OBJECTIVE To evaluate the causes, clinical presentation, diagnosis, operative management, postoperative care, and outcome in infants with intestinal atresia. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Pediatric tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS A population-based sample of 277 neonates with intestinal atresia and stenosis treated from July 1, 1972, through April 30, 1997. The level...

INTRODUCTION Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) and are the most common malignancies in Caucasians. The purpose of our study was to examine the frequency of the histological types of NMSC located on the auricle, and to determine whether national and international guidelines on NMSC treatment were followed in our ear, nose, and thro...

In 1910, Wybauw (1) and Lewis (2) working independently, demonstrated that in the mammalian heart, the point of initial excitation corresponds to the location of the sino-auricular node. This finding has been confirmed by Eyster and Meek (3) and others. Although Erlanger (4) and his co-workers have placed a different interpretation on the records of the above named investigators, the view is ge...

A wave is described occurring in the venous pulse of man late in the diastolic period. This wave is a diastolic wave, since in an increase in length of the cardiac cycle it follows the h wave at its regular interval and becomes separated from the a wave of the next cardiac cycle. There is no wave on the venous pulse in man which can be referred to a contraction of the region of the great veins ...

Introduction: Neonatal nasal airway obstruction induces various degrees of respiratory distress. The management of this disease, including surgical repair, will depend on the severity and location of the obstruction. We describe here a case of congenital nasal nostril stenosis that required surgical repair for stenting of both nares after coanal atresia repair.   Case Report: A 2 days old femal...

Biliary atresia is a rare birth defect that affects 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 19,500 live births. We used data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, a multistate case-control study, to identify potential risk factors for isolated biliary atresia (no additional unrelated major birth defects diagnosed). Infants were identified from eight states from 1997 to 2002, with clinical information a...

OBJECTIVE To investigate mortality, cause of death, survival, and quality of life in all types of cardiac malformation with congenital pulmonary atresia. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING The resident population of one health region with a single tertiary referral centre. PATIENTS All babies with pulmonary atresia live born in 1980 to 1995. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Anatomical classifi...

In this retrospective study carried out covering the period, 1978-1991, 62 neonates were seen, diagnosed and treated for intestinal atresia which included: duodenal atresia and stenosis, small bowel atresia and atresia of large bowel. Locations of obstruction were duodenal in 17 patients, jejunal in 25 patients, jejuno-ileal in 5 and colon in two. Duodenal atresia was noted in 9 infants and duo...

Introduction Early diagnosis of biliary atresia is very important for better outcome of treatment. Ultrasonography is one of the diagnostic tools for early differentiation of biliary atresia from other causes of neonatal cholestasis. It has been reported that triangular cord sign (TACS) in sonography is a reliable sign for diagnosis of biliary atresia. The aim of this study was to re-assess the...

Unilateral choanal atresia is more common than bilateral cases. Unilateral cases may present later in life with unilateral nasal congestion and mucoid rhinorrhea. Pure bony atresia represents 30% of cases while mixed bony and membranous atresia is more common (70%) [1]. The ideal procedure for management of choanal atresia should restore the normal nasal passage, be safe, prevent damage to any ...