Pediatric Surgery

Emmanuel A. Ameh is Professor of Paediatric Surgery and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria. He was formerly Professor at the Ahmadu Bello University & Consultant Paediatric Surgeon to the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria. He obtained his medical degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1989 with honors. He undertook surgical training at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria, subspecializing in Paediatric Surgery. He spent varying periods as Travel Fellow to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of New York, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds (minimal invasive surgery and paediatric urology) and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom. Dr. Ameh has published over 190 papers in several journals around the world. He has edited 2 books and written several book chapters on aspects of surgical care of children. Over the years, Dr. Ameh has been actively involved in the development of educational programmes and training activities of the West African College of Surgeons, Association of Paediatric Surgeons of Nigeria and Pan African Paediatric Surgical Association. He was a Commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery where he served as Lead for the workforce, training and education working group. He was an expert participant of the Fourth Meeting of the WHO Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care, where he served as vice chair of the advocacy working group. More recently, Dr. Ameh is a member of the core organizers for the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery and he led the recently concluded National Surgical, Obstetrics, Anaesthesia and Nursing Plan for Nigeria. He has been at the forefront of championing the cause for improvements and advancement in children's surgical care and training of paediatric surgeons in Africa and Low and Middle-Income Countries. Stephen W. Bickler is Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of California San Diego and Attending Pediatric Surgeon at Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego, CA USA). Prior to joining the University of California San Diego, he was the Consultant Pediatric Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Banjul, The Gambia. Dr. Bickler has served as a consultant for the World Health Organization on surgery in low-income countries and has published extensively on strategies for improving the surgical care in settings of limited resources. He has published over 100 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, edited two pediatric surgery textbooks for sub-Saharan Africa, and written many book chapters on a variety of surgical topics. Dr. Bickler was a Co-Principle investigator on a five-year NIH funded project to improve surgical care in rural areas of Mozambique, a contributing author to the 3rd Edition of Disease Control Priorities (World Bank) and co-author of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. His research interests include surgical epidemiology, the role of surgical care in primary health care systems, and economics of surgical care in settings of limited resources. Dr. Bickler received his medical degree from the University of California Irvine, College of Medicine and a Diploma of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene from the University of London. He completed his surgical residency at Oregon Health & Science University and his pediatric surgery fellowship at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Kokila Lakhoo trained in general surgery in Johannesburg, South Africa and had her specialist training in paediatric surgery at the Red Cross Memorial Hospital in Cape Town, in South Africa and Great Ormond Street Children's' Hospital in London, United Kingdom. She has worked as a consultant paediatric surgeon and senior lecturer at Baragwanath Hospital and University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Afr

