Overview
- Provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field
- All chapters are written by experts in their fields
- Provides techniques and tips for particularly challenging operations
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This manual provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for adult and pediatric surgeons at all stages of experience with interest in the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques in children. This book will review the pediatric surgical disorders that are currently treatable with these techniques. After a basic summary of the disorder, the preoperative evaluation and preparation is presented. Each chapter focuses on a detailed discussion of the surgical procedure, inclusive of anesthesia, positioning, instrumentation, and materials. Emphasis is placed on technique and tips for particularly challenging aspects of the operation. A description of the expected postoperative course and common complications of each procedure follows. The outcomes literature to include any advances since the original outcomes and expected future advances for the diagnosis and procedure is presented. It provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts. All chapters are written by experts in their fields and include the most up to date scientific and clinical information.
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Table of contents (52 chapters)
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Front Matter
Reviews
“This is a massive compendium of procedures that can be or are currently done with minimally invasive techniques. … The book is sufficiently clear and well written that all surgeons ‐‐ residents, interns, fellows, and practitioners -- will easily comprehend the teaching points. … chapters are nicely illustrated with line drawings, graphs, charts, and intraoperative photographs of good quality … .” (Robert M. Arensman, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2017)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Danielle S. Walsh, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
Todd A. Ponsky, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Northeast Ohio Medical College
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Akron Children's Hospital
Nicholas E. Bruns, MD
Research Fellow
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron, OH
Resident in General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
Todd A. Ponsky, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Northeast Ohio Medical College
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Akron Children's Hospital
Nicholas E. Bruns, MD
Research Fellow
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron, OH
Resident in General Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The SAGES Manual of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery
Editors: Danielle S. Walsh, Todd A. Ponsky, Nicholas E. Bruns
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43642-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43640-1Published: 04 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43642-5Published: 27 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 753
Number of Illustrations: 86 b/w illustrations, 171 illustrations in colour
Topics: General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery