Basic Techniques in Pediatric Surgery: An Operative Manual

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A1 The World Health Organisation Surgical Safety Checklist....Pages 3-4
A2 Positioning....Pages 5-7
A3 Preparation....Pages 8-10
A4 Surgical Instruments....Pages 11-20
A5 Diathermy....Pages 21-25
A6 Local Anaesthesia....Pages 26-33
A7 Skin Lines and Wound Healing....Pages 34-36
A8 Transverse Supraumbilical Incision....Pages 37-39
A9 Midline Laparotomy and Paramedian Incisions....Pages 40-42
A10 Subcostal and Rooftop Incisions....Pages 43-46
A11 Pfannenstiel Incision....Pages 47-49
A12 Gridiron, Lanz and Rutherford Morison Incisions....Pages 50-52
A13 Sutures and Their Uses....Pages 53-55
A14 Knots and Their Uses....Pages 56-57
A15 Hand Tying....Pages 58-59
A16 Instrument Tying....Pages 60-63
A17 Repair of Vessels, Nerves and Tendons....Pages 64-66
A18 Haemostasis....Pages 67-69
A19 Debridement....Pages 70-71
A20 Management of Acute Thermal Injuries in Children....Pages 72-75
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A21 Venepuncture, Intraosseous Access and Venous Cut-down....Pages 76-81
A22 Open Insertion of Tunnelled Central Venous Lines and Portacaths....Pages 82-84
A23 Percutaneous Insertion of Central Venous Lines and Portacaths....Pages 85-86
A24 Principles of Tumour Biopsy....Pages 87-89
A25 Skin and Muscle Biopsies....Pages 90-91
A26 Excision of Common Skin Lesions....Pages 92-94
A27 Compartment Syndrome and Lower-Limb Fasciotomy....Pages 95-97
A28 Plastering....Pages 98-100
A29 Traction and the Thomas Splint....Pages 101-104
A30 Tourniquets....Pages 105-106
A31 Drains and Drain Fixation Techniques....Pages 107-109
A32 Principles of Wound Management....Pages 110-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
B1 Layers of the Scalp and Suturing....Pages 121-124
B2 External and Internal Angular Dermoid Cyst....Pages 125-127
B3 Cleft Lip and Palate....Pages 128-131
B4 Lacerations to the Face, Lips, Tongue and Ears....Pages 132-133
B5 Ear Deformities....Pages 134-136
B6 Branchial Remnants....Pages 137-140
B7 Parotid Dissection....Pages 141-143
B8 Ranula and Tongue-Tie....Pages 144-146
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
B9 Excision of Thyroglossal Cyst and Fistula....Pages 147-148
B10 Lymph Node Biopsy....Pages 149-150
B11 Principles of Surgery for Lymphatic Malformations....Pages 151-152
B12 Tracheostomy....Pages 153-154
B13 Torticollis....Pages 155-156
B14 Burr Holes....Pages 157-158
B15 Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting for Hydrocephalus....Pages 159-162
B16 Cervical Oesophagostomy....Pages 163-165
B17 H-Type Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula....Pages 166-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
C1 Spina Bifida....Pages 171-173
C2 Forearm Manipulation and Molded Cast....Pages 174-177
C3 Distal Radius Wiring....Pages 178-180
C4 Forearm Diaphyseal Reduction and Fixation (Closed Wiring)....Pages 181-183
C5 Displaced Supracondylar Humeral Fracture....Pages 184-187
C6 Femoral Fracture and Spica Cast....Pages 188-189
C7 Tibial Diaphysis Fracture – External Fixation....Pages 190-191
C8 Infection – Washout of the Knee and Hip....Pages 192-194
C9 Syndactyly....Pages 195-197
C10 Polydactyly....Pages 198-201
C11 Biopsy of an Extremity Tumour....Pages 202-203
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
C12 Ingrown Toenail....Pages 204-207
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
D1 Chest Tube Insertion....Pages 211-213
D2 Thoracotomy....Pages 214-217
D3 Empyema....Pages 218-221
D4 Bronchoscopy and Removal of Foreign Body....Pages 222-223
D5 Oesophageal Atresia and Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula....Pages 224-227
D6 Right Pneumonectomy....Pages 228-230
