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Sigmoid volvulus in a teenager

The rare case of a 16-year-old otherwise healthy male who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have sigmoid volvulus is presented, and the patient underwent emergent endoscopic detorsion followed by rectal biopsy during the same hospitalization and laparoscopic single-site sigmoids colectomy on elective basis.
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Timing of surgery in NEC: Do respiratory requirements influence time to operating room?

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Pediatric adrenal incidentaloma

The case of a 14-year-old male who had imaging for nonspecific abdominal pain and was found to have a left-sided retroperitoneal mass suspicious for a retroPeritoneal teratoma is presented and a diagnosis of adrenal cortical adenoma with hyaline myxoid stroma and secondary involutional features is revealed.
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Outcomes Following Adoption and Integration of Robotic-Assisted Cholecystectomy for Pediatric Biliary Tract Disease: An Eight-Year, Single-Center Experience.

In this largest reported cohort of pediatric RAC, RAC was found to be safe and effective compared with LC, particularly in pediatric patients with obesity, particularly in pediatric patients with obesity.
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Pediatric Hepatoblastoma: A Single-Institution Case Series

A retrospective review of patients under the age of 18 with a diagnosis of hepatoblastoma between February 2000 to January 2022 demonstrated novel comorbidities of Prune Belly Syndrome and vesicoureteral reflux.
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Injury epidemiology of inflatable amusement devices: a level I trauma center experience

The cohort did not show a significant increase in the incidence of pediatric IAD-related injuries over time, and the injury burden in the study was high, with 71% of patients treated surgically and the high proportion of patients transferred from outside institutions for definitive treatment.
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Redistribution of Outpatient Oncologic Surgical Specialty Referrals During COVID-19

After implementation of stay-at-home orders, higher acuity and vulnerable patients were appropriately seen in oncologic surgical specialty clinics after implementation of COVID, and further examination of scheduling practices that led to shorter referral times may identify methods to improve timeliness of care and surgicaloncologic outcomes in non-pandemic settings.
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Pediatric Surgery and Healthcare Quality: Historical Exemplars of Quality Improvement and the Seven Basic Tools of Quality.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V.
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Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm in a child: A case report

An 11-year-old male with a history of immunosuppressant use for nephrotic syndrome, presented with symptoms suspicious for choledocholithiasis and was found to have ICPN on histopathological analysis after cholecystectomy, and was found to have ICPN on histopathological analysis after cholecystectomy.
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Single site versus conventional laparoscopic appendectomy: some pain for no gain?

There was a trend toward more intra-abdominal abscesses in the SILA group, and further study and longer follow up is needed to determine if there is an advantage to one laparoscopic approach over another.
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