Children's Surgery
Children's Surgery

Author: John G. Raffensperger, M.D.

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 0786490489

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The history of medicine and surgery is well documented, but this volume offers the first specific exploration of the treatment of and attitudes towards children with injuries and birth defects through the ages. Popular thought holds that children in ancient times with birth defects faced a short life of abandonment or neglect. Examination of written records from ancient Egypt, India, Greece, and Islam, however, shows that physicians and surgeons have attempted to find remedies to cure ailing youths from the beginning of recorded medical history. These essays document the origins of children's surgery, chronicle the history of children's surgery into modern times, and explore the treatment of the most common visceral birth defects. With contributing authors offering perspectives from a variety of cultures, this extraordinary collection will interest not only medical professionals, but also historians and others in the child care field.

Emergency Abdominal Surgery, 3Ed
Emergency Abdominal Surgery, 3Ed

Author: Peter F. Jones

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1998-05-01

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9780412819506

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This book offers a comprehensive, detailed and accessible account of the whole field of emergency abdominal surgery. In this latest edition, each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated by experienced surgeons qualified to offer extensive, practical, evidence-based guidance. They each provide an up-to-date review of the pathology, clinical presentation and diagnosis of their subject, before proposing tried-and-tested treatment options. Assessment is made of recent advances, consideration given to controversial options and attention drawn to areas of difficulty in the operative procedure, which is described and illustrated in detail. Finally, each chapter is fully indexed and cross-referenced. Of particular significance is the comprehensive coverage given to the acute abdomen in infants and children who present a number of distinctive conditions and requirements. Such discussion will become increasingly relevant in the context of treatment outside of specialist centres.

Historical Aspects of Pediatric Surgery
Historical Aspects of Pediatric Surgery

Author: P. P. Rickham

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 3642708250

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At first sight it may appear strange that a volume of Progress in Pediatric Surgery should be devoted to the history of our specialty. One assumes that progress is concerned primarily with recent developments whilst history deals with matters of the past. However, in the past there has also been considerable progress in the development of our understand ing of paediatric surgical problems, otherwise we would not have pro gressed to our present achievements. The editors, therefore, do not apologize for compiling this volume but, on the contrary, feel that the publication of this volume is most timely. Modern paediatric surgery has now been practised for three genera tions. The handful of pioneers who were the founders of our specialty worked mainly before the last world war. A few dozen of the inter mediary generation started work immediately after the war, while the new generation who are now dominating our specialty must be counted in thousands. Two factors have radically altered paediatric surgery as practised by the intermediary and the present generation of surgeons.

An Illustrated Guide to Pediatric Surgery
An Illustrated Guide to Pediatric Surgery

Author: Ahmed H. Al-Salem

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-24

Total Pages: 589

ISBN-13: 331906665X

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Written in a simple point by point style for ease of use, this volume covers all aspects of pediatric surgery with emphasis on important points for diagnosis and management. Each chapter covers a topic with emphasis on the most common conditions in neonatal and general pediatric surgery. The text is well illustrated with clinical, operative, radiological, and histopathological color figures and illustrations. The book also presents some of the rare conditions encountered in pediatric surgery, as well as common pediatric urology conditions. An Illustrated Guide to Pediatric Surgery is a useful reference to pediatric surgeons, specialists, fellows and residents, as well as general surgeons, pediatricians, neonatologists, medical students and interns interested in pediatric surgery.