Named after Leonty Petrovich Alexandrov. Twelve steps into the future of the Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology-Andrology at Sechenov University

The article presents the main areas of activity the Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology-Andrology named after L.P. Alexandrov at Sechenov University has been involved in from 2013 to 2025 (Head of the Department is Dr. Sci. (Med.), Prof. D.A. Morozov). It provides a detailed account of the staffing policy, educational process, material and technical resources of the department, as well as scientific research and organizational work, including dissertations, publications, presentations, and the organization of scientific events (congresses, conferences, forums), professional consensus, and legislative initiatives. Special attention is given to the description of the student scientific movement, including the student scientific club and the school of excellence. The article also addresses aspects of the department’s clinical work and the main directions of practical activities.

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9. Raigorodskaya N.Yu., Bolotova N.V., Morozov D.A., Pimenova E.S., Maslyakova G.N., Tsmokalyuk E.N. Impaired gonadal differentiation: dysgenesis and ovotesticular disorder of sex development. Problems of Endocrinology. 2015;1:31–35. (In Russ.). doi: 10.14341/probl201561131-35.

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14. Morozov D., Morozova O., Pervouchine D., Severgina L., Tsyplakov A., Zakharova N., Sushentsev N., Maltseva L. and Budnik I. Hypoxic renal injury in newborns with abdominal compartment syndrome (clinical and experimental study). Pediatric Research. 2018;2:520– 526. doi: 10.1038/pr.2017.263.

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17. Morozov D., Pimenova E., Okulov E., Gusev A., Utkina K. Preliminary analysis of the surgical treatment of anorectal malformations in Russia. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2015;25:537–540. doi:10.1055/s-0034-1387948.

18. Morozov D.A., Pimenova E.S. Diagnosis and treatment of Hirschsprung’s disease in children in the Russian Federation (preparation of the draft Federal Clinical Guidelines). Russian Bulletin of Pediatric Surgery, Anesthesiology and Resuscitation. 2018;1:6–12. (In Russ.). doi: 10.17816/psaic393.

19. Morozov D., Morozova O., Budnik I., Pervouchine D., Pimenova E., Zacharova N. Urinary cytokines as markers of latent inflammation in children with chronic pyelonephritis and anorectal malformations. Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2016;3:153–156. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2016.01.013.

20. Shavrov A., Kharitonova A.Y., Shavrov A.A., Davis E.M., Brown D.K., Liu J.J., Clagget B., Morozov D.A. A pilot study of confocal laser endomicriscopy to predict barrier dysfunction and relapse in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2016;6:873–878. doi: 10.1097/MPG.00000000000001022.

21. Morozov D.A., Pimenova E.S., Filippov Yu.V., Gonchar V.F., Airapetyan M.I., Arshinova M.A., Chudinov D.S. O. Swenson operation — a basic technology for surgical treatment of Hirschsprung’s disease. Pediatric surgery. 2016;4:203–210. (In Russ.). doi: 10.18821/1560-9510-2016-20-4-203-210.

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23. Morozov D.A., Pimenova E.S., Popova M.V., Okulov E.A., Ryzhov E.A., Rossaus P.A., Morozova O.L., Samodelkin F.Yu. Postnecrotic subtotal stenosis of the colon. Russian Bulletin of Pediatric Surgery, Anesthesiology and Resuscitation. 2013;2:25–30. (In Russ.).

24. Morozov D.A., Haspekov D.V., Topilin O.G., Pimenova E.S., Prudnikova T.A., Dyakonova E.Yu., Okulov E.A., Turov F.O., Gorodkov S.Yu., Antonov M.A. Th oracoscopically assisted surgeries after extrathoracic elongation of the esophagus according to K. Kimura. Pediatric surgery. 2015;3:19–23. (In Russ.).

25. Patent No. 2638622 C1 Russian Federation, IPC A61B 17/42. Method for feminizing plastic surgery of the external genitalia: No. 2016143804: filed 09.11.2016: published 14.12.2017 / D.A. Morozov, E.K. Ayryan: applicant I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University). (In Russ.).

26. Sokolov Yu.Yu., Topilin O.G., Ayrapetyan M.I., Sukhodolskaya O.V., Vydysh S.V. Applications of 3D Modeling in Pediatric Surgery. Archives of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery. 2023;1(2):24–30. (In Russ.). doi: 10.31146/2949-4664-apps-2-2-24-30

27. Primary Intestinal Anastomosis for Peritonitis in a Child with Meckel’s Gangrenous-Perforative Diverticulitis / K.D. Morozov, S.M. Sharkov, M.Yu. Kozlov [et al.]. Russian Bulletin of Pediatric Surgery, Anesthesiology and Resuscitation. 2023;13(1):105–112. (In Russ.). doi: 10.17816/psaic1498.