UPC: 9781639872930 | Handbook of Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery (Hardcover)

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Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery that involves the surgery of infants fetuses children young adults and adolescents. A few of its subspecialties are fetal surgery and neonatal surgery. Technologic developments such as computed tomography sophisticated ventilators ultrasound and advances in parental nutrition have revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of newborns. This has reduced morbidity and mortality of infants who suffer from major surgical and medical diseases. Common pediatric diseases that may require pediatric surgery are abdominal wall defects such as gastroschisis omphalocele and hernias congenital malformations such as cleft lip and palate intestinal atresia and meconium plugs. Chest wall deformities such as pectus excavatum and childhood tumors such as neuroblastoma liver tumors and kidney tumors are also treated within this field. Pediatric and neonatal surgery is an upcoming field of science that has undergone rapid development over the past few decades. This book explores all the important aspects of this field in the present day scenario. It is a vital tool for all researching and studying this field.