Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery : Second Edition

Peter Mattei

ISBN 10: 3319801414 / ISBN 13: 9783319801414

Published by Springer International Publishing, 2018

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The previous edition of this book was based on a simple but essential philosophy: provide a practical and up-to-date resource for the practicing surgeon detailing the specific needs and special considerations surrounding the surgical care of children. The second edition ofFundamentals of Pediatric Surgery stays true to the philosophy of the original with several significant enhancements. As well as encompassing the most up-to-date and practical clinical information for the experienced surgeon written in a straightforward narrative style, each chapter provides a rationale for the proposed approach based on the scientific evidence available in the literature and the author's personal clinical experience, supplies a detailed algorithm or clinical protocol in a graphic format, initiates a discussion regarding unanswered questions and proposals for future studies, and includes a list of suggested readings. Chapters cover in great detail a broad range of pediatric general surgery topics, including disorders of all major organ systems of the abdomen and thorax, congenital anomalies presenting in the newborn period, and a variety of maladies germane to the growing field of fetal surgery. The authors also provide authoritative discussions of therapeutic methods and surgical techniques that range from the traditional to the modern, including time-honored open operations, contemporary minimally invasive interventions, and emerging technologies such as single-site and robotic surgery.Written by experts in the field, Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery, Second Edition is a definitive source of readily available clinical information that residents, fellows or attending surgeons can use to take care of actual patients in real time.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery : Second Edition
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319801414
• ISBN 13: 9783319801414
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

The previous edition of this book was based on a simple but essential philosophy: provide a practical and up-to-date resource for the practicing surgeon detailing the specific needs and special considerations surrounding the surgical care of children. The second edition of Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery stays true to the philosophy of the original with several significant enhancements.  As well as encompassing the most up-to-date and practical clinical information for the experienced surgeon written in a straightforward narrative style, each chapter provides a rationale for the proposed approach based on the scientific evidence available in the literature and the author’s personal clinical experience, supplies a detailed algorithm or clinical protocol in a graphic format, initiates a discussion regarding unanswered questions and proposals for future studies, and includes a list of suggested readings. Chapters cover in great detail a broad range of pediatric general surgery topics, including disorders of all major organ systems of the abdomen and thorax, congenital anomalies presenting in the newborn period, and a variety of maladies germane to the growing field of fetal surgery.  The authors also provide authoritative discussions of therapeutic methods and surgical techniques that range from the traditional to the modern, including time-honored open operations, contemporary minimally invasive interventions, and emerging technologies such as single-site and robotic surgery.

  

Written by experts in the field, Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery, Second Edition is a definitive source of readily available clinical information that residents, fellows or attending surgeons can use to take care of actual patients in real time. 

 

About the Author

Editor

Peter Mattei, MD, FACS, FAAP  

Associate Professor of Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of General Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Associate Editors

Peter F. Nichol, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Madison, WI, USA

Michael D. Rollins, II, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 

Christopher S. Muratore, MD, FACS                                              

Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Departmentsof Surgery and Pediatrics, Hasbro Children's and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA