A timely practical textbook encompassing the full range of clinical conditions within paediatric surgery. Surgeons-in-training will be delighted to discover that the book offers them a concise outline of paediatric surgical practice, thus ensuring that they are wholly familiar with a wide range of clinical scenarios.

PrefaceEditor biography(s)Contributing authorship(s)I Want to be a Paediatric SurgeonNeonatal Surgery1) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia & Eventration Of The Diaphragm2) Oesophageal Atresia and Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula & Congenital Oesophageal Disorders 3) Neonatal Mediastinal Mass Lesions4) Neonatal Pulmonary Barotrauma – Surgical Aspects5) Congenital Lung Malformations 6) Exomphalos And Gastroschisis7) Intestinal Atresia: Duodenal-Jejunal-Ileal-Colonic Disorders8) Malrotation And Heterotaxy Disorders9) Hirschsprung Disease10) Anorectal Malformations11) Meconium Ileus 12) Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis 13) Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC)14) Intestinal Failure 15) Neonatal Abdominal Masses16) Cardiac Surgery17) Fetal SurgerySurgical Disorders Of Infancy18) Inguinal Hernia & Hydrocoele19) Umbilical Hernia, Epigastric Hernia and Allied Conditions20) Vitello-Intestinal Duct Disorders21) Undescended Testes22) Intussusception 23) Intestinal Foreign Bodies and Corrosive Oesophagitis24) Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux25) Necrotizing PneumoniaSurgical Conditions In Childhood & Adolescence26) Acute and Recurrent Abdominal Pain of Childhood27) Disorders Of the Spleen28) Inflammatory Bowel Disease29) Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Polyps in Children30) Constipation And Faecal Incontinence31) Chest Wall deformities32) Acute Disorders of the Ovary33) Acute Scrotum34) Disorders of the Breast35) Ectopic Pregnancy36) Sexually Transmitted Infection(s)Head And Neck37) Thyroid 38) Branchial Cleft, Branchial Fistula and Sternal Cleft Lesions39) Lymphadenopathy40) Airway Disorders & Subglottic StenosisHepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders41) Biliary Atresia42) Choledochal Malformation 43) Cholelithiasis44) Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI)Preparation of The Child for Surgery45) Physiology – ABC - Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in Pediatric Surgical Patients46) Nutritional Support47) Special Anaesthetic Considerations for the Surgical Patient with Allied Medical Disorders48) Consent49) Patient Safety and WHO Surgery Check List(s)50) Ethical Challenges of the Extremely Preterm Neonate51) Ethics & Conjoined TwinsMalignant Disorders52) Abdominal Solid Tumours53) Neoplasms Of the Ovary and Testes54) Head And Neck Malignancy55) Chest And Mediastinal Tumours56) Sacrococcygeal Teratoma57) Lymphoma(s)58) Skin And Naevi59) Vascular And Lymphatic Disorders60) Endocrine Tumours61) Vascular Access62) Infections And the Paediatric Cancer PatientUrology63) Antenatal Hydroureteronephrosis : Posterior Urethral Valves And Prenatal Urinary Tract Dilatation64) Pelvi-Ureteric Junction Obstruction65) Enuresis66) Neuropathic Bladder67) Hypospadias68) Bladder Extrophy And Variants69) Preputial Disorders - Phimosis, BXO and Circumcision70) Vesico-Ureteric Reflux71) Abnormalities Of The Vagina In Childhood72) Disorders Of Sexual DevelopmentNeurosurgery73) Spina Bifida And Neural Tube Defects74) Hydrocephalus And Raised Intracranial Pressure 75) Central Nervous System – Miscellaneous LesionsTrauma76) APLS and ATLS – Essential Principles Of Care77) Foreign Body Aspiration 78) Chest Trauma79) Abdomen And Pelvic Trauma80) Pediatric Extremity Injury81) Munchausen By Proxy, Non-Accidental Injury And Child Abuse82) Burns & BitesIndex