Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a rare congenital intestinal disease that occurs in 1 in
5,000 live births. HSCR is characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric …

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a severe birth defect and a major cause of
neonatal respiratory distress. Impacting~ 2–3 in 10,000 births, CDH is associated with a high …

5 Global PaedSurg Research Collaboration. Mortality from gastrointestinal congenital
anomalies at 264 hospitals in 74 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: a …

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare birth defect characterized by incomplete
closure of the diaphragm and herniation of fetal abdominal organs into the chest that results …

Background Esophageal atresia (EA) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by a
discontinuity of the esophagus. Following surgical repair, survival rates have improved …

Background Congenital anomalies are the leading cause of perinatal, neonatal and infant
mortality in developed countries. Large long-term follow-up studies investigating survival …

“A comic opera performance” was how Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet,
described surgical research in 1996 when he quoted the medical statistician Major …

The limitations in the LMICs, both logistic & financial are the greatest challenges deferring
the improvement in neonatal & pediatric surgical outcomes needs to be addressed with …

Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is one of the most common causes of pediatric bowel
obstruction in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This paper describes the unique …

Objective The incidence of congenital abnormalities is highest in low-and-middle-income
countries. However, the prevalence, spectrum, trends of neonatal congenital anomalies and …