D7 Right Upper Lobectomy....Pages 231-233
D8 Right Lower Lobectomy....Pages 234-236
D9 Wedge Resection....Pages 237-238
D10 Cannulation for Extracorporeal Life Support....Pages 239-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
E1 Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy....Pages 245-247
E2 Endoscopic Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding....Pages 248-251
E3 Proctoscopy and Rigid Sigmoidoscopy....Pages 252-253
E4 Colonoscopy....Pages 254-255
E5 Open Pyloromyotomy....Pages 256-259
E6 Stamm Gastrostomy....Pages 260-262
E7 Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)....Pages 263-265
E8 Umbilical Hernia Repair....Pages 266-267
E9 Epigastric and Supra-umbilical Hernia Repair....Pages 268-269
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
E10 Open Nissen Fundoplication....Pages 270-272
E11 Gastroschisis....Pages 273-274
E12 Exomphalos....Pages 275-277
E13 Loop Enterostomy....Pages 278-279
E14 Bowel Resection and Anastomosis....Pages 280-282
E15 Right Hemicolectomy....Pages 283-285
E16 Subtotal Colectomy and Ileostomy....Pages 286-289
E17 Small Bowel Atresia....Pages 290-292
E18 Malrotation and Volvulus....Pages 293-295
E19 Open Appendectomy....Pages 296-299
E20 Meckel’s Diverticulum and other Vitello-intestinal Anomalies....Pages 300-302
E21 Intussusception....Pages 303-305
E22 Peritoneal Drainage....Pages 306-308
E23 Trauma Laparotomy....Pages 309-311
E24 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia....Pages 312-313
E25 Diaphragmatic Eventration....Pages 314-316
E26 Long-Gap Oesophageal Atresia – Gastric Pull-Up....Pages 317-321
E27 Duodenal Atresia....Pages 322-324
E28 Necrotising Enterocolitis....Pages 325-327
E29 Wilms Tumour....Pages 328-330
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
E30 Abdominal Neuroblastoma....Pages 331-333
E31 Meconium Ileus....Pages 334-337
E32 Rectal Biopsy....Pages 338-340
E33 Transanal Endorectal Pull-Through for Rectosigmoid Hirschsprung Disease....Pages 341-343
E34 Open Endorectal (Soave-Boley) Pull-Through....Pages 344-348
E35 Myomectomy for Ultrashort segment Hirschsprung Disease....Pages 349-352
E36 Open Swenson Procedure....Pages 353-356
E37 Open Duhamel Pull-Through....Pages 357-360
E38 Principles of Liver Surgery....Pages 361-363
E39 Biliary Atresia....Pages 364-365
E40 Choledochal Malformations....Pages 366-368
E41 Pancreatic Pseudocyst....Pages 369-370
E42 Inflammatory Bowel Disease....Pages 371-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
F1 Exposure of the Inguinal Canal and Spermatic Cord Structures....Pages 377-379
F2 Inguinal Hernia and Ligation of Patent Processus Vaginalis....Pages 380-382
F3 Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia....Pages 383-385
F4 Femoral Hernia....Pages 386-388
F5 Acute Scrotal Exploration....Pages 389-391
F6 Varicocoele....Pages 392-395
F7 Testicular Tumour....Pages 396-397
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
F8 Circumcision and Prepuceplasty....Pages 398-401
F9 Urethral Meatotomy and Dorsal Slit of the Foreskin....Pages 402-403
F10 Open Orchidopexy....Pages 404-406
F11 Ovarian Surgery....Pages 407-409
F12 Labial Adhesions and Imperforate Hymen....Pages 410-412
F13 Principles of Hypospadias Surgery....Pages 413-422
F14 Glandular and Coronal Hypospadias Repair....Pages 423-425
F15 Two-Stage Hypospadias Repair: Stage One....Pages 426-428
F16 Hypospadias Repair: Stage Two....Pages 429-430
Front Matter....Pages 431-431
G1 Cystourethroscopy....Pages 433-434
G2 Urethral and Suprapubic Catheterisation....Pages 435-438
G3 Open Surgical Approaches to the Kidney....Pages 439-441
G4 Open Nephrectomy....Pages 442-444
G5 Pyeloplasty....Pages 445-447
G6 Ureteric Duplication....Pages 448-449
G7 Surgery for Renal Calculi....Pages 450-452
