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Vol. 48 No. 2 (2026)

1 article Published 30 September 2026

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• Adjunctive supplementation with vitamin E, zinc, L-arginine, L-citrulline, coenzyme Q10, and selenium enhances testicular recovery after Palomo varicocelectomy with indocyanine green in adolescents: a retrospective analysis

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Previous issues

1. 2026

   

   Vol. 48 No. 1 (2026)

   6 articles Published 2 February 2026

   • Hybrid one-stage Snodgrass–Duckett urethroplasty for severe hypospadias. A five-year institutional experience
   • From outreach to ownership: building sustainable paediatric surgical capacity at a secondary hospital in rural Tanzania. A ten-year experience
   • Advances in pediatrics: new technologies in clinical practice

   All 6 articles

2. 2025

   

   Vol. 47 No. 2 (2025)

   4 articles Published 9 October 2025

   • Single-center initial experience with minimally invasive extravascular stent placement for nutcracker syndrome in adolescent patients
   • Management of parapneumonial pleural empyema in children: a survey of the Italian Society of Infantile Videosurgery (SIVI)
   • What is the clinical utility of histological diagnosis between pilomatricoma and trichilemmal cyst in children?

   All 4 articles

3. 2025

   

   Vol. 47 No. 1 (2025)

   4 articles Published 22 January 2025

   • Unique challenges in managing pediatric colorectal diseases in under-resourced areas: context-aware adaptive responses from short-term surgical outreach visits
   • Challenges in diagnosis and treatment of Cushing disease in a 12-year-old boy
   • Abdominal lymphatic malformations in children: case series

   All 4 articles

4. 2024

   

   Vol. 46 No. 1 (2024)

   8 articles Published 23 January 2024

   • Satisfaction and results of the subareolar incision as treatment for gynecomastia in adolescents: experience of two centers
   • Morbidity related to major lung thoracoscopic resections in children
   • Are the complications after laparo-assisted endo-rectal pull-through for Hirschsprung disease related to the change of the anal tone?

   All 8 articles

5. 2023

   

   Vol. 45 No. s1 (2023)

   6 articles Published 28 March 2023

   • Improvement in maternal knowledge, attitudes, and children’s weight with education on World Health Organization feeding recommendations
   • Effectiveness of web-based play therapy intervention in supporting the development of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
   • Analysis of the infant’s acute pain assessment using developed conductance skin electric instrument compared to the behavioural and faces pain scale in painful injected vaccine

   All 6 articles

6. 2023

   

   Vol. 45 No. 1 (2023)

   15 articles Published 22 February 2023

   • 52^nd National Congress of the Italian Society of Paediatric Surgery | Ancona, 20-22 October 2022
   • 53^rd National Congress of the Italian Society of Paediatric Surgery | Naples, 21-23 September 2023
   • Correlation between FLACC scale score and analgesic requirement in children undergoing minimally invasive surgery

   All 15 articles

7. 2022

   

   Vol. 44 No. s1 (2022)

   14 articles Published 28 October 2022

   • Anterior vertebral body tethering as a treatment for scoliosis in skeletally immature patients
   • Congenital vertical talus open reduction surgery: Technique description and our twenty-years personal experience
   • Congenital hip dysplasia: The importance of early screening and treatment

   All 14 articles

8. 2022

   

   Vol. 44 No. 2 (2022)

   2 articles Published 15 July 2022

   • Intestinal twin-to-twin transplant for short gut: Review of the literature and discussion of a complex case
   • Role of urinary NGAL and microalbuminuria in the detection of subclinical acute kidney injury in pediatric intensive care unit and diabetic children

9. 2022

   

   Vol. 44 No. 1 (2022)

   6 articles Published 2 February 2022

   • Rectovestibular fistula: Which surgical approach is suitable? A randomized controlled trial
   • Lichen sclerosus in pediatric age: A new disease or unknown pathology? Experience of single centre and state of art in literature
   • Minimally invasive pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) treatment in pediatric patients: A narrative review

   All 6 articles

10. 2021

    

    Vol. 43 No. 2 (2021)

    2 articles Published 16 June 2021

    • Thoracoscopic excision of asymptomatic antenatally diagnosed mediastinal bronchogenic cysts: A case report
    • Caecal duplication, a case report

11. 2021

    

    Vol. 43 No. s1 (2021)

    9 articles Published 20 May 2021

    • Evidence-based nursing intervention to reduce skin integrity impairment in children with diaper dermatitis: A systematic review
    • Sensitivity and specificity test of alarm malnutrition for hospital-acquired malnutrition among pediatric patients
    • Factors related to anxiety before surgery in children in urological operating rooms

    All 9 articles

12. 2021

    

    Vol. 43 No. 1 (2021)

    8 articles Published 4 March 2021

    • Recurrent congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A single center experience
    • Application of a non-pharmacological technique in addition to the pharmacological protocol for the management of children’s preoperative anxiety: A 10 years’ experience
    • Functional gastrointestinal disorders, lifestyle habits, and smartphone addiction in adolescents

    All 8 articles

13. 2020

    

    Vol. 42 No. 2 (2020)

