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• Management of parapneumonial pleural empyema in children: a survey of the Italian Society of Infantile Videosurgery (SIVI)

  Alberto Ratta, Maurizio Cheli, Giovanni Gaglione, Andrea Volpe, Gabriele Lisi, Valerio Gentilino, Roberto Lo Piccolo, Giovanni Cobellis, Fawzi Shweiki, Paolo Formica, Ernesto Leva, Paola Midrio, Daniela Codrich, Michele Ubertazzi, Lorenzo Nanni, Vincenzo Domenichelli, Maria Nobili, Francesco Macchini, Alfonso Papparella, Enrico Ciardini, Luigi Mascia, Denis Cozzi, Fabio Salvatore Chiarenza, SIVI Executive Board

  09-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2025.354

  594

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  Pediatric primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a comparison of treatment at pediatric surgery vs. thoracic surgery departments

  Maria Enrica Miscia, Maria Castellano, Stella Chiarini, Giuseppe Lauriti, Marco Casaccia, Pierluigi Lelli Chiesa, Gabriele Lisi

  15-03-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2023.303

  1834

  PDF: 698

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  Horseshoe kidney and uretero-pelvic-junction obstruction in a pediatric patient. Laparoscopic vascular hitch: A valid alternative to dismembered pyeloplasty?

  Cosimo Bleve, Valeria Bucci, Maria Luisa Conighi, Francesco Battaglino, Lorenzo Costa, Lorella Fasoli, Elisa Zolpi, Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza

  13-12-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.178

  2652

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  Outcomes of delayed chest closure after congenital heart surgery in neonates

  Meletios Kanakis, George Samanidis, Kyriaki Kolovou, Sotirios Katsaridis , Athina Maria Sait, Georgios Kourelis, Nicholas Giannopoulos, Dimitrios Bobos

  22-02-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2024.328

  2264

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  Wandering spleen with a ten-time twisted vascular pedicle

  Marta Peretti, Arianna Mariotto, Gabriella Scirè, Elisa Pani, Silvia Zambaldo, Sanzio Bianchi, Francesco Saverio Camoglio, Luca Giacomello

  20-12-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2016.119

  1818

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  Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of pediatric nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Cosimo Bleve, Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Fabio Beretta, Maurizio Cheli, Vincenzo Di Benedetto, Maria Grazia Scuderi, Giovanni Casadio, Maurizio Marzaro, Leon Francesco Fascetti, Pietro Bagolan, Claudio Vella, Maria Luisa Conighi, Daniela Codric, Simona Nappo, Paolo Caione

  04-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.175

  1929

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  HTML: 540
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  Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of the esophageal atresia

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Maria Luisa Conighi, Andrea Conforti, Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Fabio Beretta, Maurizio Cheli, Vincenzo Di Benedetto, Maria Grazia Scuderi, Giovanni Casadio, Maurizio Marzaro, Leon Francesco Fascetti, Claudio Vella, Cosimo Bleve, Daniela Codric, Paolo Caione, Pietro Bagolan

  04-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.166

  2389

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  Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of the ureteropelvic-junction obstruction

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Cosimo Bleve, Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Fabio Beretta, Maurizio Cheli, Vincenzo Di Benedetto, Maria Grazia Scuderi, Giovanni Casadio, Maurizio Marzaro, Leon Francesco Fascetti, Pietro Bagolan, Claudio Vella, Maria Luisa Conighi, Daniela Codric, Simona Nappo, Paolo Caione

  04-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.174

  1876

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  HTML: 1158
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  Satisfaction and results of the subareolar incision as treatment for gynecomastia in adolescents: experience of two centers

  Andrea Zangari, Carmine Noviello, Camilla Todesco, Mercedes Romano, Letizia Trotta, Carmine Botta, Ilaria Cascone, Salvatore Scommegna, Gabriele Vasta, Vito Briganti, Alfonso Papparella

  04-09-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2024.336

  2006

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  Morbidity related to major lung thoracoscopic resections in children

  Sara Ugolini, Lorenzo Tofani, Elisa Zolpi, Louise Montalva, Cosimo Lotti, Antonino Morabito, Fabio Chiarenza, Arnaud Bonnard

  18-10-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2024.337

  3073

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  Surgery for distal hypospadias: what about the catheter?

