Pediatric Surgery: Diagnosis and Management

Contents1: Basic Pediatric Surgery

1. Pediatric Surgery—Overview of the Specialty .............................................................................. 03

DK Gupta

2. Evolution of Pediatric Surgery........................................................................................................ 10

IC Pathak

3. Molecular Biology and the Pediatric Surgeon................................................................................ 21

Arun Chaudhury, M Srinivas

4. Growth and Development in Pediatric Surgical Practice............................................................... 34

KN Agarwal, DK Agarwal

5. Fluid and Electrolytes in Pediatric Surgery ................................................................................... 48

V Ravikumar, M Srinivas

6. Shock in Children—Surgeon’s Perspective.................................................................................... 65

DK Gupta, Archana Puri

7. Blood Component Therapy.............................................................................................................. 82

VP Choudhry

8. Ventilatory Support in Children..................................................................................................... 90

DK Pawar

9. Pediatric Anesthesia—General Considerations............................................................................ 103

Ravinder K Batra, Anand Sharma

10. Relief of Postoperative Pain in Children...................................................................................... 123

MK Arora, G Prasad

11. Common Radiological Procedures in Pediatric Surgery............................................................... 131

AK Gupta, Ashok Srinivasan

12. Nuclear Imaging in Pediatric Surgery........................................................................................... 140

CS Bal, Ajay Kumar

13. Pediatric Interventional Radiology............................................................................................... 168

Deep N Srivastava, Bobby Batra, Dheeraj Gandhi

14. Postoperative Care.......................................................................................................................... 180

Bikramjit Singh Sangha

15. Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgery ......................................... 199

V Ravikumar, M Srinivas

16. Fungal Infections in Pediatric Surgical Patients.......................................................................... 210

Nissar A Bhat, DK Gupta

17. Ethics in Pediatric Surgery............................................................................................................ 215

P Madhok

18. Esophagoscopy............................................................................................................................... 222

B Othersen Jr, HS Hassan

19. Pediatric Bronchoscopy.................................................................................................................. 229

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

20. Management of Terminal Illnesses................................................................................................ 238

Kanishka Das, M Charles, Ashley L J D’Cruz

Section 2: Trauma

21. Pediatric Trauma............................................................................................................................ 253

Azad B Mathur, NC Featherstone

22. Head Injuries in Children............................................................................................................. 264

BS Sharma, Feiz Uddin Ahmad

23. Pediatric Abdominal Trauma......................................................................................................... 272

David A Lloyd, Gunninder Soin

24. Soft Tissue Trauma........................................................................................................................ 286

DK Gupta, Lalit Parida

25. Vascular Injuries in Children........................................................................................................ 298

Nagarajan Kumaran, Rob A Wheeler

26. Pediatric Burns............................................................................................................................... 307

K Mathingi Ramakrishnan, V Jayaraman

27. Traumatic Hemobilia in Children................................................................................................. 321

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

Section 3: Thoracic Surgery

28. Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children........................................................................................... 329

J Boix-Ochoa

29. Thal Fundoplication...................................................................................................................... 357

Keith W Ashcraft

30. Achalasia Cardia............................................................................................................................ 363

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

31. Esophageal Strictures..................................................................................................................... 369

Shailinder J Singh, Leela Kapila

32. Esophageal Replacement with Colon............................................................................................ 382

D K Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

33. Gastric Tube Esophageal Replacement ........................................................................................ 391
Gabriel O Ionescu

34. Gastric Transposition..................................................................................................................... 409

D K Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

35. Jejunal Interposition as a Substitute of Esophagus ..................................................................... 422

Kohei Hashizume, Antonio Dessanti

36. Colon Patch Esophagoplasty......................................................................................................... 426

Enaam Raboei

37. Esophageal Perforation.................................................................................................................. 432

HS Hassan, B Othersen

38. Principles of Lung Resection......................................................................................................... 437

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

39. Lung Anomalies............................................................................................................................. 448

John Aiken

40. Bronchiectasis and Lung Abscess.................................................................................................. 471

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

41. Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children............................................................................................ 478

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

42. Chylothorax.................................................................................................................................... 491

Spencer W Beasley

43. Empyema Thoracis......................................................................................................................... 495

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

44. Chest Wall Deformities.................................................................................................................. 510

Amulya K Saxena, Günter H Willital

Section 4: Gastrointestinal Surgery

45. Disorders of the Umbilicus............................................................................................................ 523

Sudipta Sen

46. Inguinal Hernia and Hydrocele.................................................................................................... 527

AR Williams, SJ Singh, L Kapila

47. Rare Pediatric Hernias................................................................................................................... 534

