Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tgh-2021-01). The series “Current Topics in Pediatric General Surgery” was commissioned by the editorial office without any funding or sponsorship. Dr. Eduardo A. Perez served as the unpaid Guest Editor of the series and serves as an unpaid editorial board member of Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Jan 2019 to Dec 2020. Dr. Samir Pandya served as the unpaid Guest Editor of the series. Dr. Matthew S. Clifton served as the unpaid Guest Editor of the series. Dr. Pandya is a consultant for robotic surgery company named Transenterix from April 2019 to April 2020. Dr. Clifton reports other from Bolder Surgical, LLC, outside the submitted work. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare.