TPM) is primarily an inflammatory disorder of skeletal muscles that is characterized by coagulative necrosis and superadded bacterial infection. It is common in tropical weather ...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
Long-term morbidity and functional bowel problems after surgical treatment of HD are significant. There is no consensus regarding the most appropriate scoring system for the assessment of functional o...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Biliary atresia is a common cause of neonatal jaundice. This article reviews the recent literature on biliary atresia. Recently near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography (NIR-FCG) using indocyanine g...
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Dr. Balasaheb Vikhey Patil Rural Medical College, Loni -413 736. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Urolithiasis in children is rare with a reported incidence of 1.8 per 1000 children. Cystine calculi are still rarer with a prevalence of 1:7000 and the typical age of onset is the second decade of li...
Departments of Pediatric Surgery and Pathology, Government Cuddalore Medical College, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
A newborn with pedunculated perianal lipoma and accessory scrotum is reported. By reviewing the 60 cases of accessory scrotum documented in the literature, we propose a standardized definition, diagno...