Journal of
Pediatric Surgery
Vol 49, No 5, May 2014
CONTENTS
PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 45TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN
ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS, CHARLOTTETOWN,
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA, SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2013
GUEST EDITOR: Pramod S. Puligandla, MD,MSc, FRCS, FACS,
Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY-SPONSORED
FRED McLOED LECTURE
Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgical Care
Keith T. Oldham
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CAPS PAPERS
A Survey-Based Assessment of the Canadian Pediatric Surgery Workforce
Sherif Emil, Geoffrey Blair, Jacob C. Langer, Grant Miller, Ann Aspirot, Guy Brisseau,
and B.J. Hancock
ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: Targeting Quality Improvement in Canadian
Pediatric Surgery
Erik D. Skarsgard, Julie Bedford, Tamara Chan, Simon Whyte, and Kourosh Afshar
Prenatal MRI Fetal Lung Volumes and Percent Liver Herniation Predict Pulmonary Morbidity in
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
Irving J. Zamora, Oluyinka O. Olutoye, Darrell L. Cass, Sara C. Fallon, David A. Lazar,
Christopher I. Cassady, Amy R. Mehollin-Ray, Stephen E. Welty, Rodrigo Ruano,
Michael A. Belfort, and Timothy C. Lee
Minimally Invasive Versus Open Repair of Bochdalek Hernia: A Meta-Analysis
Emily Chan, Carolyn Wayne, and Ahmed Nasr
Prenatally-Counseled Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Parents Exhibit Positive Well-Being Before
and After Surgical Repair
Kate V. Dennett, Sarah Tracy, Laurie Oliver Taylor, David Zurakowski, and Catherine Chen
Mainstem Bronchial Atresia: A Lethal Anomaly Amenable to Fetal Surgical Treatment
Irving J. Zamora, Fariha Sheikh, Oluyinka O. Olutoye, Christopher I. Cassady, Timothy C. Lee,
Rodrigo Ruano, and Darrell L. Cass
Fetal MRI Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in Patients Referred to a Fetal Center for Suspected
Esophageal Atresia
Cecilia G. Ethun, Sara C. Fallon, Christopher I. Cassady, Amy R. Mehollin-Ray,
Oluyinka O. Olutoye, Irving J. Zamora, Timothy C. Lee, Stephen E. Welty, and Darrell L. Cass
Post-Operative Management of Esophageal Atresia–Tracheoesophageal Fistula and Gastroesophageal Reflux:
A Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons Annual Meeting Survey
Anna C. Shawyer, Julia Pemberton, and Helene Flageole
Practice Variation in Gastroschisis: Factors Influencing Closure Technique
Jennifer Stanger, Noosheen Mohajerani, and Erik D. Skarsgard
Canadian Pediatric Surgery Network (CAPSNet)
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Human Milk Fortifier: An Occult Cause of Bowel Obstruction in Extremely Premature Neonates
Jennifer Stanger, Kelley Zwicker, Susan Albersheim, and James J. Murphy III
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Prematurity Influence Regulatory T Cell Development in Newborns
Dhriti Mukhopadhyay, Laura Weaver, Richard Tobin, Stephanie Henderson, Madhava Beeram,
M. Karen Newell-Rogers, and Lena Perger
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Inter-Rater Agreement in the Evaluation of Abdominal Radiographs for Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Sherif El-Kady, Dara Petel, and Robert Baird
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Evaluation of Sodium Deficit in Infants Undergoing Intestinal Surgery
Sonia A. Butterworth, Vikki Lalari, and Keira Dheensaw
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Citrulline Levels Following Proximal Versus Distal Small Bowel Resection
Ivan M. Gutierrez, Jeremy G. Fisher, Offir Ben-Ishay, Brian A. Jones, Kuang Horng Kang,
Melissa A. Hull, Nick Shillingford, David Zurakowski, Biren P. Modi, and Tom Jaksic
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Complication of Serial Transverse Enteroplasty
Jeremy G. Fisher, Danielle A. Stamm, Biren P. Modi, Christopher Duggan, and Tom Jaksic
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Comparative Outcome Analysis of the Management of Pediatric Intussusception With or Without
Surgical Admission
Alana L. Beres, Robert Baird, Eleanor Fung, Helen Hsieh, Maria Abou-Khalil, and J. Ted Gerstle
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Cystic Fibrosis: A Surgical Matter?
Tamara Caldaro, Federico Alghisi, Paola De Angelis, Maria Carmen Garganese, Francesca Rea,
Milena Pizzoferro, Maria Felicia Villani, Erminia Francesca Romeo, Filippo Torroni,
Francesca Foschia, Rosa Alba Gambitta, Giovanni Federici, Vincenzina Lucidi, and Luigi Dall’Oglio
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Reducing Scheduled Phlebotomy in Stable Pediatric Patients With Blunt Liver or Spleen Injury
Jamie Golden, Ian Mitchell, Sally Kuzniewski, Aaron Lipskar, Jose M. Prince, Matthew Bank,
Steven Stylianos, and Nelson G. Rosen
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Burden of Complications From Needle Penetration of Plastic Ports in Children
Nicole E. Sharp, E. Marty Knott, Priscilla Thomas, Douglas C. Rivard, and Shawn D. St. Peter
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Determinants of Wait Time for Infant Inguinal Hernia Repair in a Canadian children’s Hospital
Nada Gawad, Dafydd A. Davies, and Jacob C. Langer
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Undescended Testes: Does Age at Orchiopexy Affect Survival of the Testis?
