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Senhance Robotic Platform in Pediatrics: Early US Experience

Children, 2023
Introduction: Different robotic systems have been used widely in human surgery since 2000, but pediatric patients require some features that are lacking in the most frequently used robotic systems.
Maria Consuelo Puentes, Marko Rojnica, Thomas Sims, Robert Jones, Francesco M. Bianco, Thom E. Lobe   +5 more
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Assessment of plasma B7-H3 levels in pediatric patients with different degrees of surgical stress [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Surgical stress initiates a series of host hormone, metabolism and immune responses, which predominantly affect the homeostatic mechanism of patients with major surgery.
Feng, Xing, Huang, Jie, Li, Yan, Li, Yi Ping, Pan, Jian, Wang, Jian, Wang, Jiang Huai, Yuan, Qing, Zhang, Xue Guang   +8 more
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Liquid Biopsy Enables Targeted Therapy Without Tissue Diagnosis in Pediatric Low‐Grade Gliomas With BRAF V600E Mutation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present two pediatric cases of pediatric low‐grade gliomas (PLGG) with BRAF V600E mutations diagnosed and monitored using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) liquid biopsy analyzed via digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), without tissue biopsy. Both patients were treated with dabrafenib and trametinib and monitored through clinical assessments, magnetic ...
Hannah Sultan, Damien Faury, Alexander G. Weil, Harrison J. Westwick, Nada Jabado, Sébastien Perreault   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

RETRACTED: Smartphone Interventions Effect in Pediatric Subjects on the Day of Surgery: A Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Surgery, 2021
Background: A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of smartphone interventions on the anxiety of the pediatric subjects at induction on the day of surgery compared to oral midazolam or standard care as control.Methods: A systematic ...
Li Li, Jianping Ma, Dan Ma, Xiaokang Zhou   +3 more
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Effects of clown doctors on child and caregiver anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers [PDF]

, 2016
This study investigated the effects of hospital Clown Doctors intervention on child and caregiver preoperative anxiety at the entrance to the surgery care unit and separation from caregivers.
Arriaga, Patrícia, Pacheco, Catarina
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of Acute Appendicitis before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Single Center Experience

Emergency Medicine International, 2022
The aim of the study was to investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic caused an increased incidence of complicated appendicitis due to the late presentation when compared to the pre-COVID-19 period. Summary Background Data.
A. Bosak Veršić, M. Šestan, I. Ćepić, H. Nikolić, N. Bukvić, S. Sršen Medančić, D. Hasandić, M. Zelić   +7 more
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Patterns, procedures, and indications for pediatric surgery in a Tanzanian Refugee Camp: a 20-year experience

World Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2023
Background There are 103 million displaced people worldwide, 41% of whom are children. Data on the provision of surgery in humanitarian settings are limited. Even scarcer is literature on pediatric surgery performed in humanitarian settings, particularly
Joseph V Sakran, Peter J Winch, Mohamed Abbas, Kent A Stevens, Daniel S Rhee, Zachary Obinna Enumah, Hilary Ngude, Sarah Rapaport, Amber Lekey   +8 more
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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis in children and adolescents: Does this increasing diagnosis require a common guideline for pediatricians and pediatric surgeons?

BMC Gastroenterology, 2021
Background In contrast to adults, for whom guidelines on the cholelithiasis treatment exist, there is no consistent treatment of pediatric patients with cholelithiasis throughout national and international departments, most probably due to the lack of ...
Sonja Diez, Hanna Müller, Christel Weiss, Vera Schellerer, Manuel Besendörfer   +4 more
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