Full Description
An authoritative encyclopaedic two-volume textbook covering the entire scope, breadth and field of paediatric surgery and all related sub-disciplines. A major reference work for all those seeking a definitive state-of-the-art 'go to' bible textbook for in depth unparalleled knowledge in the field.
There is a vital need for a modern new authoritative textbook that embraces 21st century paediatric surgery covering the entire scope and breadth of clinical practice with emphasis on all the latest advances and innovations in the field including special textbook sections devoted to research, evidence-based surgery and all traditional systems based disorders (ie. fetus - adolescent , transitional care to adulthood) and acquired diseases / trauma / organ transplantation - pertinent to the paediatric surgeon / allied health care specialists.
Key features : ( I ) encylopaedic textbook reference source ; ( II ) ' best of the best ' information textbook inthe field ; ( III ) a living textbook that embraces 21st century practice
Target Audience - Surgical residents in training, consultant surgeons, allied health care professionals working in paediatric practice, nursing and critical care staff.
Contents
General.- 1. Paediatric Surgery - History, Developments and 21st Century Practice.- 2. Research.- How to do it and why? - Practical guidance for the paediatric surgeon.- 3. Ethics & Law.- 4. Evidence based surgery.- 5. Embryology for surgeons.- 6. Imaging.- 7. Pathology for surgeons.- 8. Physiology.- Newborn, Infant, Child and Adolescent.- 9. Infection and Sepsis Disorders.- 10. Pharmacotherapy and precision medicine.- 11. Genetics.- 12. Fluids Electrolytes and Nutrition.- 13. Anaesthesia.- 14. Critical care.- 15. Vascular Access.- 16. ECMO.- Fetus.- 1. Unborn patient.- antenatal diagnosis and prenatal counselling.- 2. Fetal intervention(s) and surgery.- Trauma.- Epidemiology and trauma prevention.- Fetal and birth trauma.- ABC trauma care.- Head and neck trauma.- Thoracic trauma.- Abdominal and pelvic injury.- Injury to the genitourinary tract.- Musculoskeletal and extremity trauma.- Vascular injury.- Soft tissue trauma.- Burns, bites and venoms.- Warfare, major disasters & mass casualties.- Non accidental injury and child abuse.- Economic burden and societal financial costs of trauma.- Oncology.- 1. Epidemiology of cancer.- 2. Genetics, molecular biology and cancer.- 3. Principles of chemotherapy for surgeons.- 4. Radiation therapy.- 5. Gene therapy, stem cell and bone marrow transplantation.- 6. Immunotherapy.- 7. Biopsy techniques for surgeons.- 8. Guidelines, rules and practice of oncology surgery.- 9. Palliative care - medical considerations.- 10. Palliative care and surgery.- 11. Head and neck tumours.- 12. Chest wall and thoracic tumours.- 13. Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.- 14. Liver Tumours.- 15. Renal tumours.- 16. Adrenal tumours and neuroblastoma.- 17. Rhabdomyosarcoma.- 18. Non Rhabdoid tumours.- 19. Gastrointestinal tumours.- 20. Teratomas and other germ cell neoplasms.- 21. Testicular tumours.- 22. Ovary, vaginal and gynaecological tract tumours.- 23. Bone tumours.- 24. CNS tumours.- 25. Rare tumours.- 26. Vascular anomalies and lymphangioma disorders.- 27. Naevi and Skin.- Head and Neck.- 1. Cleft lip and palate.- 2. Pierre Robin sequence.- 3. Airway disorders and tracheostomy.- 4. Macroglossia.- 5. Head and neck cysts, sinus disorders.- 6. Thyroid and parathyroid glands.- 7. Salivary glands.- 8. Lymph node disorders and pathology.- 9. Torticollis.- 10. Craniofacial disorders.- Twins.- Conjoined twins.- Thorax.- Larynx, trachea and bronchial airway disorders.- Chest wall deformities.- Breast.- Congenital lung malformations.- Chylothorax, pleural effusions & infections and other acquired disorders.- Mediastinum.- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia and eventration.- Esophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula.- Functional disorders and congenital oesophageal pathology .- Esophageal injury and strictures.- Esophageal Replacement.- Gastroesophageal reflux.- Abdomen.- 1. Umbilical disorders.- 2. Inguinal, epigastric, femoral hernia and hydrocoeles.- 3. Gastroschisis and exomphalos.- 4. Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.- 5. Pyloric atresia, webs and associated pathology.- 6. Peptic ulcer disease and miscellaneous stomach disorders.- 7. Gastrointestinal haemorrhage.- 8. Congenital duodenal obstruction.- 9. Jejunoileal atresia.- 10. Meckels diverticulum.- 11. Intestinal rotation disorders.- 12. Short Bowel Syndrome.- 13. Meconium ileus.- 14. Duplications of the alimentary tract.- 15. Intestinal polyps - congenital and acquired diseases.- 16. Appendicitis.- 17. Necrotizing enterocolitis.- 18. Intussusception.- 19. Mesenteric, omental cysts and ascites.- 20. Peritoneum disorders.- 21. Inflammatory bowel disease.- 22. Anorectal malformations.- 23. Hirschsprung disease.- 24. Colonic atresia, stenosis and miscellaneous disorders.- 25. Constipation, faecal incontinence and allied functional bowel disorders.- 26. Anus and rectum including basic physiology.- Liver, Biliary Tract, Spleen and Pancreas.- 1. Biliary Atresia.- 2. Spontaneous biliary perforation, liver cysts and abscesses.- 3. Choledochal cyst.- 4. Gall bladder, stone(s) and biliary tract disease.- 5. Portal hypertension.- 6. Spleen.- 7. Pancreas.- Genitourinary Tract.- 1. Undescended testes and hydrocoele.- 2. Testicular torsion.- 3. Penis, foreskin and circumcision.- 4. Urinary tract infection.- 5. Physiology and renal failure.- 6. Dialyses.- 7. Investigating the urinary tract.- 8. Urodynamics.- 9. Stone Disease.- 10. Upper urinary tract disorders.- 11. Vesicoureteric reflux and megaureter.- 12. Bladder outlet and disorders of the urethra.- 13. Bladder exstrophy and cloacal exstrophy complex.- 14. Prune belly syndrome.- 15. Continence and Wetting.- 16. Urinary diversion and reconstruction.- 17. Hypospadias.- 18. Disorders of sexual development.- 19. Gynaecology.- 20. Miscellaneous disorders.- Organ Transplantation.- 1. History and developments in organ transplantation.- 2. Liver transplantation.- 3. Heart and lung transplantation.- 4. Intestinal transplantation.- 5. Renal transplantation.- 6. Islet cell and pancreas transplantation.- 7. Diseases and acquired disorders linked with organ transplantation.- Cardiac Surgery.- 1. History and developments in cardiac surgery.- 2. Cyanotic congenital heart disease.- 3. Acyanotic congenital heart disease.- 4. Vascular rings, disorders of great vessels and allied malformations.- Nervous System.- 1. Hydrocephalus.- 2. Neural tube defects.- Bariatric Surgery.- Surgery for feeding disorders and morbid obesity.- Robotic Surgery and Navigational Technologies.- Robotic Surgery.- Navigational Surgery.
