Initial experience with laparoscopic Chait Trapdoor™ cecostomy catheter placement for the management of fecal incontinence in children: outcomes and lessons learned
Yamout SZ, Glick PL, Lee YH, Yacobucci DV, Lau ST, Escobar MA, Caty MG. Initial experience with laparoscopic Chait Trapdoor™ cecostomy catheter placement for the management of fecal incontinence in children: outcomes and lessons learned. Pediatric Surgery International 2009, 25: 1081. PMID: 19809825, DOI: 10.1007/s00383-009-2496-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term complicationsCatheter placementFecal incontinenceHospital stayLaparoscopic approachShunt infectionPrimary diagnosisSpina bifidaHypertrophic granulation tissueMean age 11.8Unplanned ED visitsMean hospital stayOutcomes of patientsEmergency department visitsVP shunt infectionCatheter complicationsCatheter dislodgementMethodsRetrospective reviewResultsSeventeen patientsCatheter siteED visitsIntraoperative complicationsPatient demographicsTerm complicationsDepartment visitsEarly experience with the use of rhomboid excision and Limberg flap in 16 adolescents with pilonidal disease
Yamout SZ, Caty MG, Lee YH, Lau ST, Escobar MA, Glick PL. Early experience with the use of rhomboid excision and Limberg flap in 16 adolescents with pilonidal disease. Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2009, 44: 1586-1590. PMID: 19635310, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.11.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPilonidal diseaseHospital stayRecurrence rateLimberg flapLimberg flap repairSuperficial wound infectionSuperficial wound separationResidual painIntraoperative complicationsMinor complicationsWound breakdownWound separationLow morbidityRhomboid excisionOperative timeRetrospective reviewWide excisionWound infectionSingle institutionFlap repairWound careRotational flapInitial experiencePatientsExcision