ANGOTTI , Rossella

Background: Around 70% of children with neurodisability (ND) present pharyngeal neuromuscular incoordination and severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Methods: This is a pilot study with the Robotic-assisted minimally invasive total esophagogastric dissociation (TOGD). Results: We included 4 patients, 2 males and 2 females, with ND and...

BACKGROUND: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common surgical emergency in newborns and it is still a leading cause of death despite the improvements reached in the management of the critically ill neonate. The purpose of this study was to evaluate risk factors, surgical treatments and outcome of surgical NEC. METHODS: We...