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Pediatric Surgery

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Source Control

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• The systemic response to sepsis in early life is different. • The main challenge in abdominal source control is necrotizing enterocolitis. • Empyema and mediastinitis occur after surgery for esophageal atresia, trauma, and pneumonia.

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  1. Graeme Pitcher
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  1. Department of Surgery Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1650 Selwyn Avenue 4th Floor, Suite 4F, Bronx, NY, 10457, USA

    Moshe Schein (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  2. Eaton North 9–234 Toronto General Hospital University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

    John C. Marshall (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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Pitcher, G. (2003). Pediatric Surgery. In: Schein, M., Marshall, J.C. (eds) Source Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55914-3_72

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