Dr. Joie Sheen A. Bastian

27/05/2026

Sepanx mode because the pedia MIS course in VNCH is over, but I'm back to the clinics here in Davao City 🇵🇭😁

27/05/2026

Learn more about the long-term follow up for EA/TEF with this visual abstract.

22/05/2026

Completed the Pedia MIS training at VNCH and ready to go home 😁

New learnings for this week:
✅️ Thoracoscopic lobectomy for pulmonary sequestration and another for CCAM
✅️ Thoracoscopic Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum
✅️ Lap repair of Morgagni hernia
✅️ Lap hepatectomy for FNH

Routine procedures (as usual 😅):
✅️ Lap assisted pullthrough for HD
✅️ Lap anorectoplasty for ARM
✅️ Lap inguinal hernia repair
✅️ Lap excision of choledochal cyst + Hepatico-J

✨️BONUS✨️
✅️ Laparoscopic techniques for pediatric GI surgery by Dr. Quynh
✅️ Thoracoscopic/Endoscopic surgery techniques for EA-TEF and CDH by Dr. Linh

Beyond grateful to our Vietnamese colleagues for their time and effort in sharing their expertise in pediatric minimally invasive surgery (thoracic, digestive, and HPB). We are looking forward to bring the knowledge and skills back to the Philippines. 🇵🇭 Xin cảm ơn!! 🇻🇳

15/05/2026

VNCH Pedia MIS series:
✅️ Lap orchidopexy
✅️ Thoracoscopic excision of mediastinal tumor
✅️ Lap RA of intestinal duplication
✅️ Lap Ladd's procedure
✅️ Lap repair of hiatal hernia + Dor fundoplication
✅️ Lap oophorocystectomy
✅️ Lap roux-en-y duodenojejunostomy for SMA syndrome
✅️ Lap RA for lymphangioma (small bowel)

Of course, never ending...
✅️ Lap repair of inguinal hernia
✅️ Lap assisted pullthrough for Hirschsprung disease
✅️ Lap anorectoplasty for anorectal malformation
✅️ Lap excision of choledochal cyst + roux-en-y hepatico-J

✨️BONUS✨️
✅️ Lecture on choledochal cyst + Vietnamese experience by Dr. Hien
✅️ Sphincter-sparing PSARP
✅️ Esophageal replacement for caustic ingestion (colonic interposition)
✅️ Learned about the quadratus lumborum block from the anesthesia friends 😂 (joiners lang)

11/05/2026

09/05/2026

VNCH Pedia MIS series:
✅️ Lap excision of choledochal cyst + roux-en-y hepatico-J
✅️ Thoracoscopic repair of CDH
✅️ Lap assisted pullthrough
✅️ Lap anorectoplasty
✅️ Lap inguinal hernia repair
✅️ Lap duodenoduodenostomy
✅️ Lap pyloromyotomy
✅️ Lap oophorocystectomy

26/04/2026

At GICS VI 2026 🇨🇴, Representing 🇵🇭✨️

23/04/2026

Finally made it after a long-haul journey from Davao City to Bogotá. Looking forward to be a part of GICS VI ✨️🇨🇴

22/04/2026

Usefulness of contrast e***a prior to stoma reversal 😄

Learn more about the diagnostic accuracy of the contrast e***a with this visual abstract.

20/04/2026

No clinics starting today. I will be attending the GICS VI in Bogotá, Colombia 🇨🇴 to present our paper on a technique to stabilize high risk newborn babies with esophageal atresia + distal tracheoesophageal fistula in LMIC setting. 📝

Great week ahead for advancements in pediatric surgical care 💖