  Maria-Grazia Scarpa, Giordano Perin, Massimo Di Grazia, Daniela Codrich, Federica Pederiva, Edoardo Guida, Maria Antonietta Lembo, Antonio Giannotta, Jürgen Schleef

  28-09-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.145

  1904

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  Unique challenges in managing pediatric colorectal diseases in under-resourced areas: context-aware adaptive responses from short-term surgical outreach visits

  Alessandro Calisti, Kibreab Belay, Giovanni Giuliani, Pierluigi Lelli Chiesa, Guglielmo Mazzoni, Philippe Molle, Paola Presutti, Diaaeldinn Yaseen Salman, Boniphace Tresphory

  27-06-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2025.357

  1825

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  GERD surgery in non-neurologic patients: Modified Laparoscopic Hill-Snow Repair is a valid alternative to Nissen fundoplication. Results of a 20 years of follow-up

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Lorenzo Costa, Maria Luisa Conighi, Elisa Zolpi, Lorella Fasoli, Giulia Brooks, Enrico La Pergola, Cosimo Bleve

  22-02-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2023.310

  1957

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  Correlation between FLACC scale score and analgesic requirement in children undergoing minimally invasive surgery

  Assunta Turco, Mariapina Cerulo, Fulvia Del Conte, Vincenzo Coppola, Giovanni Severino, Maria Escolino, Ciro Esposito

  22-05-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2023.288

  2899

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• From outreach to ownership: building sustainable paediatric surgical capacity at a secondary hospital in rural Tanzania. A ten-year experience

  Boniphace Tresphory, Alessandro Calisti, Elide Ambrosetti, Grazia Andriani, Giovanna Maria Cangi, Giovanni Giuliani, Bahati Kamwezi, Agnes Mlawa, Andrea Joseph Mombo, Paola Presutti, Bruno Turchetta

  13-05-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2026.377

  157

  PDF: 101

  Supplementary materials: 13

  HTML: 4
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  A unique case of foreign body aspiration and recurrent pneumothorax

  Mario Lima, Sara Ugolini, Niel Di Salvo, Michele Libri, Tommaso Gargano, Giovanni Ruggeri

  15-12-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.171

  1870

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  Preoperative distraction in children: hand-held videogames vs clown therapy

  M. Messina, F. Molinaro, D. Meucci, R. Angotti, L. Giuntini, E. Cerchia, A.L. Bulotta, E. Brandigi

  30-12-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2014.98

  8226

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  Are the complications after laparo-assisted endo-rectal pull-through for Hirschsprung disease related to the change of the anal tone?

  Carmine Noviello, Mercedes Romano, Letizia Trotta, Giuseppina Rosaria Umano, Alfonso Papparella

  04-07-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2024.333

  2052

  PDF: 562

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  Transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy versus laparoscopic appendectomy in children: a single center experience

  Edoardo Bindi, Fabiano Nino, Francesco Pierangeli, Michele Ilari, Taisia Bollettini, Elisa Chiarella, Francesca Mariscoli, Gianluca Gentilucci, Alba Cruccetti, Giovanni Cobellis

  27-04-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2023.306

  1619

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  Rectovestibular fistula: Which surgical approach is suitable? A randomized controlled trial

  Sarah Abdelmohsen, Mohamed Abdelkader Osman, Hussein Ali Mostafa, Mohamed Fathy, Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim, Mahmoud Mohamed Mostafa, Almoutaz A. Eltayeb, Osama Abdullah Abdul Raheem

  08-04-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2022.278

  3488

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  HTML: 298

  Appendix: 178

  Video 1: 222

  Video 2: 223

• Role of mini-invasive surgery in the treatment of enteric duplications in paediatric age: a survey of 15 years

  M. Lima, F. Molinaro, G. Ruggeri, T. Gargano, B. Randi

  31-10-2012

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2012.57

  1468

  PDF: 1349
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  Meckel’s diverticulum and bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar: a case report

  Marco Gasparella, Maurizio Marzaro, Mario Ferro, Carlo Benetton, Vittorina Ghirardo, Cinzia Zanatta, Francesco Zoppellaro

  27-06-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2016.117

  1964

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  Uretero-pelvic junction obstruction in children: Is vascular hitch an effective and safe solutions in very long term outcome? Report of 25 years follow-up

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Elena Carretto, Valeria Bucci, Samuele Ave, Giuseppe Pulin, Cosimo Bleve

  22-02-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2023.309

  3539

  PDF: 756

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• What is the clinical utility of histological diagnosis between pilomatricoma and trichilemmal cyst in children?

