The full day symposium is designed to give an update each year on the contemporary management of common problems in pediatric surgery.
We highlight what’s new in pediatric surgery that you need to know!
In this session we are summarizing the main topics on this talk.
As hosts we have Brittany Levy and Cecilia Gigena
Topics and articles discussed:
1. Spontaneous pneumothorax
Changing the Paradigm for Management of Pediatric Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Simple Aspiration Test Predicts Need for Operation
Conservative versus Interventional Treatment for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(19)30695-5/fulltext
2. Asymptomatic spontaneous pneumomediastinum
Are esophagrams indicated in pediatric patients with spontaneous pneumomediastinum? https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(16)30113-0/fulltext
3. Equivocal US for appendicitis
Cost-Effectiveness of Diagnostic Approaches to Suspected Appendicitis in Children. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25667142/
4. Straddle injuries
Pediatric female genital trauma managed under conscious sedation in the emergency department versus general anesthesia in the operating room- a single center comparison of outcomes and cost
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33483294/
5. Loss of consciousness with negative CT
Admission of Pediatric Concussion Injury Patients: Is It Necessary?
https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(18)30661-9/fulltext
6. Intussusception
Outpatient management of intussusception: a systematic review and meta-analysis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30503194/
7. Skull fractures
Observation for isolated traumatic skull fractures in the pediatric population: unnecessary and costly
https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(15)00586-2/fulltext
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Spontaneous pneumothorax
03:35 Spontaneous pneumomediastinum
05:16 Equivocal Us for appendicitis
07:36 Straddle injuries
08:45 Lost o conciousness with negative CT
09:52 Intussusception
10:23 Skull fractures
11:22 Bonus Track: Isolated solid organ injuries
11:52 Summary
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