Main description:

This book presents a comprehensive, state-of the-art guide and review of ultrasound applications for children and infants with surgical problems. It is meant as a single source to provide information about sonographic application, interpretation and technique for a diversity of pediatric surgical care providers, making it a useful tool for the ultrasound novice as well as the more advanced ultrasonographer. Sections address initial obstacles faced by a physician starting with ultrasound such as the scanning techniques, underlying anatomy and normal sonographic findings. The initial chapter provides an introduction and basic overview about ultrasound theory and techniques. Subsequent chapters focus on specific body parts and systems and their disease processes as it pertains to pediatric and neonatal patients. The text also includes a chapter on abdominal trauma and its evaluation with the FAST (focused abdominal sonography for trauma) exam.

Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatric Surgery serves as a useful resource for a broad spectrum of pediatric care providers, including a growing number of ultrasound users, surgeons and pediatricians alike.

Contents:

PART I: DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND

Chapter 1 - - Seth Goldstein

Chapter 2 - Pediatric Spinal Sonography - Gayathri Sreedher and Andre D. Furtado

Chapter 3 - Surgical Ultrasound of the Pediatric Head and Neck - Guy F. Brisseau

Chapter 4 - The Thorax - Christine M. Leeper, Jan Goedeke and Stefan Scholz

Chapter 5 - The Liver - Juan Carlos Infante, Jr. and Alexander Dzakovic

Chapter 6 - The Biliary Tract - Stefan Scholz

Chapter 7 - The Pancreas - Julia Scholsching and Oliver J. Munsterer

Chapter 8 - The Spleen - Julia Scholsching and Oliver J. Munsterer

Chapter 9 - Abdominal Vessels - Justin Barr and Sara K. Rasmussen

Chapter 10 - Gastrointestinal Tract - Christine M. Leeper, Sara K. Rasmussen and Stefan Scholz

Chapter 11 - Intra-abdominal and Retroperitoneal Masses - Kevin M. Riggle and Kenneth W. Gow

Chapter 12 - Emergency Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma

- Seth Goldstein and F. Dylan Stewart

Chapter 13 - The Kidney - Oliver L. Sanchez, Raimondo Maximilian Cervellione and Kimberly M. Lumpkins

Chapter 14 - Adrenal Gland - Nathalie Kremer and Judy H. Squires

Chapter 15 - The Pediatric Pelvis - Vincent Lee, Stacey Langford and Sameh Tadros

Chapter 16 - Groin and Testicle - Salmai Turial

Chapter 17 - Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) for Children - Stefan Scholz

PART II: INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASOUND

Chapter 18 - Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access - Farokh R. Demehri and Marcus D. Jarboe

Chapter 19 - Core Biopsy of Masses and Solid Organs - Kushal Parikh, Joseph J. Gemmete and Ranjith Vellody

Chapter 20 - Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) of the Thyroid Gland - Ranjith Vellody

Chapter 21 - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drainage - Samir K. Gadepalli

Chapter 22 - Sclerotherapy of Vascular Malformations - Joseph J. Gemmete and Ranjith Vellody

Chapter 23 - Regional Blocks for Postoperative Pain Control - Mihaela Visoiu

Chapter 24 - An Introduction to Intraoperative Ultrasound - Marcus Malek and Marcus D. Jarboe