Jeffrey S. Carson, Robert Cusick, Andrea Mercer, Adrienne Ashley, Shahab Abdessalam,
Stephen Raynor, Elizabeth Lyden, and Kenneth Azarow
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Transanal Pullthrough for Hirschsprung Disease: Matched Case–Control Comparison of Soave
and Swenson Techniques
Ahmed Nasr, Ramanath N. Haricharan, Julie Gamarnik, and Jacob C. Langer
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Determinants of Appendicitis Outcomes in Canadian Children
Li Hsia Alicia Cheong and Sherif Emil
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Non-Operative Management of Early, Acute Appendicitis in Children: Is It Safe and Effective?
Jeff Armstrong, Neil Merritt, Sarah Jones, Leslie Scott, and Andreana Bütter
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Pediatric Surgical Camps as One Model of Global Surgical Partnership: A Way Forward
Geoffrey K. Blair, Damian Duffy, Doreen Birabwa-Male, John Sekabira, Eleanor Reimer,
Martin Koyle, Guy R. Hudson, Jennifer Stanger, Monica Langer, Gareth Eeson, Heng Gan,
Sean McLean, Nikki Kanaroglou, Phyllis Kisa, Nasser Kakembo, and Katherine Lidstone
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Motion Analysis in the Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery (PLS) Simulator: Validation and Potential Use in
Teaching and Assessing Surgical Skills
Ahmed Nasr, Brian Carrillo, J. Ted Gerstle, and Georges Azzie
Informed Consent for Emergency Surgery — How Much Do Parents Truly Remember?
Fay Xiangzhen Li, Shireen Anne Nah, and Yee Low
Epidural Analgesia Versus Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia Following Minimally Invasive
Pectus Excavatum Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Andrea M. Stroud, Darena D. Tulanont, Thomasena E. Coates, Philip P. Goodney,
and Daniel P. Croitoru
Surgical and Anesthetic Considerations in Histrelin Capsule Implantation for the Treatment of
Precocious Puberty
James S. Davis, Fuad Alkhoury, and Cathy Burnweit
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A Pilot Investigation of a Pediatric Surgery Journal Club
William Shihao Lao, Pramod Puligandla, and Robert Baird
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The 45th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Pramod S. Puligandla
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CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC
SURGERY-CME FEATURED ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
Prenatal MRI Fetal Lung Volumes and Percent Liver Herniation Predict Pulmonary Morbidity in Congenital
Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
Irving J. Zamora, Oluyinka O. Olutoye, Darrell L. Cass, Sara C. Fallon, David A. Lazar,
Christopher I. Cassady, Amy R. Mehollin-Ray, Stephen E.Welty, Rodrigo Ruano, Michael A. Belfort,
Timothy C. Lee, (see p. 688)
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Comparative Outcome Analysis of the Management of Pediatric Intussusception with or without
Surgical Admission
Alana L. Beres, Robert Baird, Eleanor Fung, Helen Hsieh, Maria Abou-Khalil, J. Ted Gerstle. (see p. 750)
Non-operative Management of Early, Acute Appendicitis in Children: Is it Safe and Effective?
Jeff Armstrong, Neil Merritt, Sarah Jones, Leslie Scott, Andreana Bütter (see p. 782)
CONSENSUS STATEMENT
Optimizing resources for the surgical care of children: An American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes
and Clinical Trials Committee Consensus Statement
Adam B. Goldin, Roshni Dasgupta, Li Ern Chen, Martin L. Blakely, Saleem Islam, Cynthia D. Downard,
Shawn J. Rangel, Shawn D. St. Peter, Casey M. Calkins, Marjorie J. Arca, Douglas C. Barnhart,
Jacqueline M. Saito, Keith T. Oldham, and Fizan Abdullah
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INDEPENDENT REVIEW ARTICLE
Review of Nutritional Assessment and Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Surgical Patients: Does Preoperative
Nutritional Assessment Impact Clinical Outcomes?
Scott Wessner and Sathyaprasad Burjonrappa
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OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES
Transanal Rectal Mucosectomy and Partial Internal Anal Sphincterectomy for Hirschsprung’s Disease
Jin-Shan Zhang, Long Li, Wen-Ying Hou, Shu-Li Liu, Mei Diao, Jun Zhang, An-Xiao Ming,
and Wei Cheng
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Congenital Urethral Polyps in Children: Report of 18 Patients and Review of Literature
Aram Akbarzadeh, Reza Khorramirouz, and Abdol-Mohammad Kajbafzadeh
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SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS
International Abstracts of Pediatric Surgery
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Correspondence
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Announcements of Future Meetings
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