• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.212-216
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• 2007

Migration of a peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the scrotum is a rare complication. We treated a case of catheter migration in the scrotum. A 12-year old boy, who had had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt at the age of 4 months due to neonatal hydrocephalus, visited the outpatient clinic because of a right inguinal hernia. On physical examination, a firm mass was found in the left scrotum. Pelvic X-ray demonstrated a coiled catheter in the left scrotum. The catheter was successfully removed by exploring the left patent processus vaginalis after high ligation of the hernia sac. This case suggests a suction action of the patent processus vaginalis and the possibility of catheter migration long after shunt catheter insertion.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

Minimal invasive surgery (MIS) has rapidly gained acceptance for the management of a wide variety of pediatric diseases. A questionnaire was sent to all members of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons. Thirty one members (25.4%) took part in the survey that included data for the year 2012: demographic details, opinion regarding minimal invasive surgery and robotic surgery, spectrum of minimally invasive operations, and quantity of procedures. 48.4% of the respondents had more than 10 years experience, 35.5% less than 10 years experience, and 16.1 % had no experience. The respondents of the recommend MIS and perform MIS for surgical procedures are as follow; inguinal hernia (61.3%), simple appendicitis (87.1%), complicated appendicitis (80.6%), reduction of intussusceptions (83.9%), pyloromyotomy (90.3%), fundoplication (96.8%), biopsy and corrective surgery of Hirschsprung's disease (93.5%/90.3%), imperforate anus (77.4%), congenital diaphragmatic hernia (80.6%), and esophageal atresia (74.2%). The MIS procedures with more than 70% were lung resection (100%), cholecystectomy (100%), appendectomy (96.2%), ovarian torsion (86.7%), fundoplication (86.8%), hiatal hernia repair (82.6%), and splenectomy (71.4%). The MIS procedures with less than 30% were congenial diaphragmatic hernia reapir (29.6%), esophageal atresia (26.2%), correction of malroatation (24.4%), inguinal hernia repair (11.4%), anorectal malformation (6.8%), Kasai operation (3.6%).

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.103-105
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• 2003

저자들은 고환초막강내의 농양(감염성 음낭수종)에 의한 발열과 보챔, 음낭부종으로 내원한 신생아에서 조기진단 및 적절한 치료로 성공적으로 회복된 1례를 경험하였으며 감염성 음낭수종은 신생아에서 드물지만 조기에 정확하게 진단되어 질 때, 그리고 고환, 부고환에 영향을 끼치지 않았을 경우 단지 배액술과 항생제 치료만으로도 성공적으로 치료할 수 있음을 보고하는 바이다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.110-116
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• 1998

This is a clinical review of 2,191 pediatric surgical patients under the age of 15 years, operated upon at the Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chonnam University Hospital from January 1988 to December 1997. The total number of operations in the pediatric age for all specialties were 13,144(13.2 %). The total operations including those performed on adults were 99,555. The most common age group operated upon was under 5 year of age(44.4 %). The number of operations in Division of General Pediatric Surgery were 2,191(16.7 %) out of total 13,144 operations in all pediatric specialties. The patients under 1 year of age in general pediatric surgery was 42.9 %(941/2,191). The most common diseases in neonates were anorectal malformation(20.6 %) and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis(20.3 %). Infants older than neonates most commonly were operated upon for inguinal hernia(32.4 %) and intussusception(19.6 %). The total mortality rate in the neonatal intensive care unit was 31.3 %. Gastroschisis had the highest mortality.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to analyze the early experience of the laparoscopic adhesiolysis for the intestinal obstruction due to postoperative adhesion. Seven patients were included in this study. The median age of those patients was 13, and there were 3 males and 4 females. Previous diagnosis and surgical procedure were various in seven cases, including small bowel resection with tapering enteroplasty, Boix-Ochoa fundoplication, Ladd's procedure with appendectomy, mesenteric tumor resection with small bowel anastomosis, ileocecal resection and anastomosis, primary gastric repair, and both high ligation. A successful laparoscopic adhesiolysis was performed in one who had high ligation for inguinal hernia and had a single band adhesion. Six out of 7 (86%) cases needed to convert open surgery due to multiple and dense type of adhesion. In conclusion, laparoscopic approach with postoperative small bowel adhesion seems safe. However, it might be prudently considered because of high rates of conversion in children.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제63권11호
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• pp.415-421
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• 2020

