Full Description
This book identifies the 50 key scientific articles in the field of pediatric surgery. It provides a commentary to each carefully selected paper and explains why these papers are so important, thus providing every surgeon with the foundation stones of knowledge in this fast-moving area.
The key advances in neonatal, pediatric, and fetal surgery - game-changers if you will - that have led to the significant improvements in clinical outcome and results are all included. The choice of papers provides an insight into the development of pediatric surgery and offers an important aid to understanding the subject for practicing pediatric surgeons and residents.
Contents
Zur Operation der angeborenen Pylorusstenose.
Congenital atresia of the esophagus with tracheoesophageal fistula: extrapleural ligation of fistula and end-to-end anastomosis of esophageal segments.
Resection of rectum and rectosigmoid with preservation of the sphincter for benign spastic lesions producing megacolon. An experimental study
Sonographic predictors of survival in fetal diaphragmatic hernia.
A Randomized Trial of Prenatal versus Postnatal Repair of Myelomeningocele
Randomized Trial of Fetal Surgery for Severe Left Diaphragmatic Hernia
Percutaneous vesicoamniotic shunting versus conservative management for fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (PLUTO): a randomised trial
Thoracoscopic Repair of Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Multi-Institutional Analysis.
Experience with 220 Consecutive Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplications in Infants and Children.
Open versus laparoscopic pyloromyotomy for pyloric stenosis: a prospective, randomized trial.
Congenital intestinal atresia; observations on its origin.
Oesophageal atresia: at-risk groups for the 1990s
Gastrostomy without laparotomy: A percutaneous endoscopic technique
Diamond-shaped anastomosis for congenital duodenal obstruction.
Intestinal loop lengthening - a technique for increasing small intestinal length
Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP): A Novel Bowel Lengthening Procedure
Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis. Therapeutic decisions based upon clinical staging
Laparotomy versus Peritoneal Drainage for Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Perforation
Pediatric Appendicitis Score
A rectal suction biopsy tube for use in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease
Experience with rectal suction biopsy in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease
Point mutations affecting the tyrosine kinase domain of the RET proto-oncogene in Hirschsprung's disease
Mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in Hirschsprung's disease.
Endorectal "pull-through" without preliminary colostomy in neonates with Hirschsprung's disease.
Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty
Preliminary report on the International Conference for the Development of Standards for the Treatment of Anorectal Malformations
A new operation for non-correctable biliary atresia: hepatic portoenterostomy. (In Japanese)
Congenital bile duct cysts classification, operative procedures, and review of thirty-seven cases including cancer arising from choledochal cyst
Seamless management of biliary atresia in England and Wales (1999-2002)
Gastroschisis: A Simple Technique for Staged Silo Closure
Gastroschisis: a national cohort study to describe contemporary surgical strategies and outcomes
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in 120 Infants Treated Consecutively With Permissive Hypercapnea/Spontaneous Respiration/Elective Repair
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for newborn respiratory failure: 45 cases
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung. Classification and morphologic spectrum
Current outcome of antenatally diagnosed cystic lung disease
A 10-Year Review of a Minimally Invasive Technique for the Correction of Pectus Excavatum
Vincristine sulfate and cyclophosphamide for children with metastatic neuroblastoma
The Treatment Of Wilms' Tumor: Results of the National Wilms' Tumor Study
Effectiveness and Toxicity of Cisplatin and Doxorubicin (PLADO) in Childhood Hepatoblastoma and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A SlOP Pilot Study
Correction of experimentally produced vesicoureteric reflux in the piglet by intravesical injection of Teflon
Treatment of vesicoureteric reflux by endoscopic injection of Teflon
Preliminary report: the antegrade continence enema
Cystostomie continente trans-appendiculaire dans le traitement des vessies neurologiques
The Role of Testicular Vascular Anatomy in the salvage of High Undescended Testis
Metronidazole in prevention and treatment of bacteroides infections after appendicectomy
Nonoperative treatment with antibiotics versus surgery for acute nonperforated appendicitis in children: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Long-term total parenteral nutrition with growth, development, and positive nitrogen balance.
Splenic studies. I. Susceptibility to infection after splenectomy performed in infancy
Sacrococcygeal teratoma: American Academy of Pediatrics Surgical Section Survey-1973.
Mortality from gastrointestinal congenital anomalies at 264 hospitals in 74 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study
Tumor angiogenesis: therapeutic implications
Prolonged duration of response to infliximab in early but not late pediatric Crohn's disease
Bowel function and gastrointestinal quality of life among adults operated for Hirschsprung disease during childhood: a population-based study
