Essential Paediatric Surgery: A Practical Guide

With
this 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.

Key
topics are included within sections on neonatal surgical conditions,
surgical disorders of infancy, surgical conditions in childhood and
adolescence, head and neck, hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders,
preparation of the child for surgery, malignant disorders, urology,
neurosurgery and trauma. Short chapters complemented by clinical
photography, schematic figures and tables splendidly enable the reader
to understand key concepts with confidence.

Author-experts
throughout the world have generously contributed to this textbook,
ensuring that the contents reflect ‘real world’ practice. A wide range
of readers, notably surgeons-in-training, members of the paediatric
surgery care team including nursing staff, postgraduates seeking core
knowledge of paediatric surgery for board examinations, and surgeons
planning to specialise in paediatric surgery, will benefit greatly from
this practical guide.