  Carmine Noviello, Mercedes Romano, Ilaria Cascone, Gaia De Francesco, Mirko Bertozzi, Letizia Trotta, Alfonso Papparella

  19-11-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2025.359

  381

  PDF: 167

  HTML: 46

• Single-center initial experience with minimally invasive extravascular stent placement for nutcracker syndrome in adolescent patients

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Giulia Brooks, Paolo Magagna, Cosimo Bleve, Jacopo Dall'Acqua, Stefania Marconi, Elisa Zolpi

  28-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2025.353

  663

  PDF: 489

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  Follow-up study of three cases of congenital microgastria

  Sara Ugolini, Chiara Oreglio, Karl Christian Walsh, Antonino Morabito

  15-12-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2023.326

  1780

  PDF: 549

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  Laparoscopic treatment of congenital choledochal cyst and hepaticojejunostomy with extracorporeal Roux-en-Y anastomosis: technical aspects and early experience with three cases

  Mario Lima, Tommaso Gargano, Giovanni Ruggeri, Francesca Destro, Michela Maffi

  27-06-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2016.125

  2446

  PDF: 1217

  HTML: 809
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  Recurrent congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A single center experience

  Żaneta Słowik-Moczydłowska, Andrzej Kamiński

  22-02-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2021.228

  7170

  PDF: 980

  HTML: 406
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  Pediatric blunt renal trauma with wide fragments dislocation: successful organ saving management by internal stenting and percutaneous perirenal drain

  C. Olivieri, M.G. Grella, V.D. Catania, A.C. Contini, V. Briganti, A. Calisti

  30-12-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2014.103

  2383

  PDF: 1179
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  Achilles tendon surgery in clubfoot: Are long term sequelae predictable?

  Luisella Pedrotti, Barbara Bertani, Gabriella Tuvo, Redento Mora, Luca Marin, Federica De Rosa

  03-05-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2022.280

  3205

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  HTML: 538
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  Trichobezoars in children: therapeutic complications

  A. Mariotto, M. Peretti, G. Scirè, A. Mantovani, S. Zambaldo, E. Pani, F. Saverio Camoglio, L. Giacomello

  30-12-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2014.101

  1554

  PDF: 1614
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  Presentations of bladder exstrophy in a resource-limited setting and the role of Mainz II continent diversion for late referrals or failed primary closures: a multicentric report

  Alessandro Calisti, Kibreab Belay, Andrea Mombo, Faisal Abdelgalil Nugud, Diaaeldinn Yaseen Salman, Pierluigi Lelli Chiesa

  29-08-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2023.323

  1837

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  Uncommon surgical emergencies in neonatology

  R. Angotti, A.L. Bulotta, F. Ferrara, F. Molinaro, E. Cerchia, D. Meucci, M. Messina

  30-12-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2014.99

  1669

  PDF: 1438
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  Phimosis in hooded foreskin is a curious presentation in adolescents: case series

  Carmine Noviello, Ilaria Cascone, Gaia De Francesco, Mercedes Romano, Mirko Bertozzi, Francesco Miele, Alfonso Papparella

  15-07-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2025.358

  2267

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  Spontaneous resolution and the role of endoscopic surgery in the treatment of primary obstructive megaureter: a review of the literature

  George Vlad Isac, Gabriela Mariana Danila, Sebastian Nicolae Ionescu

  19-12-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2023.327

  2039

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  Transanal irrigation (TAI) in the paediatric population: Literature review and consensus of an Italian multicentre working group

  Enrica Caponcelli, Milena Meroni, Giulia Brisighelli, Claudia Rendeli, Emanuele Ausili, Piergiorgio Gamba, Antonio Marte, Barbara Daniela Iacobelli, Laura Lombardi, Ernesto Leva, Paola Midrio

  07-05-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2021.250

  3683

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  Surgical excision of Infantile Haemangiomas: a technical refinement to prevent bleeding complications

  F. Leone, E. Benanti, A. Marchesi, S. Marcelli, R. Gazzola, L. Vaienti

  30-06-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2014.7

  1616

  PDF: 1275
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  Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy (SIVI) for the minimally invasive treatment of fetal and neonatal ovarian cysts

