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OBJECTIVES: Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HScP) may present in children with severe, occasionally refractory, gastrointestinal (GI) involvement. The use of corticosteroids (CSs) is commonplace in the management of the disease, but to date no standardized protocol is available and, although rare, resistance to CS therapy may be challenging to...

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Background: Data on the epidemiology and risk factors for pouchitis following restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) in pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are scarce. Aims: To determine incidence, risk factors and clinical outcome of pouchitis following IPAA in children. Methods: This multicenter,...

Introduction: Since Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) already proved to benefit from robotic surgery, we aimed at describing a wider series of patients with this rare disease who were operated on with a robotic approach. Patients and methods: All consecutive HSCR patients who underwent totally robotic soave pull-through (TRSPT), between October...