Operative Pediatric Surgery, L. Spitz and A. G. Coran (eds)

Excerpt

In this updated edition the editors compiled a collection of chapters covering contemporary practical knowledge and operative techniques for the benefit of pediatric surgical trainees and established pediatric surgeons. The contents of previous editions were supplemented to include more recently developed procedures, particularly those using a minimally invasive approach, interventional radiology, and bariatric surgery. New chapters replaced sections on cleft lip, protruding ears, and hand deformities which no longer fall under the spectrum of “pediatric surgery.” More than 100 contributors had been recruited for this effort, resulting in this heavy and large single volume comprising 101 chapters. This is supplemented with reader-friendly illustrations, radiologic images, endoscopic and intraoperative images, and decision-making diagrams. …