Anorectal Malformations
Levitt MA. Bischoff A, Breech L, Peña A. Rectovestibular Fistula – Rarely Recognized Associated Gynecologic Anomalies J Pediatr Surg, 6:44, 1261-1267, 2009.
Lawal TA, Chatoorgoon K, Bischoff A, Peña A, Levitt MA. Management of H-Type Rectovestibular and Rectovaginal Fistulas . J Pediatr Surg, 46(6): 1226-30, Jun 2011.
Lane, V. A., R. J. Wood, C. Reck, C. Skerritt, and M. A. Levitt. "Rectal atresia and anal stenosis: the difference in the operative technique for these two distinct congenital anorectal malformations ." Techniques in Coloproctology (2016): 1-6.
Rollins, Michael D., II, and Marc A. Levitt. 2017. “Anorectal Malformations Chapter Mattei textbook .” In Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery, edited by Peter Mattei, Peter F. Nichol, I. I. Michael D. Rollins, and Christopher S. Muratore, 553–66. Springer International Publishing.
Lane, Victoria A., Clare Skerritt, Richard J. Wood, Carlos Reck, Geri D. Hewitt, Kate A. McCracken, Venkata R. Jayanthi, et al. 2016. “A Standardized Approach for the Assessment and Treatment of Internationally Adopted Children with a Previously Repaired Anorectal Malformation (ARM) .” Journal of Pediatric Surgery 51 (11): 1864–70.
Vilanova-Sanchez, Alejandra, Carlos A. Reck, Kate A. McCracken, Victoria A. Lane, Alessandra C. Gasior, Richard J. Wood, Marc A. Levitt, and Geri D. Hewitt. 2017. “Gynecologic Anatomic Abnormalities Following Anorectal Malformations Repair .” Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 53:698-703, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.07.012.
Clare Skerritt, Alejandra Vilanova Sanchez, Victoria Alison Lane, Richard J. Wood, Geri D. Hewitt, Lesley L. Breech, Marc Levitt. Menstrual, Sexual, and Obstetrical Outcomes after Vaginal Replacement for Vaginal Artesia, Associated with Anorectal Malformation . European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Volume 27, Number 06, 2017; 27:495-502.
Carlos Reck, Clare Skerrit, Alexander Dingemans, Victoria Lane, Alejandra Vilanova Sanchez, Laura Weaver, Andrea Wagner, Nicole Jenkins, Richard Wood, Marc Levitt. Primary or Redo Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty without a Stoma: To feed or not to feed? Eur J Pediatr Surg DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1608805. ISSN 0939-7248 .
Cairo, Gasior, Rollins, Rothstein. Challenges in Transition of Care for Patients With Anorectal Malformations: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care . Dis Colon Rectum 2018; 61: 390–399 DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001033.
Peter C. Minneci, Rashmi S. Kabre, Grace Z. Mak c, Devin R. Halleran , Jennifer N. Cooper , Amin Afrazi, Casey M. Calkins e, Cynthia D. Downard f, Peter Ehrlich g, Jason Fraser , Samir K. Gadepalli, Michael A. Helmrath i, Jonathan E. Kohler , Rachel Landisch e, Matthew P. Landman , Constance Lee, Charles M Leys, Daniel L. Lodwick a, Rodrigo Mon g, Beth McClure f, Beth Rymeski , Jacqueline M. Saito, Thomas T. Sato, Shawn D. St. Peter h, Richard Wood a, Marc A. Levitt a, Katherine J. Deans, on behalf of the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium. Screening practices and associated anomalies in infants with anorectal malformations: Results from the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium . Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Devin R. Halleran, Alejandra Vilanova Sanchez, Rebecca M. Rentea, Laura Weaver, Carlos Reck, Marc Levitt, Richard J. Wood. Outcomes following Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty (HMA) for postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis at the skin level . Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Steven J. Kraus1,2 & Marc A. Levitt 3,4 & Alberto Peña5,6. Augmented-pressure distal colostogram: the most important diagnostic tool for planning definitive surgical repair of anorectal malformations in boys . Pediatr Radiol (2018) 48:258–269 DOI 10.1007/s00247-017-3962-2.
Rebecca Rentea, Devin Halleran, Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Victoria Lane, Carlos Reck, Laura Weaver, Kristina Booth, Daniel DaJusta, Christina Ching, Molly Fuchs, Rama Jayanthi, Marc Levitt, Richard Wood. Diagnosis and management of a remnant of the original fistula (ROOF) in males following surgery for anorectal malformations . Journal of Pediatric Surgery, published February 3, 2019.
