Holcomb and Ashcraft's Pediatric Surgery
- 7th Edition - May 29, 2019
- Latest edition
- Authors: George W. Holcomb, J. Patrick Murphy
- Editor: Shawn D. St Peter
- Language: English
Known for its readability, portability, and global perspectives, Holcomb and Ashcraft’s Pediatric Surgery remains the most comprehensive, up-to-date, single-volume text… Read more
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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
Pediatric surgery Fellows and Practitioners
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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- Edition: 7
- Latest edition
- Published: May 29, 2019
- Language: English
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Shawn D. St Peter
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Vice President/Surgeon-in-Chief , Chair, Department of Surgery – Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Professor, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Thomas Holder and Keith Ashcraft Endowed Chair in Surgical Research, Director, Center for Prospective TrialsChildren’s Mercy Kansas City, USAGH
George W. Holcomb
Affiliations and expertise
Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Surgery, Senior Vice-President, The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USAJM
J. Patrick Murphy
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA