Journal of Pediatric Surgery Article Review: June 2022, AAP Issue

NAT was higher after the lockdown, not during the lockdown

During times of public health crises, it's important to maintain systems of protection for children

Management of metastatic hepatoblastoma continues to pose significant treatment challenges

PSORC (Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative) is a multi-institutional consortium of North American pediatric surgeons focused on advancing care of children with cancer

PSORC was founded because there was a need to amalgamate data from multiple institutions to better study surgical questions in pediatric cancer

Image-guided localization techniques varied significantly among institutions but all were wildly successful, showing that experience is probably more important than the actual technique itself

Pediatric intestinal failure was defined as requirement of parenteral nutrition for 60 days or more at any time, with diagnosis before 8 years of age

The hypothesis was that chronic pediatric intestinal failure would delay puberty and potentially dull the sharp spike of puberty in terms of peak height velocity

There is a high incidence of short stature in chronic intestinal failure

The finding that short stature is not because kids are missing out on pubertal timing and peak height velocity suggests we need to do a better job at setting them up to go into puberty with working on their height and linear growth