Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
1. Cell Structure and Function
2. Genetics - Ada Hamosh
3. The Fetus as Patient - Craig Albanese
4. Common Problems and Complications of Premature and Full-Term Infants - F. Sessions Cole
5. Outcomes Studies - Lawrence R. Moss
6. Fluid and Electrolyte Management - Edward M. Barksdale, Jr
7. Nutrition - Daniel H. Teitelbaum
Metabolism - Thomas Jaksic
8. Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology - John Foreman
9. Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Shock - Ronald B. Hirschl
10. Repiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology - Robert E. Cilley
11. Wound Healing - Tim Crumbleholm
12. Infection - Walter Pegoli, Jr
13. Inflammation - Henri R. Ford
14. Immunology and Immunodeficiencies - Rebecca H. Buckley
15. Blood - Lori Luchtman-Jones
16. Pediatric Anesthesia and Pain Management - Gary Hirshberg
17. Surgical Management of Children with Physical Disabilities - Gordon Worley
18. Medical Ethics and Pediatric Surgery - Donna Anne Caniano
19. Approach to the Pediatric Trauma Patient - David P. Mooney
20. Injury Prevention - Karen H. Frush
21. Head Injury and Intracranial Pressure - Bruce A. Kaufman
22. Facial Trauma - Paul N. Manson
23. Neck Trauma - Henry E. Rice
24. Thoracic Trauma - David Tuggle
25. Abdominal Trauma - Steven Stylianos
26. Orthopedic Priniciples for Trauma - Paul D. Sponseller
27. Vascular Trauma - Art Cooper
28. Drowning and Hypothermia - Madelyn Kahana
29. Stings, Bites, and Poisonings - Brian Weidner
30. Burns - Ronald G. Tompkins
31. Principles of Oncology - Cindy Schwartz
32. Oncogenesis - Joel Shilyansky
33. Angiogenesis and Hemangiomas - Steven J. Fishman
34. Renal Tumors - Robert C. Shamberger
35. Neuroblastoma - Andrew M. Davidoff
36. Rhabdomyosarcomas and Nonrhabdomyomatous Sarcomas - Michael P. LaQuaglia
37. Hepatoblastoma and Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Tony Sandler
38. Leukemias and Lymphomas - Robert Arceci
39. Germ Cell and Gonadal Tumors - Michael A. Skinner
40. Breast - Jeff Hoehner
41. Adrenal Gland - Holly Williams
42. Thyroid and Parathyroid - Michael A. Skinner
43. Pancreas - George K. Gitts
44. Transplant Immunology and Clinical Immunosuppression - Anne Fisher
45. Organ Donation, Procurement, and Preservation - Rebecca Meyers
46. Kidney Transplant - Karen Kling
47. Liver, Intestine, Multi-Visceral - Jorge Reyes
48. Heart and Lung - Thomas L. Spray
49. Bone Marrow - Allen Chen
50. Cell/Gene Transplant - Alan Flake
51. Opthalmology - Michael Repka
52. Craniofacial Anomalies - Jeffrey L. Marsh
53. Cleft Lip and Cleft Plate - Alex Kane
54. Otolaryngologlic Disorders - David E. Tunkel
55. Neck - Mary E. Fallat
56. Chest Wall Anomalies - Charles Paidas
57. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia - Kevin P. Lally
58. Subglottic Airway - Richard G. Azizkhan
59. Mediastinum and Pleura - Bradley M. Rodgers
60. Lung - Keith T. Oldham
61. Congenital Heart Disease - Stuart Berger
62. Pericardum and Great Vessel - Walter Pegoli, Jr