Devin Halleran, Hira Ahmad, Gregory Bates, Richard Wood, Marc Levitt. A call to ARMs: Accurate identification of the anatomy of the rectourethral fistula in anorectal malformations . Journal of Pediatric Surgery, published April 16, 2019.
Rebecca M. Rentea1, Devin R. Halleran2, Richard J. Wood2, Marc A. Levitt3. The Role of Laparoscopy in Anorectal Malformations . Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2020;30(2):156–163. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1701700
Rebecca M. Rentea1 , Devin R. Halleran2 , Richard J. Wood2 , Marc A. Levitt3 . The Role of Laparoscopy in Anorectal Malformations (EJPS special issue)
Richard Wood, Devin Halleran, Hira Ahmad, Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Patrick Stallings, Nisha Ganesh, Alessandra Gasior, Marc Levitt. Assessing the benefits of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformations . Submitted to Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Hirschsprung Disease
Levitt MA, Dickie B, Peña A. Evaluation and treatment of the patient with Hirschsprung disease who is not doing well after a pull-through procedure . Advances in Pediatric Colorectal Surgery, Levitt MA and Peña A. (eds) Semin Pediatr Surg, 19(2): 146-153, 2010.
Lawal TA, Chatoorgoon K, Collins MH, Coe A, Peña A, Levitt MA. Redo pull-through in Hirschsprung’s disease for obstructive symptoms due to residual aganglionosis and transition zone bowel . J Pediatr Surg, 46(2): 342-7, Feb 2011.
Chatoorgoon K, Peña A, Lawal TA, Louden E, Levitt MA. The Problematic Duhamel Pouch in Hirschsprung’s Disease: Manifestations and Treatment . European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 21(6): 366-9, Dec 2011.
Levitt MA, Dickie B, Peña A. The Hirschsprung's patient who is soiling after what was a considered a “successful” pull-through . Semin Pediatr Surg, 21: 344-353, 2012.
Levitt MA, Hamrick MC, Eradi B, Bischoff A, Hall J, Peña A. Transanal, Full-Thickness, Swenson-like Approach for Hirschsprung's Disease . J of Pediatr Surg 2013;48(11):2289–2295. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.03.002
Belinda H. Dickie, Keith M. Webb, Balgopal Eradi, Marc A. Levitt. The problematic Soave cuff in Hirschsprung disease: Manifestations and treatment . Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Journal of Pediatric Surgery 49 (2014) 77–81.
Levitt MA, Lane V, Baker P, Minneci P, Deans K. The Appendix and Aganglionosis. A Note of Caution – How the Histology Can Mislead the Surgeon in Total Colonic Hirschsprung Disease . European Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Thieme Open Access Case Report. March 30, 2015.
Michael Stanton, Bala Eradi, Marc Levitt. Laparoscopic-Assisted Swenson-like Transanal Pull-Through Procedures for Hirschsprung Disease in: Color Atlas of Pediatric Anatomy , Laparoscopy, and Thoracoscopy, Springer 2016.
Avansino, Jeffrey R., and Marc A. Levitt. 2017. “Hirschsprung Disease Chapter Mattei textbook.” In Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery , edited by Peter Mattei, Peter F. Nichol, I. I. Michael D. Rollins, and Christopher S. Muratore, 513–24. Springer International Publishing.
Gosain A, Frykman P, Cowles RA, Horton J, Levitt MA, Rothstein DH, Langer JC, Goldstein AM. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis . Pediatr Surg Int. 2017;33(5):517–521. doi:10.1007/s00383-017-4065-8
Devin Halleran, MD; Hira Ahmad, MD; Elias Maloof; Michela Paradiso, BS; Haley Lehmkul, BS; Peter C Minneci, MD, MHSc; Marc A Levitt, MD; Richard J Wood, MD. Does Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis differ in children with and without Trisomy 21? Journal of Surgical Research 30:245)564-568, August 2019
Laura Veras, Michael Arnold, Jeffrey Avansino, Kevin Bove, Robert Cowles, Megan Durham, Allan Goldstein, Chandra Krishnan, Jacob Langer, Marc Levitt, Hector Monforte-Munoz, Raja Rabah, Miguel Reyes-Mugica, Michael Rollins, Raj Kapur, Ankush Gosain, On behalf of the American Pediatric Surgical Association Hirschsprung Disease Interest Group. Guidelines for Synoptic Reporting of Surgery and Pathology in Hirschsprung Disease . J Pediatr Surg. 2019;54(10):2017–2023. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.03.010
Payam Saadai, Alfred Francois Trappey, Allan Moises Goldstein, Robert A Cowles, Luis De La Torre, Megan M Durham, Eunice Yuee-Dean Huang, Marc A Levitt, Kristy Rialon, Michael Rollins, David Rothstein, Jacob C Langer. Guidelines for the management of postoperative soiling in children with Hirschsprung Disease. Pediatric Surgery International 35(8):829-834, August 2019.
