Int J Pediatr Surg. 2021;2(2):IJPS-02-1018 | Open Access
Campos J, Arredondo C, Bag M, Ebensperger A, Hachim A, Ferrero M, Ellsworth K and Morales K
Introduction: Gunshot Wounds (GW) in pediatrics are rare, but increasing through the years worldwide. There are few studies that recognize the incidence of this wound in pediatric population. In Chile, there are no studies that report frequency neither severity. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of firearm wounds, morbidity, mortality and risk factors associated, ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Jul 07, 2021 PDF
Int J Pediatr Surg. 2021;2(2):IJPS-02-1017 | Open Access
António Gentil Martins
In children, bone sarcomas predominate in the lower femur. The availability of a bone bank neither is nor frequent and the complications of using a growing prostheses are not to be memorized. Here it is described an alternative technique that uses 3 bone grafts obtained from the same leg (2 from the peroneus and 1 from the tibia) and placed in a tripod ... Read more
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Updated May 03, 2021 PDF
Int J Pediatr Surg. 2021;2(2):IJPS-02-1016 | Open Access
Florian Freislederer, Susanne Bensler, Thomas Specht, Olaf Magerkurth, Ruth Kubik and Karim Eid
Background: Recommended treatment for severely displaced proximal humeral fractures in children is closed reduction and percutaneous fixation by K-wires or intramedullary nailing.
Methods: From January 2016 to January 2017, 6 of 21children/adolescents (range 8 to 16 years) with proximal humeral fractures were treated surgically for severe displacement. In all patients an unsuccessful attempt of closed reduction was made and open ... Read more
RESEARCH ARTICLE Updated Apr 26, 2021 PDF
Int J Pediatr Surg. 2021;2(2):IJPS-02-1015 | Open Access
António Gentil Martins
We present a new technique for correction of rectal incontinence by using the inner third of the gluteus maximus (carefully preserving its neuro-vascular pedicle), de doubled at its lower end, and then encircling the lower rectus, followed by suturing it to the external sphincter. In other “minor” cases, a very simple cutaneous approach, with small VY perianal plasties, ... Read more
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Updated Apr 14, 2021 PDF
Int J Pediatr Surg. 2021;2(1):IJPS-02-1014 | Open Access
António Gentil Martins
This new technique is based on the principle that the sternum is a straight bone but that in Pectus Excavatus it is deformed with a deep localized anterior depression over the median and lower part of the sternum, giving it a cup shaped appearance, so requiring multiple osteotomies and not single one to really straightening the sternum. The aim is ... Read more
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Updated Mar 19, 2021 PDF
