Pediatric Surgery Education

07/12/2025

Colorectal Quiz

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📢📢 New ! For this special episode, Drs. Marc Levitt & Jason Frischer are joined by Drs. Todd Ponsky and Em Gootee for a behind-the-scenes look at how is supporting medical education. Podcast topic: Collaborating for Kids: & Solutions.

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Cincinnati Children's

07/06/2024

When treating children with f***l incontinence or severe constipation, a common error is not using daily abdominal radiographs to evaluate the efficacy of tr...

06/09/2024

Delayed diagnosis of HD does not impact 30-day post-operative outcomes or need for revision surgery but, delayed diagnosis is associated with increased need for f***l diversion after pull-through.

Hirschsprung Disease (HD) is a rare cause of functional bowel obstruction in children. Patients are typically diagnosed in the neonatal period and undergo pull-through (PT) soon after diagnosis. The optimal management and post-operative outcomes of children who present in a delayed fashion are unkno...

05/04/2024

09/05/2023

New infographic by Cecilia Gigena
"Intercostal nerve cryoablation (INC) vs. thoracic epidural (TE) following the Nuss procedure" Perez Holguin RA et. al.
Full article: https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(22)00784-9/fulltext
Cincinnati Children's Journal of Pediatric Surgery

06/20/2023

Learn more about how to handle button battery ingestion with this visual abstract.

05/20/2023

📢 📢 New ! Join our hosts and special guest Dr. Juan Calisto from Nicklaus Children’s Hospital to discuss the surgical aspects of an ARM newborn with a Mullerian anomaly.

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05/08/2023

ARM patients may be more likely to perform poorly in junior high school than controls and may be at greater risk of neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders. It is important for pediatric surgeons to anticipate these challenges and endorse psychosocial supports to optimize educational and mental health outcomes.

Outcome studies for patients with anorectal malformation (ARM) have focused on f***l incontinence and quality of life, but a comparison of educational outcomes between ARM cases and controls has not been reported. The purpose of this study was to assess real-world educational outcomes, neurodevelopm...

05/08/2023

Significant respiratory morbidity is common among patients with EA/TEF. Understanding the multifactorial etiology and operative management of ALTEs have an important role in their resolution.

https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(23)00051-9/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email

04/26/2023

📢 📢 New ! The operations for Hirschsprung disease have traditionally included the names Swenson, Duhamel, & Soave. But did you know that Dr. Asa Yancey described the submucosal dissection 12 years before Soave? His work was not published in well-read journals due to discrimination.

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04/23/2023

New Infographic📄 by Cecilia Gigena
"Routine contrast e***a prior to stoma reversal seems only required following treatment for necrotizing enterocolitis" RM. Eeftinck Schattenkerk et al.
Full article: https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(22)00433-X/fulltext

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center