January 2010

Presidential Address

What if?… Why not?
• Michael R. Harrison
Published in issue: January 2010
p1-10

Jay and Margie Grosfeld Lecture

Regenerative medicine: a surgeon's perspective
• Michael T. Longaker
Published in issue: January 2010
p11-18

International Guest Lecture

New approaches to pectus and other minimally invasive surgery in Argentina
• Marcelo Martinez-Ferro
Published in issue: January 2010
p19-27

APSA Papers

University pediatric surgery: benchmarking performance
• Charles J.H. Stolar,
• Aileen A. Alapan,
• Solomon A. Torres
Published in issue: January 2010
p28-37

The paradoxical effect of medical insurance on delivery of surgical care for infants with congenital anomalies
• Loren Berman,
• Marjorie S. Rosenthal,
• R. Lawrence Moss
Published in issue: January 2010
p38-44

Engineering an artificial alveolar-capillary membrane: a novel continuously perfused model within microchannels
• Divya D. Nalayanda,
• Qihong Wang,
• William B. Fulton,
• Tza-Huei Wang,
• Fizan Abdullah
Published in issue: January 2010
p45-51

Surgical implantation of a bioengineered internal anal sphincter
• Mohamed Hashish,
• Shreya Raghavan,
• Sita Somara,
• ...
• Eiichi Miyasaka,
• Khalil N. Bitar,
• Daniel H. Teitelbaum
Published in issue: January 2010
p52-58

Reflectance spectrometry for real-time hemoglobin determination of placental vessels during endoscopic laser surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
• Sean Curran,
• John W. McMurdy,
• Stephen R. Carr,
• ...
• Barbara M. O'Brien,
• Gregory P. Crawford,
• Francois I. Luks
Published in issue: January 2010
p59-64

In utero repair of gastroschisis in the sheep (Ovis aries) model
• Jacob T. Stephenson,
• Kullada O. Pichakron,
• Lan Vu,
• ...
• Ramin Jamshidi,
• J. Kevin Grayson,
• Kerilyn K. Nobuhara
Published in issue: January 2010
p65-69

Prenatal urinary matrix metalloproteinase profiling as a potential diagnostic tool in fetal obstructive uropathy
• Grace A. Nicksa,
• David C. Yu,
• Adam S. Curatolo,
• ...
• Terry L. Buchmiller,
• Marsha A. Moses,
• Dario O. Fauza
Published in issue: January 2010
p70-73
A prospective trial for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in morbidly obese adolescents: an interim report of weight loss, metabolic and quality of life outcomes
• Ai-Xuan Holterman,
• Allen Browne,
• Lisa Tussing,
• ...
• Nancy Browne,
• Christiane Stahl,
• Mark J. Holterman
Published in issue: January 2010
p74-79

Hybrid notes: incisionless intragastric stapled cystgastrostomy of a pancreatic pseudocyst
• Connie J. Rossini,
• Kevin P. Moriarty,
• Anastasios G. Angelides
Published in issue: January 2010
p80-83

Reversal of intestinal failure–associated liver disease in infants and children on parenteral nutrition: experience with 93 patients at a referral center for intestinal rehabilitation
• Robert A. Cowles,
• Kara A. Ventura,
• Mercedes Martinez,
• ...
• Susan Brodlie,
• Joanne Carroll,
• Dominique M. Jan
Published in issue: January 2010
p84-88

Growth factor modulation of hepatic inflammation: a novel approach to the management of total parenteral nutrition–associated liver disease
• Keith A. Thatch,
• Michael S. Katz,
• Marian M. Haber,
• Marshall Z. Schwartz
Published in issue: January 2010
p89-94

Relationship between biopsy-proven parenteralnutrition-associated liver fibrosis and biochemical cholestasis in children with short bowel syndrome
• Shimae C. Fitzgibbons,
• Brian A. Jones,
• Melissa A. Hull,
• ...
• Dana Boctor,
• David L. Sigalet,
• Tom Jaksic
Published in issue: January 2010
p95-99

Outcomes in children with intestinal failure following listing for intestinal transplant
• Oliver B. Lao,
• Patrick J. Healey,
• James D. Perkins,
• Jorge D. Reyes,
• Adam B. Goldin
Published in issue: January 2010
p100-107

Low volume is associated with worse patient outcomes for pediatric liver transplant centers
• Elisabeth T. Tracy,
• Kyla M. Bennett,
• Melissa E. Danko,
• ...
• Theodore N. Pappas,
• Henry E. Rice,
• John E. Scarborough
Published in issue: January 2010
p108-113

Cholangiocyte apoptosis is an early event during induced metamorphosis in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L
• Laura A. Boomer,
• Seth A. Bellister,
• Linda L. Stephenson,
• ...
• Joseph D. Khoury,
• John H. Youson,
• John R. Gosche
Published in issue: January 2010
p114-120

Defining hepatoblastoma responsiveness to induction therapy as measured by tumor volume and serum α-fetoprotein kinetics
• Harold N. Lovvorn III,
• Dan Ayers,
• Zhiguo Zhao,
• ...
• Barry Berch,
• Wallace W. Neblett III,
• James A. O'Neill Jr.
Published in issue: January 2010
p121-129

Can we preoperatively risk stratify ovarian masses for malignancy?
• Sarah C. Oltmann,
• Nilda Garcia,
• Robert Barber,
• Rong Huang,
• Barry Hicks,
• Anne Fischer
Published in issue: January 2010
p130-134
Pediatric ovarian malignancy presenting as ovarian torsion: incidence and relevance
• Sarah C. Oltmann,
• Anne Fischer,
• Robert Barber,
• Rong Huang,
• Barry Hicks,
• Nilda Garcia
Published in issue: January 2010
p135-139