Joseph Tilghman,Albee Ling, Tychele Turner, Maria Sosa, Niklas Krumm, Sumantra Chatterjee, Ashish Kapoor, Bradley Coe, Khanh-Dung Nguyen, Namrata Gupta, Stacey Gabriel, Evan Eichler, Courtney Berrios, Aravinda Chakravarti. Molecular Genetic Anatomy and Risk Profile of Hirschsprung Disease . The New England Journal of Medicine.
Alejandra Vilanova Sanchez, Monica Ivanov, Devin Halleran, Andrea Wagner, Carlos, Reck, Brenda Ruth, Meghan Fisher, Hira Ahmad, Laura Weaver, Onnalisa Nash, Danielle Buker, Rebecca Rentea, Erin Hoover, Tassiana Maloof, Richard Wood, Marc Levitt. Total Colonic Hirschsprung Disease: The Hypermotility and Skin Rash Protocol . [published online ahead of print, 2019 Aug 20]. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019;10.1055/s-0039-1694744. doi:10.1055/s-0039-1694744
Devin Halleran, Hira Ahmad, Hayley Lehmkuhl, Peter Baker, Richard Wood, Marc A Levitt, Jeremy Fisher. Suction Rectal Biopsy is Safe and Accurate in Premature Infants . Submitted to Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Wilfried Krois, Carlos A. Reck, Anil Darbari, Andrea Badillo and Marc A. Levitt. A technique to reconstruct the anal sphincters following iatrogenic stretching related to a pull-through for Hirschsprung disease . Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020.
Functional Constipation
Wood, Richard J., Desale Yacob, and Marc A. Levitt. "Surgical options for the management of severe functional constipation in children ." Current opinion in pediatrics 28.3 (2016): 370-379.
Alejandra Vilanova Sanchez, Alessandra Gasior, Nicole Toocheck, Laura Weaver, Richard Wood, Carlos Reck, Andrea Wagner, Erin Hoover, Renae Gagnon, Jordon Jaggers, Tassiana Maloof, Onnalisa Nash, Charae Williams, Marc Levitt. Are Senna based laxatives safe when used as a long term treatment for constipation in children? J Pediatr Surg. 2018;53(4):722–727. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.01.002
Alessandra Gasior, Alejandra Vilanova Sanchez, Karen Diefenbach, Desalegn Yacob, Peter Lu, Karla Vaz, Carlo Dilorenzo, Marc Levitt, Richard Wood. Surgical Management of Functional Constipation: An intermediate report of a new approach using a laparoscopic sigmoid resection combined with Malone appendicostomy . Journal of pediatric surgery.
Incontinence/ Motility
Bischoff A, Levitt, MA, Bauer C, Jackson L, Holder M, Peña A. Treatment of Fecal Incontinence with a Comprehensive Bowel Management Program . J Pediatr Surg, 6:44, 1278-1284, 2009.
Rangel SJ, Lawal TA, Bischoff A, Chatoorgoon K, Louden E, Peña A, Levitt MA. The Appendix as a Conduit for Antegrade Continence Enemas in Patients with Anorectal Malformations: Lessons Learned from 163 Cases treated over 18 years . J Pediatr Surg, 46(6): 1236-42, Jun 2011.
Eradi B, Hamrick M, Bischoff A, Frischer JS, Helmrath M, Hall J, Pena A, Levitt MA. The Role of a Colon Resection in combination with a Malone Appendicostomy as part of a Bowel Management Program for the treatment of Fecal Incontinence . J of Pediatr Surg. 2013;48(11):2296–2300. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.03.058
Levitt MA, Pena A. Fecal incontinence and constipation. Ashcraft’s Textbook of Pediatric Surgery . Sixth Edition, Ch 36, pp 515-524.
