1. A comparison of clinical protocols for assessing postoperative fecal continence in anorectal malformation

   • Takanori Ochi
   • Tadaharu Okazaki
   • Atsuyuki Yamataka

   Original article 19 October 2011 Pages: 1 - 4

2. Hirschsprung’s disease presenting beyond infancy: surgical options and postoperative outcome

   • Shilpa Sharma
   • Devendra K. Gupta

   Original Article 28 October 2011 Pages: 5 - 8

   

3. Etiology of neonatal gastric perforation: a review of 20 years’ experience

   • Keita Terui
   • Jun Iwai
   • Hideo Yoshida

   Original article 19 October 2011 Pages: 9 - 14

   

4. Differences in the characteristics and management of pyriform sinus fistula between neonates and young children

   • Hizuru Amano
   • Hiroo Uchida
   • Takahiro Jimbo

   Original Article 19 October 2011 Pages: 15 - 20

   

5. Strategies for catheter-related blood stream infection based on medical course in children receiving parenteral nutrition

   • Wataru Sumida
   • Yoshio Watanabe
   • Hidemi Takasu

   Original article 19 October 2011 Pages: 21 - 25

   

6. Surgical intervention strategies for pediatric ovarian tumors: experience with 60 cases at one institution

   • Tatsuro Tajiri
   • Ryota Souzaki
   • Tomoaki Taguchi

   Original article 17 November 2011 Pages: 27 - 31

   

7. Management of inguinal hernia in children can be enhanced by closer follow-up by consultant pediatric surgeons

   • Shogo Seo
   • Tsubasa Takahashi
   • Atsuyuki Yamataka

   Original Article 28 October 2011 Pages: 33 - 36

8. The efficacy of slide tracheoplasty in a growing rabbit model

   • Yoichi Takano
   • Kosaku Maeda
   • Eiji Nishijima

   Original Article Open access 19 October 2011 Pages: 37 - 41

   

9. Topical application of basic fibroblast growth factor reduces esophageal stricture and esophageal neural damage after sodium hydroxide-induced esophagitis in rats

   • Yuichi Okata
   • Chieko Hisamatsu
   • Yutaka Okita

   Original Article 19 October 2011 Pages: 43 - 49

   

10. Partial internal biliary diversion for patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1

    • Kyoko Mochizuki
    • Masayuki Obatake
    • Susumu Eguchi

    Case Report 28 October 2011 Pages: 51 - 54

    

11. A gallstone in the Roux-en Y limb during pregnancy in a female patient with biliary atresia

    • Masayuki Obatake
    • Yasuaki Taura
    • Takeshi Nagayasu

    Case Report 21 October 2011 Pages: 55 - 57

    

12. Heterochronous bilateral adrenal neuroblastoma: stage 4S in early infancy following resection of stage I lesion in the neonatal period

    • Kwang-Jong Lee
    • Tomonari Urabe
    • Yukihiro Inomata

    Case Report 19 October 2011 Pages: 59 - 62

    

13. Congenital brachioesophagus with secondary intrathoracic stomach associated with rachischisis described as “serpentine-like syndrome”: a case report and literature review

    • Hiroki Nakamura
    • Tadaharu Okazaki
    • Atsuyuki Yamataka

    Case Report 19 October 2011 Pages: 63 - 66

    

14. A case of unexpected regeneration of small intestinal mucosal necrosis

    • Dong Wook Kim
    • Youn Joon Park

    Case Report 22 October 2011 Pages: 67 - 70

    

15. Late-onset vital complication after the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum

    • Chieh-Wen Lin
    • Ke-Chi Chen
    • Chih-Chun Chu

    Case Report 09 June 2011 Pages: 71 - 73

    

16. Intraoperative bronchoscopy for bronchial carcinoid parenchymal-sparing resection: a pediatric case report

    • Stefano Avanzini
    • L. Pio
    • Vincenzo Jasonni

    Case Report 17 June 2011 Pages: 75 - 78

    

17. Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (Abernethy malformation) treated endovascularly with vascular plug shunt closure

    • Matthew Passalacqua
    • Kevin T. Lie
    • Hooman Yarmohammadi

    Case Report 08 July 2011 Pages: 79 - 83

    

18. Uncommon co-occurrence of ileal atresia and total colonic aganglionosis in two unrelated newborns

    • Paul Daher
    • Lara Raffoul
    • Rana Mitri

    Case Report 21 August 2011 Pages: 85 - 87

    

19. Giant abdomino-pelvic adipose tumors of childhood

    • Valentina Cascini
    • Gabriele Lisi
    • Pierluigi Lelli Chiesa

    Case Report 30 August 2011 Pages: 89 - 93

    

20. Percutaneous ultrasound-guided thrombin injection of a post-traumatic pancreatic pseudoaneurysm in a pediatric patient

    • Raelene D. Kennedy
    • Allison J. Clapp
    • Jeremy L. Friese

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 95 - 98

    

21. Cecal diverticulitis as a continuing diagnostic and management dilemma: a report of two cases in children

    • Elaine Cheng
    • Leslie Cohen
    • Nitsana Spigland

    Case Report 03 December 2011 Pages: 99 - 102

    

22. Retroperitoneal gastric duplication cyst: a case report and literature review

    • Max Pachl
    • Kamlesh Patel
    • Dakshesh Parikh

    Case Report 03 December 2011 Pages: 103 - 105

    

23. Long-term survival with cloacal dysgenesis sequence

    • Toshihiro Yanai
    • Yasuhisa Urita
    • Hiromi Hamada

    Case report 16 December 2011 Pages: 107 - 110

    

24. Abdominal compartment syndrome in childhood: the role of near infrared spectroscopy for the early detection of the organ dysfunction

    • Matteo Di Nardo
    • Corrado Cecchetti
    • Sergio Picardo

    Letter to the Editor 06 November 2011 Pages: 111 - 112