General Medical Information

The Pediatric Surgery Handbook

I. INTRODUCTION
A. Neonatal Physiologic Characteristics
B. Variations in Individual Newborns

II. HEAD AND NECK LESIONS
A. Cervical Lymphadenopathy
B. Congenital Torticollis
C. Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
D. Branchial Cleft Fistula
E. Cystic Hygromas

III. OBSTRUCTIVE PROBLEMS
Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction Logical Approach
A. Esophageal Atresia
B. Gastro-Duodenal Anomalies
C. Malrotation and Volvulus
D. Intestinal Atresia
E. Meconium Ileus
F. Hirschsprung’s disease
G. Imperforate Anus
H. Duplications
I. Intussusception
J. Appendicitis
K. Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction
L. Bezoars
M. Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia

IV. HERNIAS AND ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT
A. Diaphragmatic Hernias
B. Processus Vaginalis Remnants
C. Undescended Testis
D. Umbilical hernias
E. Omphalocele
F. Gastroschisis

V. GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
A. Upper GI bleeding (Newborn)
B. Lower GI bleeding (Newborn)
C. Upper GI bleeding (Older child)
D. Lower GI bleeding (Older child)

VI. PANCREATIC AND BILIARY DISORDERS
A. Pancreatitis
B. Biliary Atresia
C. Choledochal Cyst
D. Cholelithiasis
E. Idiopathic Perforation Bile Ducts

VII. TUMORS
A. Wilms tumor & Genetics
B. Neuroblastoma & Genetics
C. Rhabdomyosarcoma & Genetics
D. Liver Tumors
E. Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
F. Ovarian Tumors
G. Thyroid Nodules
H. Burkitt’s Lymphoma

VIII. GYNECOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS
A. Labial Adhesions in Infants
B. Ovarian Cyst
C. Breast Disorders

IX. PRENATAL CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
A. Fetal Surgery
B. Fetal Intestinal Obstruction
C. Prenatal CCAM

X. PEDIATRIC LAPAROSCOPY
A. Physiology of the Pneumoperitoneum
B. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
C. Laparoscopic Appendectomy
D. Laparoscopy for the Undescended Testis
E. Groin Laparoscopy
F. Laparocopic Splenectomy
G. Laparoscopic Fundoplication