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Original research

• Prevalence and outcomes of pediatric surgical conditions at Connaught Hospital in Freetown: a retrospective study (23 February, 2023)

  Henang Kwasau, Juliana Kamanda, Aiah Lebbie, Cesia Cotache-Condor, Pamela Espinoza, Andie Grimm, Naomi Wright, Emily Smith
• Epidemiological characteristics of live births with esophageal atresia in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, from 2005 to 2018 (28 December, 2022)

  Emilli Freitas Silvestri, Eduardo Jamil Farah Oliveira, Marcela Chiedde, Edige Felipe Sousa Santos, Mauricio Giusti Calderon
• Delays in care for hydrocephalus and spina bifida at a tertiary hospital in Somaliland (20 January, 2023)

  Shukri Dahir, Cesia Cotache-Condor, Andie Grimm, Mubarak Mohamed, Henry Rice, Emily Smith, Edna Adan Ismail
• Factors associated with mortality in congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract in a tertiary center in Senegal (19 January, 2023)

  Florent Tshibwid A Zeng, Papa Alassane Mbaye, Doudou Gueye, Ndèye Fatou Seck, Ibrahima Bocar Wellé, Rosalie Niang, Youssouph Diedhiou, Mbaye Fall, Ndèye Aby Ndoye, Aloïse Sagna, Oumar Ndour, Gabriel Ngom
• Plastic multilayered closure versus orthopedic surgeon closure after spinal instrumentation in pediatric neuromuscular scoliosis (15 February, 2023)

  Ekene U Ezeokoli, Poornima L Tamma, Neritan Borici, Ifeoma Inneh, Edward P Buchanan, Brian G Smith
• Complications and its risk factors of percutaneous subclavian vein catheters in pediatric patients: enhancing the outcomes of a university hospital in a low-income and middle-income country (23 February, 2023)

  Anouar Jarraya, Manel Kammoun, Ameni Chtourou, Saloua Ammar, Kamel Kolsi
• Early relaparotomy following pediatric living-donor liver transplantation: experience in an Indonesian national referral hospital (1 February, 2023)

  Tri Hening Rahayatri, Alif Rizqy Soeratman, Rusdah Binti Muhammad Amin, Dalia Benchamas Margiadi, Riana Pauline Tamba, Mureo Kasahara
• Analysis and comparison of failure causes of minimally invasive surgical closure of ventricular septal defects in children (31 January, 2023)

  Jin Yu, Zhuo Shi, Jingjing Qian, Lianglong Ma, Baofu Zhang, Liyang Ying, Qiang Shu