Cryptorchidism or undescended testis is the single most common genitourinary disease in male neonates. In most cases, the testes will descend spontaneously by 3 months of age. If the testes do not descend by 6 months of age, the probability of spontaneous descent thereafter is low. About 1%-2% of boys older than 6 months have undescended testes after their early postnatal descent. In some cases, a testis vanishes in the abdomen or reascends after birth which was present in the scrotum at birth. An inguinal undescended testis is sometimes mistaken for an inguinal hernia. A surgical specialist referral is recommended if descent does not occur by 6 months, undescended testis is newly diagnosed after 6 months of age, or testicular torsion is suspected. International guidelines do not recommend ultrasonography or other diagnostic imaging because they cannot add diagnostic accuracy or change treatment. Routine hormonal therapy is not recommended for undescended testis due to a lack of evidence. Orchiopexy is recommended between 6 and 18 months at the latest to protect the fertility potential and decrease the risk of malignant changes. Patients with unilateral undescended testis have an infertility rate of up to 10%. This rate is even higher in patients with bilateral undescended testes, with intra-abdominal undescended testis, or who underwent delayed orchiopexy. Patients with undescended testis have a threefold increased risk of testicular cancer later in life compared to the general population. Self-examination after puberty is recommended to facilitate early cancer detection. A timely referral to a surgical specialist and timely surgical correction are the most important factors for decreasing infertility and testicular cancer rates.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2002

Lymphangiomas or cystic hygromas are quite commonly seen in children. During a 22-year period, from January 1980 to December 2001, 117 patients with lymphangioma were treated and followed in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Hanyang University Hospital. The male-to-female ratio was 1.9:1(77:40) with a male preponderance. As for the age incidence at time of diagnosis, 10(8.5 %) patients were noted under 1 month of age, 37(31.6%) were between 1 month and 1 year of age, 12(10.3%) between 1 and 2 years of age, so 59(50.4%) were under 2 years of age. Sixty one (52.1%) lymphangioma-cases were located in the neck, including one case at the nape. Axilla was the second in frequency and the rest were scattered at various sites. The intrascrotal lymphangioma is very rare but we have experienced one case of primary intrascrotal lymphangioma. Eighteen (15.4%) cases were located in the intraabdominal area, 10 in the mesentery, 2 in the greater omentum and 6 in the retroperitoneum. The chief complaints of intraabdominal lymphangioma were abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction, inguinal hernia, palpable mass, and/or abdominal distension. Among 77 histologically proven cases, 14 cases were cavernous lymphangiomas and the rest were cystic lymphangiomas. Bleeding in the lymphangioma was noted in 20(17.1%) cases of all. As for the treatment, a complete excision was performed in 77(65.8%) patients and $AgNO_3$ sclerotherapy after incomplete excision was performed in 23(19.7%). Picibanil (OK-432) sclerotherapy was performed in 17(14.5%) patients. Recurrence rate was 7.7 % and mortality occurred in one case who had a large neck lymphangioma extending into the mediastinum.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1996