Devin R. Halleran, Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Rebecca M. Rentea, Mana Vriesman, Tassiana Maloof, Peter Lu, Amanda Onwuka, Laura Weaver, Marc Levitt, Richard J. Wood. Malone appendicostomy, neoappendicostomy, or cecostomy for antegrade enema access as part of a bowel management program . Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
A structured bowel management program for patients with severe functional constipation . Carlos A. Reck, Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Alessandra C. Gasior, Alexander J.M. Dingemans, Victoria A. Lane, Robert Dyckes, Onnalisa Nash, Laura Weaver, Tassiana Maloof, Richard J. Wood, Sarah Zobell, Michael D. Rollins, and Marc A. Levitt. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 53(9):1737-1741.Devin R. Halleran, Victoria A. Lane, Karen L. Leonhart, Beth Fischer, Yuri Sebastiao, Deena J. Chisolm, Marc A. Levitt, Richard J. Wood, Peter C. Minneci, Katherine J. Deans. Development of a Patient Reported Experience and Outcomes Measure in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence . Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
Devin Halleran, Allejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Rebecca Rentea, Mana Vriesman, Tassiana Maloof, Peter Lu, Amanda Onwuka, Laura Weaver, Karla Vaz, Desale Yacob, Carlo Di Lorenzo, Marc Levitt, Richard Wood. A comparison of Malone appendicostomy and cecostomy for antegrade access as adjuncts to a bowel management program for patients with functional constipation or fecal incontinence . Journal of Pediatric Surgery 54 (2019)123-128.
Richard Wood, Devin Halleran, Hira Ahmad, Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Patrick Stallings, Nisha Ganesh, Alessandra Gasior, Marc Levitt. Assessing the benefits of reoperations in patients who suffer from fecal incontinence after repair of their anorectal malformations . Submitted to Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Richard Wood, Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Devin Halleran, Carlos Reck, Yuri Sebastiao, Hira Ahmad, Onnalisa Nash, Kristina Booth, Casey Trimble, Pooja Zahora, Cheryl Baxter, Sarah Driesbach, Andrea Wagner, Stacie Leeper, Alessandra Gasior, Marc Levitt. Long term impact of a bowel management program in treating fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations. Submitted to the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Devin R Halleran, Peter L Lu, Hira Ahmad, Michela M Paradiso, Haley Lehmkul, Allison Akers, Alexandra Hallagan, Neetu Bali, Karla Vaz, Desalegn Yacob, Carlo DiLorenzo, Marc A Levitt, Richard J Wood. Anal sphincter botulinum toxin injection in children with functional anorectal and colonic disorders: A large institutional study and review of the literature focusing on complications . Journal of Pediatric Surgery, published March 24, 2019.
Cloacal Malformations
Imperforate Anus and Cloacal MalformationsLevitt MA, Bischoff A, Peña A. Pitfalls and Challenges of Cloaca Repair; How to Reduce the Need for Reoperations . J Pediatr Surg, 46(6): 1250-1255, Jun 2011.
Levitt MA, Pena A. ,Imperforate Anus and Cloacal Malformations . Ashcraft’s Textbook of Pediatric Surgery. Sixth Edition, Ch.35 pp 492-514.
Alessandra Gasior, Carlos Reck, Victoria Lane, Richard Wood, Jeremy Patterson, Robert Strouse, Simon Lin, Jennifer Cooper, Gregory Bates, Marc Levitt. Transcending dimensions: a comparative analysis of cloaca imaging in advancing the surgeon’s understanding of complex anatomy . Journal of Digital Imaging. 2019;32(5):761–765. doi:10.1007/s10278-018-0139-y
Richard J.Wood, Carlos A. Reck-Burneo, Daniel Dajusta, Christina Ching, Rama Jayanthi, D. Gregory Bates, Molly E. Fuchs, Katherine McCracken, Geri Hewitt, Marc A. Levitt. Cloaca reconstruction: a new algorithm which considers the role of urethral length in determining surgical planning . Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Katherine McCracken, Devin R. Halleran, Richard J. Wood, Carlos A. Reck-Burneo, Marc A. Levitt, Geri Hewitt. Obstetrical outcomes in adult patients born with complex anorectal malformations and cloacal anomalies: a literature review . J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2019;32(1):7–14. doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2018.10.002
Shashwati Pradhan, Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Katherine A McCracken, Carlos A Reck, Devin R Halleran, Richard J Wood, Marc Levitt, Geri D Hewitt. The Mullerian Black Box: Predicting and defining Mullerian anatomy in patients with cloacal abnormalities and the need for longitudinal assessment . Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2018;53(11):2164–2169. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.05.009
Richard J. Wood, Carlos Albert Reck-Burneo, Marc A. Levitt. Cloacal Malformations: Technical aspects of the reconstruction and factors which predict surgical complexity . Frontiers in Pediatrics June 14, 2019.
Wood RJ, Carlos A. Reck-Burneo, Daniel Dajuista, Christina Ching, Rama Jayanthi, D. Gregory Bates, Molly E. Fuchs, Katherine McCracken, Geri Hewitt, Marc A. Levitt. Cloaca reconstruction: a new algorithm which considers the role of urethral length in determining surgical planning , Journal of Pediatric Surgery 53:90-95, 2018.
