Journal of pediatric surgery
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Multicenter Study
Pediatric firearm injuries in Los Angeles County: Younger children are more likely to be the victims of unintentional firearm injury.
Firearm injuries are now the third leading cause of death in children. Understanding the circumstances surrounding pediatric firearm injuries will allow for targeted injury prevention efforts. We hypothesized that younger children are more likely to be victims of unintentional firearm injury. ⋯ Level III.
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Bariatric surgery is an increasingly common treatment of morbid obesity in the United States and has demonstrated effective weight loss and improvement of comorbidities. We used the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) data to characterize bariatric surgery utilization and complication rates in the adolescent population. ⋯ Treatment Study, Level III.
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The objective of this study was to report our multidisciplinary diagnostic approach for patients with anterior mediastinal masses (AMM). ⋯ IV (Case Series with no Comparison Group).