Background. Nissen Fundoplication (NF) has a relatively high failure rate in nerologically impaired children with grastroesophageal reflux (GERD). In 1990 we began to use routine technetium 99m sulfur colloid emptying scans and pyloroplasy with NF for delayed gastric emptying (DGE) in our neurologically impaired patients. The aim of this study was to determine the influence
Read moreNeuroblastoma is a malignant tumor of neural crest origin that may arise anywhere along the sympathetic ganglia or within the adrenal medulla. The median age of diagnosis is 2 years; however, occurrence is skewed toward younger children, with nearly 35% of cases occurring under 1 year of age and the reminder under 10 years of
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Familial Polyposis Results of Mucosal Proctectomy Versus Extrarectal Dissection for Ulcerative Colitis and Familial Polyposis in Children and Young Adults. Over a 5-year period, the authors examined 30 consecutively treated patients, aged 16 years or younger, who underwent total colectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, (IPAA) using two different surgical methods. To read more of
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