Principles and practice of pediatric surgery / editors Keith T. Oldham ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oldham, Keith T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Surgery.

Children.

Surgical Procedures, Operative.

Child.

Surgical Procedures, Operative--methods.

Infant.

Medical Subjects:

Surgical Procedures, Operative.

Child.

Surgical Procedures, Operative--methods.

Infant.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xxvi, 1804, 39 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Pediatric surgery

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]

Summary:

This two-volume work is the most comprehensive, current, and authoritative reference on pediatric surgery. More than 150 recognized experts provide complete information on the diagnosis and treatment of all surgical diseases and injuries in infants and children. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Surgery provides clinically focused coverage of each organ system, including extensive sections on surgical oncology, the thorax, the abdomen, and trauma and state-of-the-art chapters on endocrine surgery, the breast, injury prevention, cell transplantation, and short bowel syndrome. More than 1,300 illustrations demonstrate surgical procedures step by step.

Contents:

Sect I. Basic considerations

Part A. Scientific principles

Part B. Trauma

Part C. Oncology

Part D. Transplantation - Sect. II. Surgical practice - Part A. Head and neck

Part B. Thorax

Part C. Abdomen and abdominal wall defects

Part D. Intestine

Part E. Colon

Part F. Liver, biliary Tract, and pancreas

Part G. Spleen

Part I. Vascular system

Part K. Skin and soft tissue

Part L. Central nervous system

Part M. Conjoined Twins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781742900

OCLC:

56672118