Journal of Pediatric Surgery Article Review: August 2022, Part 1

We’re featuring Journal of Pediatric Surgery articles earlier in the week to bring you some of the latest news! This week we’re discussing two articles from the August 2022 issue, with editor Dr. Pablo Laje and authors Drs. Shawn St. Peter and Sachit Anand.

Hosts: Ellen Encisco, Cecilia Gigena

Articles:
Briggs KB, Svetanoff WJ, Fraser JA. Fundoplication without esophagocrural sutures: Long-term follow-up of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2022 Aug 1;57(8):1499-503. https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(21)00836-8/fulltext 

Anand S, Singh A, Krishnan N, Yadav DK. Whether prophylactic intraoperative chest drain insertion in esophageal atresia-tracheoesophageal fistula is an evidence-based practice or just a prejudice: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2021 Jul 8. https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(21)00487-5/fulltext

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