ABSTRACT

This authoritative guide reviews the evoloving evidence-based literature for a wide variety of procedures and techniques in pediatric minimal access surgery (MAS)-providing expertly-written chapters that cover the techniques specific to a broad range of diseases, as well as current advances in urology, neurosurgery, and spinal and cardiac surgery.

chapter 4|12 pages

Minimal Access Neonatal Surgery

part |2 pages

Specific Disease and Procedures in Pediatric General Surgery

chapter 10|14 pages

Laparoscopic Splenectomy

chapter 14|12 pages

Gastrostomy, Jejunostomy, and Cecostomy

chapter 15|8 pages

Achalasia

chapter 16|8 pages

Laparoscopic Appendectomy

chapter 21|10 pages

Laparoscopy for Ovarian Pathology

chapter 22|14 pages

Intestinal Rotation Abnormalities

chapter 23|6 pages

Varicocele

chapter 24|6 pages

Nonpalpable Undescended Testis

chapter 27|6 pages

Mediastinum, Esophagus, and Diaphragm

chapter 28|12 pages

Bariatric Surgery

part |2 pages

Minimal Access Surgery in Other Pediatric Surgical Specialities

part |2 pages

Future Directions