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Infectious complications in the management of gastroschisisRobert Baird
Division of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University Health Center, The Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University, 2300 Tupper Street, Montreal, QC, H3H 1P3, Canada
Pediatr Surg Int 28:399-404. 2012..While infectious complications are known to increase patient morbidity, it is unclear whether they vary according to abdominal closure method, or can be predicted by initial patient assessment...- Iatrogenic Horner syndrome after tube thoracostomyRobert Baird
Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Pediatr Surg 44:2012-4. 2009..This report reviews the available literature, with an emphasis on complication avoidance... - Institutional practice and outcome variation in the management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and gastroschisis in Canada: a report from the Canadian Pediatric Surgery NetworkRobert Baird
Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Pediatr Surg 46:801-7. 2011..Perinatal management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and gastroschisis (GS) remains nonstandardized and institution specific. This analysis describes practice and outcome variation across a national network... - The effect of in vitro tracheal occlusion on branching morphogenesis in fetal lung explants from the rat nitrofen model of congenital diaphragmatic herniaJeremy R Grushka
Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Montreal Children s Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Pediatr Surg 45:943-7. 2010..In this study, we characterize the effects of in vitro TO on bronchial branch development in fetal lung explants derived from the nitrofen rat model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia... - Gangrenous appendicitis in children: a prospective evaluation of definition, bacteriology, histopathology, and outcomesSherif Emil
Division of Pediatric General Surgery, Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Surg Res 177:123-6. 2012..We performed a prospective study in children to evaluate an objective definition of gangrenous appendicitis, as well as associated bacteriology, histopathology, and outcomes... - Prematurity, not age at operation or incarceration, impacts complication rates of inguinal hernia repairRobert Baird
Division of Pediatric General Surgery, The Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3H 1P3
J Pediatr Surg 46:908-11. 2011..Inguinal hernia repair (IHR) remains the most common procedure in pediatric surgery. Although postoperative sequelae are well described, we examined if prematurity and age were important determinants of postoperative complications... - Laparoscopic treatment of isolated salpingeal torsion in children: case series and a 20-year review of the literatureFady Gaied
Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, The Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 22:941-7. 2012..Salpingectomy is the most frequent treatment. Detorsion without resection may be considered for selected cases, but the long-term outcomes of this approach are unknown... - Pectus carinatum treatment in Canada: current practicesSherif Emil
Division of Pediatric General Surgery, Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Pediatr Surg 47:862-6. 2012..Multiple treatment options currently exist for the correction of pectus carinatum (PC). We performed a survey of Canadian pediatric surgeons to define current practices... - Paralysis of the rectus abdominis muscle after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for recurrent spontaneous pneumothoraxIoana Antonescu
The Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Pediatr Surg 46:2397-400. 2011..This report reviews the relevant published literature, with emphasis on the mechanism of nerve injury and avoidance of this complication... - The use of laparoscopy in ventriculoperitoneal shunt revisionsKathryn Martin
The Division of Pediatric General Surgery, Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3H 1P3
J Pediatr Surg 46:2146-50. 2011..However, they often encounter problems, and revisions are frequent. We sought to evaluate our institutional experience with laparoscopic-assisted VPS revisions... - Management of a giant omphalocele with an external skin closure systemRobert Baird
Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Pediatr Surg 45:E17-20. 2010..We present the case of a 34-week-old neonate with isolated giant omphalocele managed with an external surgical skin closure system as a component of a staged closure strategy... - An analysis of early nonmortality outcome prediction in esophageal atresiaAbdullah Alshehri
Division of Pediatric General Surgery, The Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Pediatr Surg 47:881-4. 2012..Disease-specific prognostic scores for EA assess mortality risk without assessing patient morbidity. We undertook an analysis of these and generic scoring systems evaluating their ability to predict early nonmortality outcomes... - Success in the Pediatric Surgery Match: a survey of the 2010 applicant poolAlana Beres
Division of Pediatric General Surgery, The Montreal Children s Hospital of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3H1P3
J Pediatr Surg 46:957-61. 2011..Traditionally, basic science research and publication record have led to a successful Pediatric Surgery Match. With changing applicant research backgrounds, we evaluated if these or other factors still apply... 
The effect of tracheal occlusion on lung branching in the rat nitrofen CDH modelRobert Baird
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children s Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Surg Res 148:224-9. 2008..In this study, we characterize bronchial branch development in fetal rats with CDH with or without TO through conventional histological and morphometric analysis as well as lung casting...- Incarceration rates in pediatric inguinal hernia: do not trust the codingSuad Gholoum
Division of Pediatric General Surgery, The Montreal Children s Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3H 1P3
J Pediatr Surg 45:1007-11. 2010..We evaluated our experience to determine if patient age and interval to operation increased the risk of incarceration...