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Holcomb and Ashcraft's Pediatric Surgery by George W. Holcomb, III (Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Surgery, Senior Vice-President, The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA)

Known for its readability, portability, and global perspectives, Holcomb and Ashcraft's Pediatric Surgery remains the most comprehensive, up-to-date, single-volume text in its field. As technology and techniques continue to evolve, the 7th Edition provides state-of-the-art coverage-both in print and on video-of the full range of general surgical and urological problems in infants, children, and adolescents, equipping you to achieve optimal outcomes for every patient. Provides authoritative, practical coverage to help you implement today's best evidence-based open and minimally invasive techniques, with guidance from internationally recognized experts in the field. Features more than 1,000 high-quality images depicting the visual nuances of surgery for the full range of pediatric and urologic conditions you're likely to see. Delivers comprehensive updates throughout including the latest advances in managing Inguinal Hernias and Hydroceles; Imperforate Anus and Cloacal Malformations; Hirschsprung Disease; Duodenal and Intestinal Atresia and Stenosis; Esophageal Atresia; and more. Offers access to more than 50 videos that help you improve and refine your surgical skills. New videos cover Fetal Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion (FETO); Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair; Robotic Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation; Laparoscopic Management of Ovarian Torsion; and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

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About George W. Holcomb, III (Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Surgery, Senior Vice-President, The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA)

Shawn D. St Peter, M.D., is currently Senior Vice President, Surgeon-in-Chief, and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Children's Mercy Kansas City. He is also the Director of the Center for Prospective Trials. He holds the Thomas Holder and Keith Ashcraft Endowed Chair of Surgical Research. Dr. St. Peter completed surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale with a year of research at Oxford University in Oxford, England. He finished his training with a fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at Children's Mercy Kansas City. Dr. St. Peter currently serves on committees for APSA, IPEG, AAP and ACS. He is president elect for IPEG. He is the recipient of several honors and awards, including the Golden Apple Mercy Mentor Award, which he has been awarded 6 times. Dr. St. Peter has coauthored over 450 original publications, in addition to the extensive publication of reviews, chapters, abstracts, posters, and the national and international contribution of lectures and presentations.

Table of Contents

Section I : GENERAL 1 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NEWBORN 2 NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT 3 ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR PEDIATRIC SURGICAL CONDITIONS 4 RENAL IMPAIRMENT AND RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION 5 COAGULOPATHIES AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE 6 EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION 7 MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN PEDIATRIC SURGICAL DISEASE 8 VASCULAR ACCESS 9 SURGICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE 10 FETAL THERAPY Section II: TRAUMA 11 INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODIES 12 BITES 13 BURNS 14 EARLY ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMA 15 THORACIC TRAUMA 16 ABDOMINAL AND RENAL TRAUMA 17 Head Injury and Facial Trauma 18 PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA 19 Neurosurgical Conditions Section III: THORACIC 20 CHEST WALL DEFORMITIES 21 MANAGEMENT OF LARYNGOTRACHEAL OBSTRUCTION IN CHILDREN 22 CONGENITAL BRONCHOPULMONARY MALFORMATIONS 23 ACQUIRED LESIONS OF THE LUNG AND PLEURA 24 CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AND EVENTRATION 25 MEDIASTINAL TUMORS 26 THE ESOPHAGUS 27 ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA AND TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA MALFORMATIONS Section IV: ABDOMEN 28 GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX 29 LESIONS OF THE STOMACH 30 DUODENAL AND INTESTINAL ATRESIA AND STENOSIS 31 Malrotation 32 MECONIUM DISEASE 33 NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS 34 HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE 35 ANORECTAL ATRESIA AND CLOACAL MALFORMATIONS 36 FECAL INCONTINENCE AND CONSTIPATION 37 ACQUIRED ANORECTAL DISORDERS 38 INTUSSUSCEPTION 39 ALIMENTARY TRACT DUPLICATIONS 40 MECKEL DIVERTICULUM 41 INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE 42 Appendicitis 43 BILIARY ATRESIA 44 CHOLEDOCHAL CYST AND GALLBLADDER DISEASE 45 SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION IN CHILDREN 46 LESIONS OF THE PANCREAS 47 Splenic Conditions 48 CONGENITAL ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS - GASTROSCHISIS AND OMPHALOCELE 49 Umbilical and Other Abdominal Wall Hernias Section V: INGUINAL REGION AND SCROTUM 50 Inguinal Hernia 51 UNDESCENDED TESTES AND TESTICULAR TUMORS 52 THE ACUTE SCROTUM Section VI: UROLOGY 53 DEVELOPMENTAL AND POSITIONAL ANOMALIES OF THE KIDNEYS 54 URETERAL OBSTRUCTION AND MALFORMATIONS 55 URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND VESICOURETERAL REFLUX 56 BLADDER AND URETHRA 57 POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVES 58 BLADDER AND CLOACAL EXSTROPHY 59 HYPOSPADIAS 60 CIRCUMCISION 61 Prune Belly Syndrome 62 DIFFERENCES OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT Section VII: NEOPLASMS 63 PRINCIPLES OF ADJUVANT THERAPY IN CHILDHOOD CANCER 64 RENAL TUMORS 65 NEUROBLASTOMA 66 LESIONS OF THE LIVER 67 TERATOMAS, DERMOIDS, AND OTHER SOFT TISSUE TUMORS 68 LYMPHOMAS 69 Rhabdomyosarcoma Section VIII: SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE DISEASES 70 Nevus and Melanoma 71 Vascular Anomalies 72 HEAD AND NECK SINUSES AND MASSES Section IX: SPECIAL TOPICS 73 PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT GYNECOLOGY 74 BREAST DISEASES 75 ENDOCRINE DISORDERS AND TUMORS 76 Bariatric Surgical Procedures in Adolescence

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Holcomb and Ashcraft's Pediatric Surgery by George W. Holcomb, III (Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Surgery, Senior Vice-President, The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA)
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Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
2019-05-29
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