Pediatric Gastrointestinal Diseases: Diagnosis, Management and Surgical Treatment
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Surgery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 494
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Interests: pediatric surgery; gastrointestinal surgery; minimally invasive surgery; congenital abnormalities; laparoscopic surgery; abdominal surgery
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Interests: endoscopic surgery; prenatal diagnostics and counselling; pulmonary malformation; short bowel; bacterial translocation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The burden of gastrointestinal illness in pediatric age is high and continues to increase. Gastrointestinal diseases include a large spectrum of conditions ranging from congenital to acquired pathologies, which often require intervention. Significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal diseases in recent decades. Notably, gastrointestinal endoscopy has become a key element in the diagnosis and therapy of many of these diseases that affect children. Moreover, in recent years, new technologies have been incorporated into the armamentarium of surgeons treating pediatric patients with gastrointestinal diseases. In particular, minimally invasive and robotic-assisted techniques have carved a space in cases requiring surgical correction, with evidence supporting less pain, shorter hospital stays, lower complications, and satisfying long-term outcomes. In addition, fluorescence-guided surgery has shown the advantage of allowing surgeons to better recognize anatomical structures, and artificial intelligence (AI) is currently gaining ground in the pediatric surgical field as well.
This Special Issue aims to discuss advances in the diagnosis, management, and/or surgical treatment options of gastrointestinal diseases in pediatric age. Colleagues and researchers are invited to submit their manuscripts (base science research, original studies, reviews, meta-analyses, case series, and case reports of interest).
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Alessandro Boscarelli
Dr. Jurgen Schleef
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pediatrics
- gastrointestinal disorders
- diagnosis
- management
- advances
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