    3 articles Published 31 December 2020

    • Laparoscopic Fowler-Stephens orchidopexy for intra-abdominal cryptorchid testis: a single institution experience
    • Thoracoscopic treatment of a rare bilateral extralobar lung sequestration in a 3-years old girl
    • Secondary hydrosalpinx in adolescents: a challenging decision-making process for surgical choice and future fertility preservation

14. 2020

    

    Vol. 42 No. 1 (2020)

    4 articles Published 8 October 2020

    • High-pressure balloon dilatation in children: our results in 30 patients with POM and the implications of the cystoscopic evaluation
    • Peritoneal dialysis catheters in pediatric patients: 10 years of experience in a single centre
    • Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy (SIVI) for the minimally invasive treatment of fetal and neonatal ovarian cysts

    All 4 articles

15. 2019

    

    Vol. 41 No. 2 (2019)

    4 articles Published 23 December 2019

    • Endoscopic balloon dilatation of primary obstructive megaureter: method standardization and predictive prognostic factors
    • Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of the esophageal atresia
    • Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of pediatric nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy

    All 4 articles

16. 2019

    

    Vol. 41 No. 1 (2019)

    5 articles Published 18 January 2019

    • Paediatric surgery in the robotic era: early experience and comparative analysis
    • Toward sutureless laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in children?
    • The APpendicitis PEdiatric (APPE) score: a new diagnostic tool in suspected pediatric acute appendicitis

    All 5 articles

17. 2018

    

    Vol. 40 No. 2 (2018)

    7 articles Published 26 September 2018

    • Transscrotal orchidopexy for palpable cryptorchid testis: follow-up and outcomes
    • The isolated tubal torsion: an insidious pediatric and adolescent pelvic urgency
    • Clinical side effects after oral administration of palm oil and Alchornea cordifolia decoction in a child

    All 7 articles

18. 2018

    

    Vol. 40 No. 1 (2018)

    8 articles Published 23 May 2018

    • Feeding dysfunctions and failure to thrive in neonates with congenital heart diseases
    • Nutritional management of surgical newborns and infants in the acute phase and during follow up
    • Functional gastrointestinal disorders in newborns: nutritional perspectives

    All 8 articles

19. 2017

    

    Vol. 39 No. 4 (2017)

    9 articles Published 13 December 2017

    • Nutritional management of preterm newborn after hospital discharge: energy and nutrients
    • Weaning and complementary feeding in preterm infants: management, timing and health outcome
    • Nutritional problems of children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia after hospital discharge

    All 9 articles

20. 2017

    

    Vol. 39 No. 3 (2017)

    4 articles Published 28 September 2017

    • Surgery for distal hypospadias: what about the catheter?
    • Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of the esophageal atresia
    • Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of the ureteropelvic-junction obstruction

    All 4 articles

21. 2017

    

    Vol. 39 No. 2 (2017)

    10 articles Published 23 June 2017

    • Tubularized proximally-incised plate in distal/midshaft hypospadias repair
    • Pediatric pleural empyema: one of the management challenges in children of Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Triorchidism: which therapy?

    All 10 articles

22. 2017

    

    Vol. 39 No. 1 (2017)

    1 article Published 6 February 2017

    • 30th Congress of the Italian Society of Neonatology - Lombardy section | Bergamo, 3-4 February 2017

23. 2016

    

    Vol. 38 No. 3 (2016)

    5 articles Published 28 November 2016

    • Osteonecrosis as a complication in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    • Intracorporeal hybrid single port vs conventional laparoscopic appendectomy in children
    • Neonatal gastrointestinal involvement and congenital cytomegalovirus

    All 5 articles

24. 2016

    

    Vol. 38 No. 2 (2016)

    4 articles Published 27 June 2016

    • Propranolol treatment for infantile hemangioma: a case series of sixty-two patients
    • Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum with myopathy and velopharyngeal insufficiency. A case report with a non-branchiomeric muscle biopsy
    • Meckel’s diverticulum and bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar: a case report

    All 4 articles

25. 2016

    

    Vol. 38 No. 1 (2016)

    1 article Published 1 February 2016

    • 29th Congress of the Italian Society of Neonatology - Lombardy section | Bergamo, 29-30 January 2016

26. 2015

    

    Vol. 37 No. 3 (2015)

    4 articles Published 29 December 2015

    • Survival rate and neurodevelopmental outcome of extremely premature babies: an 8-year experience of an Italian single neonatal tertiary care center
    • Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum with craniosynostosis and osteo-cartilagineous multiple defects: a diffuse chondro-membranous-osteo-dysplasia
    • Evaluation of the galactogogue effect of silymarin on mothers of preterm newborns (<32 weeks)

    All 4 articles

27. 2015

    

    Vol. 37 No. 2 (2015)

    6 articles Published 15 June 2015

    • Prevalence of child sexual abuse: a comparison among 4 Italian epidemiological studies
    • Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy in children
    • Obstructive sleep apnea in Prader-Willi syndrome: risks and advantages of adenotonsillectomy

    All 6 articles

28. 2015

    

    Vol. 37 No. 1 (2015)