Clinical experiences of 833 hydrocele children presented at Hanyang University Hospital, of whom 456 children were operated by one pediatric surgeon from September 1979 to December 1993, were analyzed. Eight hundred and twenty three children were boys(right 476, left 279, bilateral 49, and unknown 19), and 10 were girls(8 right and 2 left). Operation was performed on 446 boys and all girls. Of boys diagnosed before the age of 6 months, 15.6% was operated and 68.7% of those after 6 months of age was operated. Among the boys operated after 2 years old, 16.5% had had hydrocele before 6 months of age, 20.4% before 1 year old and 34.6% before 2 years old. On the other hand, 28.8% of boys diagnosed after 2 years of age did not undergo hydrocelectomy. Sixteen children with hydroceles had contralateral hernias at the same time. After repair of unilateral hydroceles, contralateral hydroceles developed in 7 and hernias in 3 children. After disappearance of unilateral hydroceles, it reappeared at the same site in 4 and contralateral hydroceles or hernias developed in 2 children each. Hydroceles converted to hernias in 6 children before treatment. Hydroceles developed after ventriculo-peritoneal shunt in 5 children. The pathophysiology of hydrocele and inguinal hernia seems to be the same because of the similar distribution of onset age between them but hydrocele has various clinical courses. The results that 34.6% of boys operated after 2 years old had had hydrocele before 2 years of age and 28.8% of boys diagnosed after 2 years old did not undergo hydrocelectomy could not imply the proper age when hydrocelectomy could be performed. But operative repair of hydroceles after the age of 6 months seems to be recommendagle.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.435-438
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• 2008

Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal (COFS) syndrome은 뇌, 안면, 안구 및 사지의 기형을 특징으로 하는 상염색체 열성 유전 질환이다. COFS 증후군은 DNA-repair gene의 돌연변이로 인한 뇌와 척수의 퇴행성 질환으로 여겨지며, 대뇌, 안구, 안면 및 사지의 복합 기형을 보인다. 국내에서는 신생아기에 진단되어 생후 1개월에 사망한 1례만이 보고 되어 있다. 저자들은 뇌, 안면, 안구, 그리고 사지의 복합 기형을 보여 COFS 증후군으로 진단된 환아를 경험하였으며, 이를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2009

목 적 : 단일 기관에서 경험한 소화기계의 수술적 치료를 받은 극소 저체중 출생아들의 임상적 특성을 연구하였다. 방 법 : 1994년 11월부터 2007년 2월까지 삼성서울병원 신생아 집중 치료실에 입원하였던 극소 저체중 출생아 총 1,117명에 대해 서혜부 탈장을 제외한 소화기계의 수술적 치료를 받은 군(37명)과 소화기계 수술을 받지 않은 군(1,080명)으로 나누어 이들에 대해 의무기록을 통해 후향적으로 조사 분석하였다. 결 과 : 극소 저체중 출생아 37명(3.3%)이 소화기계 수술적 치료를 받았으며. 이들은 소화기 수술을 받지 않은 군(n=1,080)에 비해 재태 연령($27^{+6}2^{+3}$ vs. $28^{+5}{\pm}$2^{+6}$)과 출생 체중(979${\pm}$241 g vs. 1071${\pm}$271 g)이 더 작았다. 사망률은 소화기계 수술을 받은 군에서 유의하게 높았다(28% vs. 15%, P<0.001). 또한 생존한 환자 분석에서 담즙 정체증, 미숙아 망막증, 뇌백질 연화증는 소화기계 수술을 받은 VLBWI에서 유의하게 높았으나 기관지폐이형성증에서 유의한 차이는 없었다. 수술 적응증으로는 국소성 장천공이 가장 많았고 괴사성 장염에 비해 좋은 예후를 보였다. Period I (1994-2000)과 Period II (2001-2007. 2) 두 기간 동안 ELBWI의 소화기 수술이 크게 증가하였고 생존율이 향상되었다. 결 론 : 극소 저체중 출생아에서 소화기계 수술적 치료는 사망률과 이환율 증가와 관계된 중요한 인자이다. 미숙아 치료의 질적 향상을 위하여 소화기계 수술적 치료의 사망률과 이환율을 줄이기 위한 노력은 필수적이며 따라서 이들에 대한 좀 더 체계적 연구가 필요하다.