This updated volume offers a praxis-oriented and up-to-date overview of all subjects in paediatric surgery according to the European Training Requirements for Paediatric Surgery ( Approved by UEMS in April 2020).

Written by experts in the field, Pediatric Surgery Digest aims to give readers quick access to information on all aspects of pediatric surgery, as well as interdisciplinary topics related to paediatrics, adult surgery, obstetrics, and other disciplines working with children.

Practical information on child-adapted dosage for pharmacotherapy as well as age-specific injury patterns from scalding in young children to spleen rupture in teenaged vehicle users are taken into consideration. The role of surgery in modern pediatric oncology is also covered.

1. What is Pediatric Surgery?

2. Timing of operations in pediatric surgical patients
3. Preoperative management
4. The newborn as a pediatric surgical patient
5. Enteral / Parenteral nutrition
6. Emergencies / Resuscitation
7. Blood / Blood-products transfusion
8. Pain management
9. Wounds / Surgical techniques
10. Minimal invasive surgery principles
11. Imaging in Pediatric Surgery
12. Expert opinion
13. Special situations
14. Birth Trauma
15. Skull
16. Spinal column
16. Face
17. Neck
18. Thorax
19. Diaphragm
20. Esophagus
21. Abdominal wall
22. Abdomen
23. Stomach and Duodenum
24. Intestinal congenital malformations
25. Intestinal diseases
26. Anorectal diseases
27. Inflammatory bowel diseases
28. Blunt abdominal trauma
29. Liver and Pancreas
30. Liver and Pancreas
31. Pediatric surgical oncology
32. Urogenital Tract
33. Penis
34. Testicles
35. Vagina and External female genitalia
36. Ovarian cysts
37. Kidney and Bladder
38. Kidney insufficiency
39. Skin and Soft tissues
40. Osteoarticular system
41. Skeletal system
42. Embryology
43. Vaccinations
44. Notifiable infectious diseases
45. Fever types
46. Catheter sizes
47. Reference values
48. Commonly used pharmaceuticals
49. Syndromes.