This unique manual is a "surgical cookbook" designed to provide clear and concise guidance for trainees in pediatric surgery. With the aid of simple line drawings depicting each operative step, more than one hundred frequently performed procedures are explained and demonstrated. The reader will learn how to perform each procedure effectively and safely, avoiding potential complications. The full range of surgery is covered, including basic surgical skills, day surgery procedures, emergency surgery procedures and minimally invasive surgery. The book will be of value not only to trainees in pediatric surgery but also to trainees in general surgery, theatre nurses, parents and carers.

From the content: Basic Surgical Techniques

The WHO Safe Surgery checklist
Positioning
Preparation
<b>Head and Neck
Layers of the scalp and suturing
External and internal angular dermoid
Cleft lip and palate
Spine and Limbs
Spina Bifida
Forearm manipulation and molded cast
Distal radius wiring
Thoracic
Chest drain insertion
Thoracotomy
Abdomen
Upper GI Endoscopy
The endoscopic management of upper GI bleeding
Proctoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy
Groin and Genitalia
Exposure of the inguinal canal and Spermatic Cord Structures
Inguinal hernia and ligation of patent processus vaginalis
Incarcerated inguinal hernia
Urology
Cystourethroscopy
Urethral and suprapubic catheterisation
Open surgical approaches to the kidney
Perineum
Anal fissures and skin tags
Perianal abscess and fistula-in-ano
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Ergonomics, Heuristics and Cognitive Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery
Complications of laparoscopic surgery.</b>