Full Description
With this timely practical textbook encompassing the full range of clinical conditions within paediatric surgery, surgeons-in-training will be delighted to discover that the book offers them a concise outline of paediatric surgical practice, thus ensuring that they are wholly familiar with a wide range of clinical scenarios.
Key topics are included within sections on neonatal surgical conditions, surgical disorders of infancy, surgical conditions in childhood and adolescence, head and neck, hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders, preparation of the child for surgery, malignant disorders, urology, neurosurgery and trauma. Short chapters complemented by clinical photography, schematic figures and tables splendidly enable the reader to understand key concepts with confidence.
Author-experts throughout the world have generously contributed to this textbook, ensuring that the contents reflect 'real world' practice. A wide range of readers, notably surgeons-in-training, members of the paediatric surgery care team including nursing staff, postgraduates seeking core knowledge of paediatric surgery for board examinations, and surgeons planning to specialise in paediatric surgery, will benefit greatly from this practical guide.
Contents
Preface
Editor biography(s)
Contributing authorship(s)
I Want to be a Paediatric Surgeon
Neonatal Surgery
1) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia & Eventration Of The Diaphragm
2) Oesophageal Atresia and Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula & Congenital Oesophageal Disorders
3) Neonatal Mediastinal Mass Lesions
4) Neonatal Pulmonary Barotrauma - Surgical Aspects
5) Congenital Lung Malformations
6) Exomphalos And Gastroschisis
7) Intestinal Atresia: Duodenal-Jejunal-Ileal-Colonic Disorders
8) Malrotation And Heterotaxy Disorders
9) Hirschsprung Disease
10) Anorectal Malformations
11) Meconium Ileus
12) Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
13) Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC)
14) Intestinal Failure
15) Neonatal Abdominal Masses
16) Cardiac Surgery
17) Fetal Surgery
Surgical Disorders Of Infancy
18) Inguinal Hernia & Hydrocoele
19) Umbilical Hernia, Epigastric Hernia and Allied Conditions
20) Vitello-Intestinal Duct Disorders
21) Undescended Testes
22) Intussusception
23) Intestinal Foreign Bodies and Corrosive Oesophagitis
24) Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux
25) Necrotizing Pneumonia
Surgical Conditions In Childhood & Adolescence
26) Acute and Recurrent Abdominal Pain of Childhood
27) Disorders Of the Spleen
28) Inflammatory Bowel Disease
29) Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Polyps in Children
30) Constipation And Faecal Incontinence
31) Chest Wall deformities
32) Acute Disorders of the Ovary
33) Acute Scrotum
34) Disorders of the Breast
35) Ectopic Pregnancy
36) Sexually Transmitted Infection(s)
Head And Neck
37) Thyroid
38) Branchial Cleft, Branchial Fistula and Sternal Cleft Lesions
39) Lymphadenopathy
40) Airway Disorders & Subglottic Stenosis
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders
41) Biliary Atresia
42) Choledochal Malformation
43) Cholelithiasis
44) Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI)
Preparation of The Child for Surgery
45) Physiology - ABC - Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in Pediatric Surgical Patients
46) Nutritional Support
47) Special Anaesthetic Considerations for the Surgical Patient with Allied Medical Disorders
48) Consent
49) Patient Safety and WHO Surgery Check List(s)
50) Ethical Challenges of the Extremely Preterm Neonate
51) Ethics & Conjoined Twins
Malignant Disorders
52) Abdominal Solid Tumours
53) Neoplasms Of the Ovary and Testes
54) Head And Neck Malignancy
55) Chest And Mediastinal Tumours
56) Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
57) Lymphoma(s)
58) Skin And Naevi
59) Vascular And Lymphatic Disorders
60) Endocrine Tumours
61) Vascular Access
62) Infections And the Paediatric Cancer Patient
Urology
63) Antenatal Hydroureteronephrosis : Posterior Urethral Valves And Prenatal Urinary Tract Dilatation
64) Pelvi-Ureteric Junction Obstruction
65) Enuresis
66) Neuropathic Bladder
67) Hypospadias
68) Bladder Extrophy And Variants
69) Preputial Disorders - Phimosis, BXO and Circumcision
70) Vesico-Ureteric Reflux
71) Abnormalities Of The Vagina In Childhood
72) Disorders Of Sexual Development
Neurosurgery
73) Spina Bifida And Neural Tube Defects
74) Hydrocephalus And Raised Intracranial Pressure
75) Central Nervous System - Miscellaneous Lesions
Trauma
76) APLS and ATLS - Essential Principles Of Care
77) Foreign Body Aspiration
78) Chest Trauma
79) Abdomen And Pelvic Trauma
80) Pediatric Extremity Injury
81) Munchausen By Proxy, Non-Accidental Injury And Child Abuse
82) Burns & Bites
Index
