Endoscopic Surgery In Infants And Children

This book mirrors the progress that has been made in Endoscopic surgery in the past 15 years. It is an unparalleled reference work on endoscopic surgical techniques in children. It contains 111 chapters, starting with 8 basic chapters, to be followed by 20 chapters on thoracoscopic procedures, 41 chapters on endoscopic surgical gastrointestinal, hepatic, pancreatic and splenic procedures, and 30 chapters on endoscopic surgical urology and adrenalectomy. Further topics are covered and the book also deals with endoscopic surgery in oncological conditions and in trauma as well. This practical book is illustrated with about 1000 drawings and color photographs.

Since the breakthrough of endoscopic surgical procedures into the medical repertoire at the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s, there has been an enormous evolution in endoscopic surgery, not only in general surgery, but also in pediatric surgery. Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children is written by an international selection of pediatric surgeons, who have contributed to the development of endoscopic surgery in children. This book represents the state of the art of endoscopic surgical techniques, which are thoroughly described and well illustrated with drawings and photographs.

The fields of thoracoscopic surgery, laparoscopic transperitoneal, retroperitoneal surgery and endoscopic surgical urology are covered.