Single-site treatment of cystic intestinal duplication malformations via the umbilicus.

Objective: To summarize the diagnosis and treatment experience of small intestinal duplication malformations in our hospital.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 90 children undergoing surgery for intestinal duplication malformations at our hospital from October 2019 to October 2024. All patients underwent transumbilical single-site laparoscopic-assisted resection.

Transumbilical single-site double-port laparoscopic appendectomy in children. Report of a single center experience with comparison with three-port laparoscopic appendectomy.

Objective: Transumbilical single-site double-port laparoscopic appendectomy (TSSDPLA) represents an innovative and minimally invasive approach for managing acute appendicitis. This study aims to compare the clinical outcomes of TSSDPLA vs. three-port laparoscopic appendectomy (TPLA) in a pediatric series.

Functional and Morphological Outcomes of Pyeloplasty at Different Ages in Prenatally Diagnosed Society of Fetal Urology Grades 3-4 Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction: Is It Safe to Wait?

Objective: To evaluate changes in functional and morphological outcomes in children with prenatally diagnosed Society of Fetal Urology (SFU) grades 3-4 ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) who underwent pyeloplasty at different ages. We also examined the effect of surgical wait time on recovery of renal function.

Materials And Methods: All patients (aged 0-12 months) with prenatally diagnosed SFU grades 3-4 UPJO who underwent pyeloplasty in a single center between January 2013 and December 2015 were reviewed.

Co-delivery of VEGF and bFGF via a PLGA nanoparticle-modified BAM for effective contracture inhibition of regenerated bladder tissue in rabbits.

Graft contracture is a common problem associated with the regeneration processes of tissue-engineered bladders. Currently, most strategies used for incorporating bioactive molecules into biomaterial designs do not work during all phases of tissue regeneration. In this study, we used a growth factor-PLGA nanoparticle thermo-sensitive gel system (i.