Pediatric Surgery—Current Hurdles and Future Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM) is now introducing a special review series that will update our clinical and scientific community regarding the recent advances in pediatric surgery. We invite state-of-the-art reviews on current topical issues in pediatric surgery, including both clinical science and basic science. Pediatric surgery is a relatively new area of clinical medicine and surgery, with many unanswered questions regarding the natural history of disease, pathogenesis, and evidence-based therapies. Many of us worldwide are dedicating significant efforts to studying the large variety of medical conditions which pose challenges to the pediatric surgeon, and data have been gathered, with subsequent changes to traditional treatment options. Our understanding of the natural history of diseases that the pediatric patients and the pediatric surgeons are coping with is limited by the small numbers of patients with certain conditions and by the need for a very long follow-up. The long-term sequala of esophageal atresia, for example, and the need for follow-ups into adulthood have recently been recognized. Another example includes innovative surgical techniques to treat relatively common anorectal malformations, which challenge traditional techniques with fewer complications and excellent outcomes. Trauma paradigms have also been challenged, and using whole blood, as one example, is providing better survival outcomes for severely injured children. To address the important questions dealt within our daily clinical practices and to promote future research and improvements, we sincerely welcome your submissions to this Special Issue in the JCM. I hope that by reading this Special Issue, the readership of JCM will be able to advance the treatment of their patients and to further contribute to research.

Dr. Osnat Zmora
Guest Editor

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• congenital anomalies
• esophageal atresia
• anorectoal malformations
• pediatric trauma
• necrotizing enterocoloitis
• pediatric oncology
• Biliary atresia