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Neonatal Surgery Mario Lima • Olivier Reinberg Editors Neonatal Surgery Mario Lima • Olivier Reinberg Editors Neonatal Surgery Contemporary Strategies from Fetal Life to the First Year of Age Editors Mario Lima Olivier Reinberg Pediatric Surgery, S.Orsola Hospital Pediatric Surgeon FMH EBPS University of Bologna Lausanne-Pully, Switzerland Bologna, Italy ISBN 978-3-319-93532-4 ISBN 978-3-319-93534-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93534-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018964251 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. 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This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Contents 1 Introduction to Neonatal Surgery �������������������������������������������������� 1 Olivier Reinberg Part I General 2 Anesthesiological Considerations: Stabilization of the Neonate, Fluid Administration, Electrolyte Balance, Vascular Access, ECMO, Bronchoscopy, and Pain in Neonates ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 7 Fabio Caramelli, Maria Teresa Cecini, Monica Fae, Elisa Iannella, and Maria Cristina Mondardini 3 Imaging in Neonates ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 25 Filomena Carfagnini, Laura Greco, Donatella Vivacqua, Gianluca Rasetto, Antonio Poerio, and Michelangelo Baldazzi 4 Neonatal Surgical Education in Minimally Invasive Surgery Based on Simulation ���������������������������������������������������������� 51 Maximiliano Maricic and María Marcela Bailez Part II Head and Neck 5 Congenital Choanal Atresia ������������������������������������������������������������ 67 Pedro Saraiva Teiga, Kishore Sandu, and Lluís Nisa 6 Facial Cleft and Pierre Robin Sequence ���������������������������������������� 73 Anthony S. de Buys Roessingh, Oumama El Ezzi, Georges Herzog, and Martin Broome 7 Macroglossia ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������101 Pedro Saraiva Teiga, Kishore Sandu, and Lluís Nisa 8 Midline and Lateral Cysts and Sinuses of the Neck ��������������������111 Francesco Fascetti-Leon and Piergiorgio Gamba Part III Chest 9 Congenital Thoracic Deformities ����������������������������������������������������117 Giovanna Riccipetitoni, Sara Costanzo, and Francesca Destro v vi Contents 10 Mediastinal Masses ��������������������������������������������������������������������������139 Mario Lima and Michela Maffi 11 Pneumothorax and Chylothorax ����������������������������������������������������151 Sebastiano Cacciaguerra, Pieralba Catalano, Enrica Antonelli, and Salvatore Arena 12 Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformations: From the Prenatal Diagnosis to the Postoperative Follow-Up ����������������������167 Arnaud Bonnard 13 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia ������������������������������������������������177 Mario Lima, Michela Maffi, Giovanni Parente, and Chiara Cordola 14 Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula ��������������������187 David C. van der Zee, Maud Y. van Herwaarden, Stefaan H. Tytgat, Michela Maffi, and Mario Lima Part IV Gastrointestinal 15 Gastroesophageal Reflux in the First Year of Life ������������������������209 Juan A. Tovar 16 Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis and Other Pyloric Affections ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������225 Mirko Bertozzi, Elisa Magrini, and Antonino Appignani 17 Gastric Volvulus ������������������������������������������������������������������������������239 Ascanio Martino, Francesca Mariscoli, and Fabiano Nino 18 Bowel Atresia and Stenosis ��������������������������������������������������������������243 François Varlet, Sophie Vermersch, and Aurélien Scalabre 19 Meconium Ileus ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������265 Philip Corbett and Amulya Saxena 20 Gastrointestinal Tract Duplications ����������������������������������������������279 Carmelo Romeo, Patrizia Perrone, and Pietro Antonuccio 21 Mesenteric and Omental Cysts ������������������������������������������������������293 Mario Lima and Neil Di Salvo 22 Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Early Surgery - The Key to Live Bowel and Quality Life ����������������������299 Adrian Bianchi 23 Hirschsprung’s Disease ��������������������������������������������������������������������311 Maria Grazia Faticato and Girolamo Mattioli 24 Anorectal Malformations ����������������������������������������������������������������323 Kristiina Kyrklund and Risto Rintala 25 Congenital Pouch Colon ������������������������������������������������������������������339 Devendra K. Gupta, Shilpa Sharma, and Kashish Khanna Contents vii 26 Inguinal Hernia and Hydrocele ������������������������������������������������������351 Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Alessandro Settimi, and Giuseppe Cortese 27 Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus ����������������������������������������������369 Luisa Ferrero, François Becmeur, and Olivier Reinberg Part V Liver and Biliary Tract 28 Biliary Atresia: New Developments ������������������������������������������������387 Filippo Parolini and Mark Davenport 29 Congenital Hepatic Cysts ����������������������������������������������������������������401 Morven Allan and Mark Davenport 30 Choledochal Cyst and Congenital Biliary Dilatation ������������������409 Alessandro Settimi, Alessandra Farina, Francesco Turrà, Maria Escolino, Mariapina Cerulo, and Ciro Esposito Part VI Anterior Abdominal Wall Defects 31 Gastroschisis and Omphalocele ������������������������������������������������������417 Mikko P. Pakarinen, Antti Koivusalo, and Janne Suominen 32 Omphalomesenteric Duct and Urachal Remnants ����������������������429 Daniele Alberti and Giovanni Boroni 33 The Bladder Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex (BEEC) ����������������441 Geoffroy de Sallmard, Omar Alhadeedi, Delphine Demède, and Pierre Mouriquand 34 Prune-Belly Syndrome ��������������������������������������������������������������������459 Mario Messina, Francesco Molinaro, and Rossella Angotti Part VII Tumors 35 Neuroblastoma in Neonates ������������������������������������������������������������471 Matteo Carella, Riccardo Masetti, Claudio Antonellini, Beatrice Randi, Andrea Pession, and Mario Lima 36 Hepatic Tumours ������������������������������������������������������������������������������479 Matteo Carella, Riccardo Masetti, Claudio Antonellini, Beatrice Randi, and Andrea Pession 37 Wilms Tumor in Neonates ��������������������������������������������������������������485 Matteo Carella, Riccardo Masetti, Claudio Antonellini, Beatrice Randi, and Andrea Pession 38 Neonatal Ovarian Cysts ������������������������������������������������������������������491 Gloria Pelizzo 39 Teratoma: Sacrococcygeal and Cervical ����������������������������������������499 Olivier Reinberg viii Contents Part VIII Genitourinary 40 Congenital Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction ��������������������������515 Michela Maffi and Mario Lima 41 Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney ��������������������������������������������������������527 Michela Maffi and Mario Lima 42 Vesicoureteral Reflux ����������������������������������������������������������������������533 Michela Cing Yu Wong and Girolamo Mattioli 43 Ureterocele ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������555 Pierluigi Lelli Chiesa, Dacia Di Renzo, and Giuseppe Lauriti 44 Posterior Urethral Valves: Fetal and Neonatal Aspects ����������������579 Lisieux Eyer de Jesus and João Luiz Pippi-Salle 45 Hydrometrocolpos ����������������������������������������������������������������������������591 Devendra K. Gupta, Shilpa Sharma, and Kashish Khanna 46 Different Sexual Development (DSD) ��������������������������������������������601 Maria Marcela Bailez 47 Congenital Anomalies of the External Male Genitalia ����������������607 Francesco Di Lorenzo, Neil Di Salvo, and Mario Lima Part IX Nervous System 48 Surgical Treatment of Central Nervous System Malformations ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������615 Mirko Scagnet, Federico Mussa, Flavio Giordano, Regina Mura, Elena Arcovio, Massimiliano Sanzo, Pier Arturo Donati, Barbara Spacca, Manuela Grandoni, Giuseppe Oliveri, and Lorenzo Genitori 49 Central Nervous System Congenital Tumors ��������������������������������653
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