PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

Diameter of the infrarenal abdominal aorta in children with cerebral palsy

The diameters of the infrarenal abdominal aorta by ultrasonography have not yet been reported in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Because the demand for the surgical applications of the abdominal aorta probably increases in the CP population owing to their prolonged life-span, we planned a study to assess the diameter of the infrarenal abdominal aorta by ultrasonography in children with CP and to compare them with those of healthy subjects.

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PEDIATRIC SURGERY

The use of recombinant activated factor VII in the circumcision operation in the case of a congenital factor VII deficiency

Congenital factor VII deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive hemorrhagic disorder and surgery is normally the cause of excessive bleeding. In this report, we describe the first case with congenital factor VII deficiency admitted to our clinics for the sunnet operation (circumcision), in which recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa; NovoSeven) was used to manage the bleeding.

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PEDIATRIC SURGERY

A case of patent ductus venosus with pulmonary arterio-venousfistula as a rare and unique clinical entity

Patent ductus venosus (PDV) is a very rare clinical entity in children1. PDV may cause liver dysfunction and eventually encephalopathy. Rarely pulmonary arterio-venous fistulas may accompany, and this may cause hypoxemia and other cardiac symptoms.

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PEDIATRIC SURGERY