    1 article Published 9 February 2015

    • 28th Congress of the Italian Society of Neonatology - Lombardy section | Bergamo, 30-31 January 2015

29. 2014

    

    Vol. 36 No. 5-6 (2014)

    7 articles Published 9 February 2015

    • Preoperative distraction in children: hand-held videogames vs clown therapy
    • Uncommon surgical emergencies in neonatology
    • Association of severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI) with probable autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome-variant

    All 7 articles

30. 2014

    

    Vol. 36 No. 4 (2014)

    8 articles Published 24 November 2014

    • Comparison between two different modes of non-invasive ventilatory support in preterm newborn infants with respiratory distress syndrome mild to moderate: preliminary data
    • Why open surgery for treatment of paediatric varicocele?
    • Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita in a Preterm Female Newborn: Case Report and Review of the Literature

    All 8 articles

31. 2014

    

    Vol. 36 No. 3 (2014)

    8 articles Published 30 June 2014

    • Celiac disease and bone health: just gluten free diet?
    • Herpesviruses and breast milk
    • Assessment of pulmonary function in a follow-up of premature infants: our experience

    All 8 articles

32. 2014

    

    Vol. 36 No. 2 (2014)

    7 articles Published 30 April 2014

    • "Butter, my love" Joy, Sorrow and Rehabilitation: Not simply Cholesterol and Saturated Fatty Acids
    • Informed consent
    • Psychopathologic risk assessment and self-esteem in patients undergoing hypospadias surgery

    All 7 articles

33. 2014

    

    Vol. 36 No. 1 (2014)

    1 article Published 28 February 2014

    • 27° Congresso della Società Italiana di Neonatologia sezione Lombardia

34. 2013

    

    Vol. 35 No. 6 (2013)

    9 articles Published 31 December 2013

    • A challenge for pediatrician: non allergic urticaria
    • Humanitarian mission improves health conditions of schoolchildren in Ethiopia. The case of Adwa
    • Management of outbreaks of nosocomial pathogens in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

    All 9 articles

35. 2013

    

    Vol. 35 No. 5 (2013)

    7 articles Published 31 October 2013

    • Ibuprofen versus steroids: risk and benefit, efficacy and safety
    • Assessment of pulmonary function in a follow-up of premature infants: our experience
    • Prevalence and duration of breastfeeding during the first six months of life: factors affecting an early cessation

    All 7 articles

36. 2013

    

    Vol. 35 No. 4 (2013)

    7 articles Published 31 August 2013

    • The jaundiced newborn: which early monitoring for a safe discharge?
    • Effect of prematurity on fat mass distribution and blood pressure at prepubertal age: a follow-up study
    • Growth and body composition changes in late preterm infants in the first months of life

    All 7 articles

37. 2013

    

    Vol. 35 No. 3 (2013)

    8 articles Published 30 June 2013

    • Newborn screening of inherited metabolic disorders by tandem mass spectrometry: past, present and future
    • Updating Standard Procedures for Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Rubella Case
    • High Flow Nasal Cannulae in preterm infants

    All 8 articles

38. 2013

    

    Vol. 35 No. 1-2 (2013)

    1 article Published 30 April 2013

    • ESPES - 2° Annual Scientific Meeting

39. 2012

    

    Vol. 34 No. 6 (2012)

    7 articles Published 31 December 2012

    • Does chorioamnionitis worsen the outcome of preterm infants? A controversial issue
    • Milk and butter. From the Neolithic to the current nutritional aspects
    • Intra-abdominal Adiposity In Preterm Infants: An Explorative Study

    All 7 articles

40. 2012

    

    Vol. 34 No. 5 (2012)

    7 articles Published 31 October 2012

    • Role of mini-invasive surgery in the treatment of enteric duplications in paediatric age: a survey of 15 years
    • Laparoscopic treatment of UPJ obstruction in ectopic pelvic kidneys in children
    • Acute liver failure due to Human Herpesvirus 6 in an infant

    All 7 articles

41. 2012

    

    Vol. 34 No. 4 (2012)

    7 articles Published 31 August 2012

    • Adolescence yesterday and today: care issues
    • The Ponseti approach for the treatment of congenital clubfoot
    • To reduce pain to heel prick in newborn: comparison with six lancet devices

    All 7 articles

42. 2012

    

    Vol. 34 No. 3 (2012)

    7 articles Published 30 June 2012

    • Primary ciliary dyskinesia: clinical and genetic aspects
    • Septic arthritis in children
    • Long term efficacy of insulin pump therapy in preschool children with diabetes

    All 7 articles

43. 2012

    

    Vol. 34 No. 2 (2012)

    8 articles Published 30 April 2012

    • The role of eggs in the diet: nutraceutical and epigenetic aspects
    • Essential fatty acids and lipid mediators. Endocannabinoids
    • Giant Congenital Melanocytic Naevi: review of literature

    All 8 articles

44. 2012

    

    Vol. 34 No. 1 (2012)

    1 article Published 28 February 2012

    • 25° Congresso della Società  Italiana di Neonatologia - Sezione Lombarda