BACKGROUND: Medical procedures often evoke pain and anxiety in pediatric patients.
Virtual reality (VR) is a relatively new intervention that can be used to provide distraction …

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate if virtual reality exposure (VRE) as a
preparation tool for elective day care surgery in children is associated with lower levels of …

Abstract Treatment modalities for newborns with anatomical congenital anomalies have
greatly improved over the past decades, with a concomitant increase in survival. This review …

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is associated with high mortality rates and
significant pulmonary morbidity, mainly due to disrupted lung development related to …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Several techniques have been described to repair giant
omphaloceles. There is no procedure considered to be the criterion standard worldwide …

Evidence on the clinical effectiveness of probiotics in the prevention of necrotising
enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants is conflicting and cohort studies lacked adjustment for …

Objective To evaluate developmental and social-emotional outcomes at 8 years of age for
children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), treated with or without neonatal …

PURPOSE: Operative treatment of giant omphalocele (OC) is still a challenge for pediatric
surgeons. We were interested to ascertain whether published operative techniques for giant …

Background & Aims Esophageal atresia is rare, but improved surgical and intensive care
techniques have increased rates of survival in children, so there are now many adults with …

Objectives To compare the prenatal frame of reference of omphalocele (ie, survival of
fetuses) with that after birth (ie, survival of liveborn neonates), and to assess physical growth …