Update Course 2021: TOP PUBLICATIONS IN NON – PED SURG JOURNALS

Dr. Jose Campos and his team, Sociedad Chilena Cirugia Pediatrica curate the best pediatric surgical articles in non-core pediatric surgery journals and in this session, they describe their 5 favorites from the past year. The conversation includes debates about ultrasound diagnosis for malrotation and volvulus, nonoperative treatment for appendicitis, results from the HR-NBL1/SIOPEN Study, fetal surgery for CDH, and whole blood resuscitation.

Check out their article selections here:https://www.schcp.cl/biblioteca-articulos/Articles discussed: “Ultrasound for the diagnosis of malrotation and volvulus in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis”https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33879472/“Nonoperative Treatment Versus Appendectomy for Acute Nonperforated Appendicitis in Children”

Five-year Follow Up of a Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial ” https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/fulltext/2020/06000/nonoperative_treatment_versus_appendectomy_for.11.aspx “Influence of Surgical Excision on the Survival of Patients With Stage 4 High-Risk Neuroblastoma: A Report From the HR-NBL1/SIOPEN Study” https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.19.03117 “ Randomized Trial of Fetal Surgery for Severe Left Diaphragmatic Hernia ”https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2027030“

Whole blood hemostatic resuscitation in pediatric trauma: A nationwide propensity-matched analysis” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34086658/