Predicting response to splenectomy in children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura
• James H. Wood,
• David A. Partrick,
• Taru Hays,
• Moritz M. Ziegler
Published in issue: January 2010
p140-144

Prenatal steroids for microcystic congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations
• Patrick F. Curran,
• Eric B. Jelin,
• Larry Rand,
• ...
• Vickie A. Feldstein,
• Ruth B. Goldstein,
• Hanmin Lee
Published in issue: January 2010
p145-150

Outcomes after muscle flap vs prosthetic patch repair for large congenital diaphragmatic hernias
• Ahmed Nasr,
• Marie-Chantal Struijs,
• Sigmund H. Ein,
• Jacob C. Langer,
• Priscilla P.L. Chiu
Published in issue: January 2010
p151-154

Long-term surgical outcomes in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: observations from a single institution
• Tim Jancelewicz,
• Lan T. Vu,
• Roberta L. Keller,
• ...
• Tippi Mackenzie,
• Shinjiro Hirose,
• Kerilyn Nobuhara
Published in issue: January 2010
p155-160
Delay in diagnosis and treatment of blunt intestinal injury does not adversely affect prognosis in the pediatric trauma patient
• Robert W. Letton,
• Veronica Worrell
• the APSA Committee on Trauma Blunt Intestinal Injury Study Group
Published in issue: January 2010
p161-166

A Pediatric Acute Wound Service: a novel approach in wound management
• B.T. Bucher,
• J. Seigel,
• E. Rosenblum,
• ...
• P.A. Dillon,
• B.W. Warner,
• Martin S. Keller
Published in issue: January 2010
p167-170

Gastrointestinal ramifications of the cloacal exstrophy complex: a 44-year experience
• David Sawaya,
• Seth Goldstein,
• Rupa Seetharamaiah,
• ...
• Rosemary Nabaweesi,
• Paul Colombani,
• John Gearhart
Published in issue: January 2010
p171-176

Two-stage basilic vein transposition—a new approach for pediatric dialysis access
• Anne C. Kim,
• Sean McLean,
• Alissa M. Swearingen,
• Kathleen D. Graziano,
• Ronald B. Hirschl
Published in issue: January 2010
p177-184

Magnetic Mini-Mover Procedure for pectus excavatum
II: initial findings of a Food and Drug Administration–sponsored trial
• Michael R. Harrison,
• Patrick F. Curran,
• Ramin Jamshidi,
• ...
• Barbara J. Bratton,
• Richard Fechter,
• Shinjiro Hirose
Published in issue: January 2010
p185-192

Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum in patients with Marfan syndrome and marfanoid features
• Richard E. Redlinger Jr.,
• Gregory D. Rushing,
• Alan D. Moskowitz,
• ...
• Ann Kuhn,
• Robert J. Obermeyer,
• Michael J. Goretsky
Published in issue: January 2010
p193-199
Retrospective review of reoperative pectus excavatum repairs
• Mara B. Antonoff,
• Daniel A. Saltzman,
• Donavon J. Hess,
• Robert D. Acton
Published in issue: January 2010
p200-205

Murine model of Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis II: Surgical correction of aganglionosis does not eliminate enterocolitis
• Lifu Zhao,
• Deepti Dhall,
• Zhi Cheng,
• ...
• Terence M. Doherty,
• Catherine Bresee,
• Philip K. Frykman
Published in issue: January 2010
p206-212

Antegrade colonic enemas and intestinal diversion are highly effective in the management of children with intractable constipation
• Emily R. Christison-Lagay,
• Leonel Rodriguez,
• Michael Kurtz,
• Kristin St. Pierre,
• Daniel P. Doody,
• Allan M. Goldstein
Published in issue: January 2010
p213-219

Magnetic resonance imaging–guided laparoscopic-assisted anorectoplasty for imperforate anus
• George R. Raschbaum,
• John C. Bleacher,
• J. Damien Grattan-Smith,
• Richard A. Jones
Published in issue: January 2010
p220-223
Long-term functional outcome and quality of life in patients with high imperforate anus
• Mohamed S. Hashish,
• Hamada H. Dawoud,
• Ronald B. Hirschl,
• ...
• Sayed Z. Hassaballa,
• Nagi I. El-Dosuky,
• Daniel H. Teitelbaum
Published in issue: January 2010
p224-230
Accuracy of computed tomography in predicting appendiceal perforation
• Jason D. Fraser,
• Pablo Aguayo,
• Susan W. Sharp,
• ...
• Ronald J. Sharp,
• Daniel J. Ostlie,
• Shawn D. St. Peter
Published in issue: January 2010
p231-235
Initial laparoscopic appendectomy versus initial nonoperative management and interval appendectomy for perforated appendicitis with abscess: a prospective, randomized trial
• Shawn D. St. Peter,
• Pablo Aguayo,
• Jason D. Fraser,
• ...
• Walter S. Andrews,
• George W. Holcomb III,
• Daniel J. Ostlie
Published in issue: January 2010
p236-240
Topical mitomycin-C for the treatment of anal stricture
• Claudia M. Mueller,
• Mona Beaunoyer,
• Dickens St-Vil
Published in issue: January 2010
p241-244

International Abstracts of Pediatric Surgery

Endovascular therapy of renovascular hypertension in children: single center analysis
• Thomas A. Angerpointner
Published in issue: January 2010
p280-281