Common Pediatric Surgery — Academic Reference Manual

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

A comprehensive analysis of neonatal surgical physiology, developmental anomalies, abdominal, inguinal, thoracic and urological pathology common in pediatric patients, with diagnostic approaches and reference surgical techniques.

What it covers

1. Common Pediatric Surgery
2. Neonatal and Pediatric Surgical Physiology
3. · Thermoregulation and Brown Fat
4. · Transitional Respiratory and Cardiovascular Function
5. · Endocrine and Metabolic Response to Surgical Stress
6. Fluid Therapy and Perioperative Nutrition
7. · Basal Requirements and Hydration
8. · Electrolyte Composition and Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
9. Abdominal Wall Defects
10. · Embryology and Pathophysiological Differentiation
11. · Surgical Strategies
12. Pathology of the Peritoneovaginal Duct
13. · Pathophysiology of Testicular Descent and Persistence
14. · Diagnostic Approach and Surgical Management
15. Cryptorchidism and Acute Scrotum
16. · Cryptorchidism: Pathophysiology of Anomalous Descent
17. · Acute Scrotum: Crucial Differential Diagnosis
18. Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula
19. · Embryology and Gross Anatomical Classification
20. · Surgical Treatment
21. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
22. · Pathophysiology: Bochdalek Defect and Gas Exchange
23. · Preoperative Stabilization Algorithm
24. · Surgical Repair Technique
25. Hypertrophic Etenosis of the Pylorus
26. · Pathophysiology of Hypochloremic Metabolic Alkalosis
27. · Clinical and Ultrasound Diagnosis
28. · Surgical Technique: Fredet-Ramstedt Pyloromyotomy
29. Malrotation and Intestinal Volvulus
30. · Embryology of Midgut Rotation
31. · Diagnosis
32. · Surgical Technique: Ladd Procedure
33. Intestinal Intussusception (Intussuspection)
34. · Pathophysiology: Mechanical Intrapulsion
35. · Ultrasound Diagnosis
36. · Non-Operative Reduction Strategies
37. Acute Appendicitis and Meckel's Diverticulum
38. · Pediatric Acute Appendicitis
39. · Meckel's diverticulum
40. Hirschsprung's Disease and Anorectal Malformations
41. · Hirschsprung's Disease (Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon)
42. · Anorectal Malformations (Imperforate Anus)
43. Common Pediatric Urology
44. · Physiological versus Pathological Phimosis
45. · Hypospadias
46. · Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
47. Solid Surgical Oncology
48. · Wilms tumor (Nephroblastoma)
49. · Neuroblastoma
50. Pediatric Trauma and Conservative Management
51. · Anatomical Particularities of Trauma in Children
52. · Initial Evaluation and Pediatric FAST