G8 Nephrostomy....Pages 453-458
G9 Vesicostomy....Pages 459-460
G10 Ureterostomy....Pages 461-464
G11 Conduit Diversion....Pages 465-467
Front Matter....Pages 431-431
G12 Ileocystoplasty....Pages 468-470
G13 Continent Catheterisable Conduit....Pages 471-472
G14 V-Quadrilateral-Z (VQZ)-plasty for Stoma....Pages 473-474
G15 Endoscopic Treatment of Vesicoureteric Reflux....Pages 475-477
G16 Ureteric Reimplantation....Pages 478-481
G17 Posterior Urethral Valves....Pages 482-483
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
H1 Perineal Injuries....Pages 487-489
H2 Anal Fissures and Skin Tags....Pages 490-492
H3 Perianal Abscess and Fistula-in-Ano....Pages 493-495
H4 Anterior Ectopic Anus....Pages 496-498
H5 Excision of Rectal Polyp....Pages 499-500
H6 Sacrococcygeal Teratoma....Pages 501-503
H7 Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty in Females with Perineal or Vestibular Fistulae....Pages 504-507
H8 Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty (PSARP) for Males with Recto-urethral Bulbar Fistula and Prostatic Fistula....Pages 508-511
H9 Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty (PSARP) with Laparotomy/Laparoscopy in Males with Rectal–Bladder Neck Fistulas....Pages 512-514
H10 Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty (PSARP) with Total Urogenital Mobilization for Cloacae with a Common Channel Smaller than 3 cm....Pages 515-518
H11 Colostomy Creation in Anorectal Malformation....Pages 519-521
H12 Colostomy Closure in Anorectal Malformation....Pages 522-524
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
I1 Ergonomics, Heuristics and Cognitive Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 527-529
I2 Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 530-538
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
I3 Energy Sources in Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 539-541
I4 Minimally Invasive Repair of a Pectus Excavatum....Pages 542-546
I5 Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy....Pages 547-549
I6 Thoracoscopic Lobectomy....Pages 550-555
I7 Thoracoscopic Decortication for Empyema....Pages 556-557
I8 Thoracoscopic Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair....Pages 558-561
I9 Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy....Pages 562-564
I10 Laparoscopic Fundoplication....Pages 565-568
I11 Laparoscopic pyloromyotomy....Pages 569-571
I12 Laparoscopic Appendectomy....Pages 572-574
I13 Laparoscopic Button Placement for Antegrade Enema....Pages 575-576
I14 Primary laparoscopic-assisted endorectal pull-through....Pages 577-579
I15 Laparoscopic Duhamel Pull-Through Procedure....Pages 580-582
I16 Laparoscopic Splenectomy....Pages 583-585
I17 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy....Pages 586-588
I18 Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Non palpable Undescended Testis....Pages 589-591
I19 Laparoscopic Fowler–Stephens Orchidopexy....Pages 592-594
I20 Lymphatic-Sparing Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy....Pages 595-597
I21 Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniotomy....Pages 598-600
I22 Retroperitoneoscopic Nephrectomy....Pages 601-603
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
I23 Retroperitoneoscopic Partial Nephrectomy....Pages 604-606
I24 Laparoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty....Pages 607-610
I25 Button Vesicostomy....Pages 611-613
I26 Laparoscopic-Assisted Insertion of a Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter....Pages 614-617
I27 Laparososcopic Repair of Duodenal Atresia....Pages 618-621
I28 Laparoscopic excision of Choledochal cyst and Hepatico-duodenostomy....Pages 622-626
I29 Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi....Pages 627-631
Back Matter....Pages 633-644