Main description:

Pediatric Surgery provides an authoritative, up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of current practice in the field. It is divided into three topical volumes, with a total of seven sections focusing on general principles, newborn surgery, general pediatric surgery, tumor surgery, trauma, transplantation, and pediatric urology surgery. Detailed descriptions of surgical techniques and pre- and postoperative management are provided by experts from various parts of the world.

The result is an international reference on the surgical management of both common and rare diseases of infants and children that will be an ideal source of information and guidance for pediatric surgeons, pediatric urologists, neonatologists, pediatricians, and all those seeking more detailed information on surgical conditions in children.

The three topical volumes are as follows:

General Principles and Newborn Surgery
General Pediatric Surgery, Tumors, Trauma and Transplantation
Pediatric Urology

Contents:

1. Embryology of the Urinary Tract 2. Antenatal Hydronephrosis 3. Evaluation and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Children 4. Imaging of the Urinary Tract 5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Urinary Tract 6. Urodynamic Studies of the Urinary Tract 7. Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery 8. Chronic Kidney Disease 9. Dialysis 10. Renal Transplantation 11. Congenital Renal Anomalies 12. Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney Disease 13. Renal Calculus Disease 14. Ureteropelvic Junction Obstructions 15. Ureterovesical Junction Obstruction 16. Anatomical and Functional Basis of Vesicoureteral Reflux 17. The Diagnosis and Medical Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux: An Update and Current Controversies 18. Endoscopic Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux 19. Surgical Treatment of Vesicoureteric Reflux 20. Ureteral Duplication and Duplex Systems 21. Ureteroceles 22. Nocturnal Enuresis 23. Daytime Urinary Incontinence 24. Injectable Bulking Agents in the Treatment of Pediatric Urinary Incontinence 25. Bladder Exstrophy, Epispadias and Cloacal Exstrophy 26. Bladder Diverticula, Urachal Anomalies, and Other Unusual Conditions of the Bladder 27. Posterior Urethral Valves 28. Prune-Belly Syndrome 29. Neurogenic Bladder 30. Hypospadias 31. Male Epispadias, Genitourinary Implications 32. Phimosis and Buried Penis 33. Cryptorchidism 34. Varicocele 35. Testicular Torsion 36. Cloaca and Urogenital Sinus with Normal Rectum 37. Different Sexual Development 38. Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology 39. Continent Urinary Diversion 40. Augmentation Cystoplasty 40