Carlos Reck, Victoria Lane, Gregory Bates, Mark Hogan, Ben Thompson, Alessandra Gasior, Laura Weaver, Alexander Dingemans, Tassiana Maloof, Erin Hoover, Renae Gagnon, Richard Wood, Marc Levitt. The use of rotational fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction in the diagnosis and surgical planning for complex cloacal malformations . Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2019;54(8):1590–1594. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.03.016
Devin R. Halleran, Benjamin Thompson, Molly Fuchs, Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Rebecca M. Rentea, Laura Weaver, Frehun Asele, Mikhail Gopienko, D. Gregory Bates, Kate McCracken, Geri Hewitt, Christina Ching, Daniel DaJusta, Marc A. Levitt, Richard J. Wood. Urethral length in female infants and its relevance in the repair of urogenital anomalies; urogenital sinus, and cloaca . Journal of Pediatric Surgery 54(2):303-306, February 2019.
Miscellaneous
A. Levitt, S.K. King b, A. Bischoff a, S. Alam d, G. Gonzalez c, A. Pena. The Gonzalez hernia revisited: Use of the ischiorectal fat pad to aid in the repair of rectovaginal and rectourethral fistulae . Journal of Pediatric Surgery 49 (2014) 1308–1310.
Poenaru D, Borgstein E, Numanoglu A, Azzie G. Caring for Children with Colorectal Disease in the Context of Limited Resources . Advances in Pediatric Colorectal Surgery, Levitt MA and Peña A. (eds) Semin Pediatr Surg, 19(2): 118-127, 2010.
Alejandra Vilanova-Sanchez, Devin R. Halleran, Alessandra C. Gasior, Carlos A. Reck, Meghan Fisher, Laura Weaver, Kaleigh Peters, Andrea Wagner, Kristina Booth, Onnalisa Nash, Stacie Leeper, Abbey Ballard, Stephanie Vyrostek, Marissa Condon, Ashley Bober, Laura Brubaker, Victoria A. Lane, Charae Keys, Karla Vaz, Christina Ching, Daniel Dajusta, Rama Jayanthi, Geri Hewitt, Kate McCracken, Julie Choueiki, David Martin, Molly Fuchs, Sarah Mayer Brown, Karen A. Diefenbach, Carlo DiLorenzo, Peter Lu, Jeffrey R. Leonard, Robert Dyckes, Dennis Minzler, Richard Wood, and Marc A. Levitt. A Descriptive Model for a Multidisciplinary Unit for Colorectal and Pelvic Malformations . Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2019 Mar:54(3):479-485.
Ron W. Reeder, Richard J. Wood, Jeffrey R. Avansino, Marc A. Levitt, Megan Durham, Jonathan Sutcliffe, Paola Midrio, Casey M. Calkins, Ivo de Blaauw, Belinda Hsi Dickie, Michael D. Rollins, for the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). The Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC): rationale, infrastructure and initial steps. Techniques in Coloproctology . 2018;22(5):395–399. doi:10.1007/s10151-018-1782-5
Vilanova-Sánchez A, Reck-Burneo CA, Wood R, Garcia-Maurino C., Gasior AC, Dyckes R, Weaver L, Minzler D, Diefenbach K, Rentea R, Fuchs M, Ching C., Dajusta D, Mccracken K, Hewitt G, Jayanthi R, Levitt MA. Impact on patient care of a multidisciplinary center specializing in colorectal and pelvic reconstruction . European Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Hira Ahmad, Devin Halleran, Andrew Nordin, P Jaggi, Brian Kenney, Laura Weaver, Julie Zipfel, Richard Wood, Marc Levitt. Decreasing surgical site infections in pediatric stoma closures . Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Published September 29, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.09.058
Ron W. Reeder, Richard J. Wood, Jeffrey R. Avansino, Marc A. Levitt, Megan Durham, Jonathan Sutcliffe, Paola Midrio, Casey M. Calkins, Ivo de Blaauw, Belinda Hsi Dickie, Michael D. Rollins, for the Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC). The Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC): rationale, infrastructure and initial steps. Techniques in Coloproctology . [In Press].
Devin R. Halleran, Alejandra Vilanova Sanchez, Rebecca M. Rentea, Laura Weaver, Carlos Reck, Marc Levitt, Richard J. Wood. Outcomes following Heineke-Mikulicz anoplasty (HMA) for postoperative anal strictures and congenital anal stenosis at the skin level . Journal of Pediatric Surgery
S.J. Staffa and D. Zurakowski, Statistical power and sample size calculations: A primer for pediatric surgeons , Journal of Pediatric Surgery
