Endoscopic Surgery in Children [Paperback]

This first publication on the rapidly expanding subject explains why it is so important, discussing general aspects of endoscopic surgery and the application of endoscopic surgery in diseases of the chest, abdomen, GI tract, liver and biliary tree, urogenital tract, in orthopaedics, in neurosurgery, and in oncology. It also covers diagnostic laparoscopy and the future of laparoscopy.Endoscopic surgery in children is a rapidly expanding field in pediatric surgery. This book represents the state of the art, and explains why endoscopic surgery in children is so important. General aspects are discussed and detailed information is provided on many specific operations both in the chest as well as in the abdomen, including endoscopic treatment of throracic scoliosis, of urogenital conditions, and of neurosurgical conditions. Application of endoscopic techniques in oncology is discussed as well. A special chapter deals with complications.I Basics.- Why Endoscopic Surgery in Children?.- Instrumentation.- Basic Technique.- Ergonomics of Task Performance in Endoscopic Surgery.- Training in Paediatric Endoscopic Surgery.- Basic Physiology and Anesthesia.- II Chest.- Thoracoscopy in Infants and Children: Basic Technique.- Diagnostic Thoracoscopy in Children.- Thoracoscopy in the Treatment of Empyema in Children.- Therapeutic Thoracoscopic Procedures in Children: Indications and Surgical Applications in Lung and Mediastinum.- Thoracoscopic Repair of Hiatal Hernia in Children.- Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus.- Vascular Access.- Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathectomy in the Treatment of Primary Palmar Hyperhidrosis in Children.- Video-Asssisted Repair of Esophageal Atresia.- III: Abdomen: Diagnostic Laparoscopy.- Diagnostic Laparoscopy.- Gastrointestinal Tract.- Laparoscopic Treatment of Achalasia.- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in Children.- Laparoscopic Toupet Fundoplication.- Laparoscopic Thai Fundoplication in Infants and Children.- Laparoscopic Gastrostomy.- Laparoscl³