October 2024
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem 636002, Tamilnadu, India
In recent decades, with an increasing number of women pursuing medical career, there is a striking contrast of women taking-up surgical specialties. Though, surgery is traditionally a macho field, the...
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Minimal Access Surgery, Malar-MGM (Mahatma Gandhi Memorial) Hospital, Chennai 600020, Tamil Nadu, India
A young lady postgraduate of the Department of Pulmonology at the Radha Gobinda Kar Medical College Hospital (Kolkata, India) had to sacrifice her life in the most gory and brutal way(1) to wake an en...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Government Cuddalore Medical College, Chidambaram 608002, Tamilnadu, India
Myiasis (myasis) is a parasitic infestation of fly (diptera) larvae. Maggots are both a pest and a therapeutic agent. Ayurvedic surgeons of ancient India (2000-600 BCE) have described Krimi-Karna (aur...
Division of Paediatric Surgery, Gleneagles Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Buried penis is a rare congenital anomaly due to dysplasia of the dartos fascia and lack of penile skin fixation to the Buck’s fascia. This report describes an experience with 8 boys with buried penis...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi-110002, India
Chemotherapy of Wilms tumor (WT) often induces neutropenia. This study explores whether enteral hyperalimentation can reduce the incidence of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and the need for granuloc...
Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Thyroid disorders represent a significant proportion of pediatric endocrine problems. Surgical intervention is often indicated in thyroid cancers, hyperthyroidism and solitary non-toxic nodules.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi-110002, India
Proper urodynamic evaluation of children is often limited by the cost, technical expertise and availability of the involved equipments. Bedside cystometry (BC) could be a useful alternative in the abs...
[1] Department of Surgery, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] Department of Surgery, Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, Gambia. [3] Medical Center Lumière, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [4] Department of Surgery, Mwangeji Provincial General Hospital, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Conservative management of omphalocele is an accessible method in resource-constrained settings. This review summarizes the literature on the usage of escharotic agents in omphalocele.
Chief Editor, Pediatric Surgery in Tropics
‘Pediatric Thoracic Surgery’, edited by Mattioli, Petralia and Torre, is written by surgeons working at Giannia Gaslini Institute, Genoa. This book emphasizes that thoracic surgery in children ought t...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, NJ08901, USA.
Sigmoid volvulus is a rare cause of colonic obstruction in children. In this age group it has higher morbidity and mortality than that of adults. There is a paucity of literature on pediatric sigmoid ...
Departments of Pediatric Nephrology [1], Radiology [2] and Pediatric Surgery [3], Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
A15-year-old boy presented with recurrent episodes of non-bilious vomiting for the past 9 years. During these episodes he also had dehydration and oliguria. He required hospitalization during each epi...
Departments of Pediatric Surgery [1] and Pathology [2], Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry 605006, India
Pancreatic heterotopia (PH) is a rare congenital anomaly that is also known as ectopic pancreas or pancreatic choristoma. It is usually asymptomatic but rarely may cause abdominal pain, lower gastroin...
Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi 2008, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We report 2 cases of stray bullet injury to brain in children of age 3 months and 7 years respectively. One of them had an occipital penetrating wound (with no exit) and the other had trans-temporal w...