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma, Kamlesh Pal

48. Peritonitis in Childhood............................................................................................................... 544

Rajiv Chadha

49. Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis........................................................................................ 564

Sengamalai Manoharan, Azad B Mathur

50. Gastric Volvulus............................................................................................................................ 570

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

51. Gastrointestinal Bleeding ............................................................................................................. 575

AK Basu, D Basak

52. Idiopathic Primary Intussusception............................................................................................... 581

Essam El-Sahwi

53. Meckel’s Diverticulum.................................................................................................................. 587

M Gregor Walker, F Carl Davis

54. Appendicitis .................................................................................................................................. 596

Kurosh Paya

55. Short Bowel Syndrome.................................................................................................................. 618

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

56. Intestinal Obstruction ................................................................................................................... 633

Alpana Prasad, Rajiv Chadha

57. Abdominal Tuberculosis................................................................................................................ 646

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

58. Alimentary Tract Duplications ..................................................................................................... 659

Richard G Azizkhan

59. Bezoars in Children....................................................................................................................... 671

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

60. Ascariasis Lumbricoides................................................................................................................. 678

Essam-El-Sawhi

61. Hirschsprung’s Disease.................................................................................................................. 681

Edward Kiely

62. Total Colonic Aganglionosis......................................................................................................... 696

Lester W Martin

63. Variant Hirschsprung’s Disease..................................................................................................... 701

Prem Puri

64. Swenson’s Pull-through................................................................................................................ 709

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

65. Duhamel’s Pull-through ............................................................................................................... 717

Sandeep Agarwala

66. Soave’s (Boley Scot) Endorectal Pull-through.............................................................................. 723

DK Gupta, Manish Pathak, Shilpa Sharma

67. Transanal Endorectal Pull-through............................................................................................... 733

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

68. Crohn’s Disease.............................................................................................................................. 741

Robert Cywes, Arnold G Coran

69. Ulcerative Colitis........................................................................................................................... 758

Robert Cywes, Arnold G Coran

70. Polyposis Syndromes..................................................................................................................... 771

AF Scharli

71. Anorectal Malformations: Anatomy and Physiology .................................................................. 776

Pradip Mukherjee, MK Bhattacharyya

72. Anorectal Malformations: Diagnosis and Management .............................................................. 787

SN Kureel, RK Tandon

73. Anorectal Malformations: Pena’s Perspectives.............................................................................. 816

Shilpa Sharma, Alberto Pena

74. Anomalies Associated with Anorectal Malformations ................................................................ 825

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

75. Complications Following PSARP................................................................................................. 833

Alex Holschneider, DK Gupta

76. Congenital Pouch Colon............................................................................................................... 846

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

77. Persistent Cloaca............................................................................................................................ 857

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma, Alex Holschneider

78. Anorectal Malformations: Current Perspectives............................................................................ 874

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

79. Rectal Ectasia.................................................................................................................................. 884

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

80. Fecal Incontinence and Constipation............................................................................................ 889

Anju Goyal, Paul D Losty

81. Bowel Management....................................................................................................................... 899

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta, Alberto Pena

Section 5: Hepatobiliary system

82. Diseases of the Gallbladder in Children...................................................................................... 909

Mark Devenport

83. Hepatic Hemangiomas .................................................................................................................. 918

Mark Devenport

84. Liver Abscess in Children.............................................................................................................. 925

Mark D Stringer

85. Hydatid Disease............................................................................................................................. 936

SN Oak, Prakash Agarwal, M Chavarkar

86. Liver Resections and Allograft Preparation.................................................................................. 949

Mark D Stringer

87. Transplant Immunogenetics.......................................................................................................... 969

Narinder K Mehra, Arundhati Panigrahi

88. Liver Transplantation.................................................................................................................... 988

AJW Millar, S Cywes

89. Biliary Atresia............................................................................................................................... 1002

CK Sinha, DK Gupta , Mark Davenport

90. Choledochal Cyst......................................................................................................................... 1013

Takeshi Miyano, Long Li, Atsuyuki Yamataka

91. Pancreatic Pseudocyst.................................................................................................................. 1026

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

92. Pancreatitis................................................................................................................................... 1033

GVS Murthi, PAM Raine

93. Management of Portal Hypertension .......................................................................................... 1044

M Bajpai

94. Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy ............................................................. 1051

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

95. Pancreas and Intestinal Transplantation..................................................................................... 1058

V Martinez Ibanez

96. Spleen........................................................................................................................................... 1066

Amir Kaviani, Moritz M Ziegler

Section 6: Vascular disorders

97. Hemangiomas .............................................................................................................................. 1079