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Maria Luisa Conighi, Andrea Conforti, Cosimo Bleve, Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Fabio Beretta, Maurizio Cheli, Vincenzo Di Benedetto, Maria Grazia Scuderi, Giovanni Casadio, Maurizio Marzaro, Marco Gambino, Alessio Pini Prato, Francesco Molinaro, Simona Gerocarni Nappo, Paolo Caione

  03-11-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2020.242

  2330

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  HTML: 120
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  Abdominal lymphatic malformations in children: case series

  Carmine Noviello, Alfonso Papparella, Mirko Bertozzi, Giovanna Riccipetitoni, Ilaria Cascone, Carmine Botta, Giulia Fusi, Veronica Vitali, Mercedes Romano

  22-01-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2025.348

  3147

  PDF: 718

  HTML: 443
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  Staghorn stone in megapolycalicosis in a child: Still the case for open surgery? Case report

  Antonio Marte

  02-02-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2022.229

  1259

  PDF: 600

  HTML: 38
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  Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy in children

  Mirko Bertozzi, Laura Marchesini, Simonetta Tesoro, Antonino Appignani

  24-11-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2015.109

  2797

  PDF: 1670

  HTML: 476
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  Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of the esophageal atresia

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Maria Luisa Conighi, Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Fabio Beretta, Maurizio Cheli, Vincenzo Di Benedetto, Maria Grazia Scuderi, Giovanni Casadio, Maurizio Marzaro, Leon Francesco Fascetti, Andrea Conforti, Pietro Bagolan, Claudio Vella, Cosimo Bleve, Daniela Codric, Paolo Caione

  19-12-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2019.230

  1638

  PDF: 762

  HTML: 54
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  Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery (SIVI) in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in neonates and infants

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Cosimo Bleve, Maria Escolino, Ciro Esposito, Fabio Beretta, Maurizio Cheli, Maria Grazia Scuderi, Vincenzo Di Benedetto, Giovanni Casadio, Maurizio Marzaro, Marco Gambino, Andrea Conforti, Alessio Pini Prato, Francesco Molinaro, Simona Gerocarni Nappo, Paolo Caione, Maria Mendoza-Sagaon

  03-11-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2020.243

  2158

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  HTML: 220
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  Triorchidism: which therapy?

  Eugenia Piro, Laura Abati, Veronica Zocca, Marta Brugnoni, Antonio D’Alessio

  23-06-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.141

  2311

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  HTML: 402
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  Intracorporeal hybrid single port vs conventional laparoscopic appendectomy in children

  Paul Anthony Karam, Amy Hiuser, David Magnuson, Federico Gian Filippo Seifarth

  20-12-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2016.133

  2795

  PDF: 1461

  HTML: 510
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  Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of pediatric nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy

  Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Cosimo Bleve, Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Fabio Beretta, Maurizio Cheli, Vincenzo Di Benedetto, Maria Grazia Scuderi, Giovanni Casadio, Maurizio Marzaro, Leon Francesco Fascetti, Pietro Bagolan, Caludio Vella, Maria Luisa Conighi, Daniela Codric, Simona Nappo, Paolo Caione

  19-12-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2019.231

  1485

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  HTML: 54
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  Minimally invasive pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) treatment in pediatric patients: A narrative review

  Mariapina Cerulo, Assunta Turco, Ciro Esposito

  15-03-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2022.281

  2285

  PDF: 1041

  HTML: 43
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  Tubularized proximally-incised plate in distal/midshaft hypospadias repair

  Antonio Marte, Lucia Pintozzi

  23-06-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2017.151

  1994

  PDF: 900

  HTML: 309
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  Robot-assisted thoracoscopic repair of a late-onset Bochdalek hernia: a case report

  Mario Lima, Niel Di Salvo, Sara Ugolini, Michele Libri, Giovanni Ruggeri

  25-05-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2018.173

  1730

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  Application of a non-pharmacological technique in addition to the pharmacological protocol for the management of children’s preoperative anxiety: A 10 years’ experience

  Francesca Scarano, Alessandra Dalla Corte, Roberto Michielon, Alessandro Gava, Paola Midrio

  19-03-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2021.235

  7609

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  HTML: 121