Handbook of Pediatric Surgery [electronic resource] / edited by Chandrasen K. Sinha, Mark Davenport.

Milestones in Pediatric Surgery -- Milestones in Pediatric Surgery -- Principles of Surgical Science -- Fluids, Electrolytes, and Dehydration -- Metabolic Response to Injury and Sepsis -- Shock -- Parenteral Nutrition -- Hematology for Surgeons -- Postoperative Problems -- Neonatal Physiology and Care -- Fetal and Neonatal Surgery -- Fetal Surgery: General Principles -- Diaphragmatic Hernia -- Esophageal Atresia -- Pyloric Stenosis -- Malrotation -- Intestinal Atresia -- Necrotizing Entercolitis -- Meconium Ileus -- Hirschsprungs Disease -- Anorectal Malformations -- Abdominal Wall Defects -- Childrens Surgery -- Surgical Neck Pathology -- Developmental Lung Anomalies -- Gastro-Esophageal Reflux -- Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Acute Abdomen -- Intussusception -- Appendicitis -- Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain -- Crohns Disease -- Ulcerative Colitis -- Short Bowel Syndrome -- Intestinal Transplantation -- Vascular Malformations -- Inguinal Hernias and Hydroceles -- The Acute Scrotum -- The Undescended Testes -- Miscellaneous Problems of the Male Genitalia -- Miscellaneous Surgical Issues -- Basic Pediatric Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy -- Principles of Pediatric Urology -- Urinary Tract Infection -- The Ureter -- Vesico-Ureteric Reflux -- Neurogenic Bladder -- Posterior Urethral Valves -- Hypospadias -- Bladder Exstrophy, Epispadias, and Cloacal Exstrophy -- Disorders of Sex Development -- Surgery of the Liver, Pancreas and Bile Ducts -- Investigation of Jaundice -- Biliary Atresia -- Choledochal Malformations -- Gallbladder Disease -- Portal Hypertension -- Pancreatic Disease -- Liver Transplantation -- Principles of Surgical Oncology -- Wilms Tumor -- Liver Tumors -- Neuroblastoma -- Teratomas -- Miscellaneous Tumors -- Principles of Trauma -- General Principles -- Abdominal Trauma -- Thoracic Trauma -- Basic Brain Injury -- Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus -- Spina Bifida -- Hydrocephalus -- Appendices -- Reference Weights and Heights -- Anatomical Reference -- Human Developmental Milestones.

Handbook of Pediatric Surgery is an extensive yet concise distillation of the knowledge in its field, making for an ideal day-to-day reference guidebook. The sections include: Principles of Surgical Science; Fetal and Neonatal Surgery; General Childrens Surgery; Principles of Pediatric Urology; Surgery of the Liver, Pancreas and Bile Ducts; Principles of Surgical Oncology; Pediatric Surgery in Clinical Practice; and Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus. Written by distinguished authors from across the world, this book presents an international coalescence of perspectives that the reader will find truly enriching and instructive. Chandrasen K. Sinha is a Specialist Registrar in Pediatric Surgery at Kings College Hospital in London, UK. Mark Davenport is a Consultant Pediatric Surgeon at Kings College Hospital in London, UK.

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