Richard G Azizkhan

98. Vascular and Lymphatic Anomalies ........................................................................................... 1099

Robert Arensman, Jayant Agarwal, M Statter

99. Picibanil (OK-432) in Lymphangiomas....................................................................................... 1108

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

Section 7: Pediatric neurosurgery

100. Hydrocephalus............................................................................................................................. 1117

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

101. Encephaloceles............................................................................................................................. 1148

AK Mahapatra, GD Satyarthee

102. Microcephaly................................................................................................................................ 1163

Shilpa Sharma, Veena Kalra

103. Spina Bifida.................................................................................................................................. 1168

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

Section 8: Head and neck surgery

104. Craniosynostosis.......................................................................................................................... 1193

M Bajpai

105. Cleft Lip and Palate..................................................................................................................... 1201

Peter AM Raine

106. Neck Anomalies........................................................................................................................... 1222

B Mukhopadhyay, SK Mitra

107. Torticollis..................................................................................................................................... 1230

DK Gupta, Manish Pathak, Shilpa Sharma

Section 9: Pediatric surgical specialities

108. Common Eye Problems in Children............................................................................................ 1239

Supriyo Ghose, Sanjeev Nainiwal

109. Pediatric Otolaryngology............................................................................................................. 1257

RC Deka, DN Jha

110. Pediatric Larynx and Trachea....................................................................................................... 1265

Abhinit Kumar, Suresh C Sharma

111. Orthopedic Problems in Children............................................................................................... 1299

Rajesh Malhotra

112. Conjoined Twins......................................................................................................................... 1349

Htut Saing, DK Gupta

113. Heteropagus Twinning................................................................................................................ 1364

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

114. Gynecological Problems in Children ......................................................................................... 1370

Suneeta Mittal, Sonika Agarwal

115. Ovarian Cysts .............................................................................................................................. 1381

Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

116. Vaginal Anomalies and Reconstruction...................................................................................... 1387

Akshay Chauhan, Shilpa Sharma, DK Gupta

117. Adrenal Disorders........................................................................................................................ 1404

Anurag Bajpai, PSN Menon

118. Childhood Obesity...................................................................................................................... 1415

Anurag Bajpai, PSN Menon

119. Surgery for Pediatric Morbid Obesity ........................................................................................ 1421

Reena Bhargava, Shilpa Sharma, Azad B Mathur

Section 10: Recent Advances

120. Molecular Genetics of Hirschsprung’s Disease........................................................................... 1433

Paul KH Tam, Mercè Garcia-Barcelo

121. Duhamel’s Pull-through Using Staplers..................................................................................... 1450

SN Oak, Prakash Agarwal

122. Pediatric Laparoscopy .................................................................................................................. 1455

Anirudh Shah, Amar Shah

123. One Port Laparoscopically Assisted Appendectomy .................................................................. 1463

Vadim Kapuller

124. Robotic Pediatric Surgery............................................................................................................ 1468

Aayed R Al-Qahtani

125. Tissue Engineering: Present Concepts and Strategies ............................................................... 1482

Amulya K Saxena

126. Stem Cell Therapy........................................................................................................................ 1491

DK Gupta, Shilpa Sharma

127. Nanotechnology: Technology to Revolutionize the Future of Medicine ................................. 1503

Amit K Dinda

128. Laser Applications in Pediatric Surgery...................................................................................... 1512

V Bhatnagar

129. Pediatric Surgeon and the Computer.......................................................................................... 1518

Gian Battista Parigi, Giacomo Parigi

130. Pediatric Surgery in Europe: Problems and Perspectives ........................................................... 1552

Gian Battista Parigi

Index 1565

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1200 illustrations and detailed text deliver thorough coverage of pediatric surgical techniques

Includes 2 DVDs with surgical video clips

Featuring contributions from 132 world-renowned experts, Pediatric Surgery covers the clinical, diagnostic, and management aspects of all major pediatric conditions requiring surgery. Readers will find coverage of all the latest topics such as nanotechnology, endoscopic and minimal invasive procedures, lasers, robotic surgery, molecular genetics, stem cell regeneration, and bariatric surgery. The book is enriched by 1200 illustrations and 2 DVDs with surgical video clips.

Coverage includes:
Overview of the Specialty,Ventilatory Support,Pediatric Anesthesia,Nuclear Imaging,Interventional Radiology,Postoperative Care,Management of Terminal Illnesses,Trauma,Thoracic Surgery,Gastrointestinal Surgery,Neurosurgery,Vascular Disorders,Head and Neck Surgery,Pediatric Surgical Specialties,Recent Advances