Diagnosis of appendicitis in children represents a continuing diagnostic dilemma for emergency room physicians and paediatric surgeons.If unnecessary surgery should be avoided, delayed diagnosis and treatment of appen...Diagnosis of appendicitis in children represents a continuing diagnostic dilemma for emergency room physicians and paediatric surgeons.If unnecessary surgery should be avoided, delayed diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis is responsible for complications.Use of a diagnostic clinical score may improve the management of the children with abdominal pain.A prospective evaluation of an appendicitis score is presented and discussed.展开更多
Various surgical procedures are used for esophageal substitution in children. With the gastric tube (GT) esophagoplasty procedures,main complications in the long term are related to gastric content reflux and acid pro...Various surgical procedures are used for esophageal substitution in children. With the gastric tube (GT) esophagoplasty procedures,main complications in the long term are related to gastric content reflux and acid production from the GT itself. A case of children operated on with a new procedure of isoperistaltic isolated GT interposition with favorable short-and long-term functional results is presented.展开更多
文摘Diagnosis of appendicitis in children represents a continuing diagnostic dilemma for emergency room physicians and paediatric surgeons.If unnecessary surgery should be avoided, delayed diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis is responsible for complications.Use of a diagnostic clinical score may improve the management of the children with abdominal pain.A prospective evaluation of an appendicitis score is presented and discussed.
文摘Various surgical procedures are used for esophageal substitution in children. With the gastric tube (GT) esophagoplasty procedures,main complications in the long term are related to gastric content reflux and acid production from the GT itself. A case of children operated on with a new procedure of isoperistaltic isolated GT interposition with favorable short-and long-term functional results is presented.