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Hugo A. Heij

Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital

Publications -  150
Citations -  3862

Hugo A. Heij is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Appendicitis & Sacrococcygeal teratoma. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 149 publications receiving 3412 citations. Previous affiliations of Hugo A. Heij include VU University Medical Center & University of Amsterdam.

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Management of trichobezoar: case report and literature review

TL;DR: According to the experience and in line with the published results, conventional laparotomy is still the treatment of choice and psychiatric consultation is necessary to prevent relapses.
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Choledochal cysts: age of presentation, symptoms, and late complications related to Todani's classification.

TL;DR: Presenting symptoms are age dependent with jaundice prevailing in children and abdominal pain in adults, and early resection and not internal drainage is the appropriate treatment of extrahepatic cysts.
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The long-term follow-up of patients with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a broad spectrum of morbidity.

TL;DR: It has been suggested that new therapeutic modalities such as nitric oxide, high frequency oxygenation and extracorporal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) might decrease mortality associated with pulmonary hypertension and the sequelae of artificial ventilation, and that follow-up studies that systematically assess long-term sequelae are mandatory.
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Esophageal atresia: Historical evolution of management and results in 371 patients

TL;DR: The patients who are treated nowadays for esophageal atresia in a pediatric surgical center are born earlier, weigh less, and have more associated anomalies than those treated 50 years ago, but the mortality rate is much lower thanks to earlier diagnosis, better supportive care and improved surgical techniques.