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M D Custer

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Little D, Vermillion J, Dikis E, Little R, Custer M, Cooney D
J Pediatr Surg . 2003 Apr; 38(5):804-7. PMID: 12720198
Background: More than 1 million children live, play, and work on farms, surrounded by animals and machinery. This symbiotic relationship between work and home exposes children to unique risks. Methods:...
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Rawls D, Custer M
South Med J . 2001 Sep; 94(7):741-3. PMID: 11531186
We report a case of pancreatic duct laceration and acute pancreatitis resulting from blunt abdominal trauma sustained in a youth soccer match. Since this sports injury is unusual, a brief...
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Horwitz J, Custer M, May B, Mehall J, Lally K
J Pediatr Surg . 1997 Dec; 32(11):1601-3. PMID: 9396535
Background/purpose: Laparoscopic appendectomy is becoming the preferred technique for treating acute appendicitis. However, recent literature on adults suggests that laparoscopic appendectomy may increase the risk for postoperative infectious complications in...
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Frazee R, Roberts J, Symmonds R, Hendricks J, Snyder S, Smith R, et al.
Am J Surg . 1993 Dec; 166(6):702-5; discussion 705-6. PMID: 8273853
With the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, optimal management of common duct stones remains controversial. Seven hundred six patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in our institution from January 1990 through January 1992....
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Frazee R, Roberts J, Symmonds R, Snyder S, Hendricks J, Smith R, et al.
Am J Surg . 1992 Nov; 164(5):491-4; discussion 494-5. PMID: 1443375
Acute cholecystitis, morbid obesity, and previous upper abdominal surgery have been reported as relative contraindications to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. An analysis of 706 laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed at our institution was undertaken...
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KAY G, Lobe T, Custer M, Hollabaugh R
J Pediatr Surg . 1992 Mar; 27(3):279-81. PMID: 1500998
Standard approaches to intrinsic obstructing duodenal lesions in the newborn include laparotomy with enteroenterostomy, bypassing the obstruction, or duoduodenotomy with excision. The advent of improved pediatric flexible fiberoptic endoscopes and...
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Fernandes E, Custer M, Burton E, Boulden T, WRENN Jr E, Whittle A, et al.
J Pediatr Surg . 1991 Jan; 26(1):108-10. PMID: 2005515
Neurenteric cysts are rare, with fewer than 30 cases noted in the literature. We report the case of a newborn infant with respiratory distress caused by a large neurenteric cyst...
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Rao B, Hayes F, Pratt C, FLEMING I, Kumar A, Lobe T, et al.
J Pediatr Surg . 1990 Feb; 25(2):198-203. PMID: 2303989
Malignant melanoma is rare in children, representing 1% to 3% of all pediatric malignancies. Thirty-three children with malignant melanoma were treated at St Jude Children's Research Hospital from 1967 to...
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Lobe T, Karkera M, Custer M, Shenefelt R, Douglass E
J Pediatr Surg . 1990 Feb; 25(2):249-50. PMID: 2154576
Infants with large, rapidly growing tumors of the liver who exhibit preoperative signs of tumor necrosis (elevated uric acid or K+), having received no prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy, may...
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Fernandes E, Hixson S, Custer M
J Pediatr Surg . 1989 Nov; 24(11):1172-3. PMID: 2530330
We present an unusual case in which an appendage of the liver was the only herniated organ through a small defect on the left lower quadrant of the abdominal wall....