Abstract The role of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy for retinoblastoma has evolved considerably over the years with efficacy intraarterial chemotherapy high incidence secondary malignant neoplasms following therapy. use spot scanning intensity‐modulated proton may reduce risk malignancies. For pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma, current standard care is induction followed by chemo...

Over the past two decades, laparoscopic and robotic surgery in children has been described as a viable minimally invasive alternative to open surgery for many pediatric urologic conditions. With the goal of reducing the morbidity associated with open surgery, minimally invasive surgery in children is increasingly being performed as laparoscopic and robotic patients appear to be experiencing sho...

Ljubica Bosner, MD (2 February 1902 - 21 October 1990) was a distinguished woman surgeon, who worked in Rijeka, and all over Croatia, including the posts in Ogulin, Bjelovar, Petrinja, and VaraŽdin, that are marginally known to wider medical circles and general public from her biography. Archive records point to her beginnings as a surgeon at the regional hospital of Ogulin in the 1930s, and th...

Despite increasing popularity of minimal-invasive techniques in the pediatric population, their use in diagnosis and management of pediatric malignancy is still debated. Moreover, there is limited evidence to clarify this controversy due to low incidence of each individual type of pediatric tumor, huge diversity of the disease entity, heterogeneity of surgical technique, and lack of well-design...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia / hiatal (Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia CDH) alters normal cardiopulmonary physiology in neonates or pediatric patients due to pressure from the abdomen into thoracic cavity. The open surgical and laparoscopic approaches pose challenges for anesthesiologist team because of complications CDH surgery itself. We present a case successful anesthetic management 2-ye...

The response rate was 71% (n=25). Thirty-six percent (n=9) of specialist registrars had previous experience of specialist paediatric surgery. Operations trainees would offer if appointed to a DGH are reported in table 1. The age profiles of children with a minor head injury, appendicitis and an acute scrotum that trainees would be prepared to admit under their care or operate on are reported in...

Pulmonary emboli are rare, yet serious, complications of body contouring surgery. When they occur, they more often follow as complications of long, invasive procedures in adults. The present report details a case of bilateral pulmonary emboli in an obese 15-year-old boy with hypogonadism undergoing bilateral mastectomy for gynecomastia. The diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary emboli was made on th...

Newer techniques that have found a place in cancer management in adults are offered far less commonly in pediatric patients. We present a case of a patient with recurrent Wilms' tumor managed with a novel combination of cytoreductive surgery, intraperitoneal brachytherapy, and subsequent hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Each stage presents challenges that the pediatric anesthetist is ...

Pediatric surgeons provide care to neonates and children with a unique range of congenital, oncologic, infectious, and traumatic disorders. This unique surgical subspecialty continues to recruit outstanding trainees, despite the additional training required. This career resource guides the interested medical student and physician through the pathway to a practice in pediatric surgery. It includ...