1.  Paediatric surgery specialty and its relevance to Africa.- 2. Neonatal physiology and transport.- 3.  Respiratory physiology and support.- 4.  Cardiovascular physiology and support.- 5.  Fluids and electrolyte therapy in the paediatric patient.- 6.  Nutritional support.- 7.  Haemoglobinopathies.- 8.  Wound healing.- 9.  Vascular access in children.- 10.  Anaesthesia and perioperative care.- 11.  Pain management.- 12.  Intensive care.- 13.  Ethics of paediatric surgery in Africa.- 14.  Psychological issues in paediatric surgery.-  .- 15.  Common bacterial infections in children.- 16.  Surgical site infection.- 17.  Surgical complications of typhoid fever.- 18.  Tuberculosis.- 19.  Pyomyositis.- 20.  Omphalitits.- 21.  Necrotizing fasciitis.- 22.  Haematogenous osteomyelitis and septic arthritis.- 23.  Parasitic infestation of surgical importance in children.- 24.  HIV/AIDS and the paediatric surgeon.-  .- 25.  Paediatric trauma: epidemiology, prevention and control.- 26.  Paediatric trauma scoring and trauma registry.- 27.  Initial assessment and resuscitiation of the trauma patient.- 28.  Thoracic trauma.- 29.  Abdominal trauma.- 30.  Craniocerebral and spinal trauma.- 31.  Urogenital and perineal trauma.- 32.  Musculoskeletal trauma.- 33.  Burns.- 34.  Injuries from child abuse.- 35.  Birth injuries.-  .- 36.  Neck: cysts, sinuses and fistulas.- 37.  Lymphadenopathy in African children.- 38.  Sternomastoid tumour in infancy.- 39.  Salivery gland diseases in children and adolescents.- 40.  Thyroid and parathyroid glands.-  .- 41.  Laryngoscopy, bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy.- 42.  Paediatric upper airway obstruction.- 43.  Tracheomalacia.- 44.  Congenital cystic lung lessions.- 45.  Congenital diaphragmatic hernia and diaphragmatic eventration.- 46.  Pleural effusion and empyema.- 47.  Lung abscess.- 48.  Oesophageal atresia.- 49.  Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.- 50.  Achalasia.- 51.  Corrosive ingestion and oesophageal replacement.- 52.  Aerodigestive foreign bodies in children.- 53.  Chest wall deformities.- 54.  Mediastinal masses.- 55.  chylothorax.-  .- 56.  Congenital anterior abdominal wall defects: exomphalos and gastroschisis.- 57.  Disorders of the umbilicus.- 58.  Inguinal and femoral hernias and hydroceles.-  .- 59.  Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.- 60.  Peptic ulcer disease.- 61.  Neonatal intestinal obstruction.- 62.  Duodenal atresias and stenosis.- 63.  Intestinal atresias and stenosis.- 64.  Vitelline duct anomalies.- 65.  Intestinal malrotation and midgut volvulus.- 66.  Gastrointestinal duplications.- 67.  Meconium ileus.- 68.  Intussusception.- 69.  Miscellaneous causes of intestinal obstruction.- 70.  Necrotizing enterocolitis.- 71.  Short bowel syndrome.- 72.  Gastrointestinal stomas.-  .- 73.  Colonic atresias.- 74.  Appendicitis.- 75.  Inflammatory bowel disease.- 76.  Hirschsprung's disease and allied malformations.- 77.  Anorectal malformation.- 78.  Polyps.- 79.  Other anorectal conditions.-  .- 80.  Obstructive jaundice.- 81.  Biliary atresia.- 82.  Choledochal cyst.- 83.  Cholelithiasis (gallstones).- 84.  Annular pancreas.- 85.  Pancreatitis.- 86.  Spleen.- 87.  Portal hypertension.-  .- 88.  Cystic diseases of the kidney.- 89.  Congenital ureteropelvic junction stenosis.- 90.  Ureteric duplications and ureterocoeles.- 91.  Vesicoureteric reflux.- 92.  Bladder exstrophy and epispadias.- 93.  Urethral valves.- 94.  Hypospadias.- 95.  Circumcision.- 96.  Phimosis, meatal stenosis, and paraphimosis.- 97.  Urolithiasis.- 98.  Undescended testis.- 99.  Disorders of sex development.- 100.  Bladder outlet obstruction.- 101.  Acute scrotum.-  .- 102.  Kidney tumours.- 103.  Teratomas.- 104.  Lymphomas and the paediatric surgeon.- 105.  Neuroblastoma.- 106.  Malignant soft tissue tumours.- 107.  Liver tumours.- 108.  Primary bone tumours.- 109.  Brain and spinal cord tumours.-  .- 110.  Lymphangioma.- 111.  Haemangioma.- 112.  Arteriovenous malformations.- 113.  Unilateral limb enlargement.-  .- 114.  Hydrometrocolpos.- 115.  Mullerian Duct Anomalies.- 116.  Labial adhesions and agglutination.- 117.  Ovarian lesions.-  .- 118.  Disability and Rehabilitation: General concepts.- 119.  Neurodisability.- 120.  Common Paediatric Orthopaedic Diseases.- 121.  Plastic and reconstructive surgery.-  .- 122.  Minimal invasive surgery in paediatric patients.- 123.  Prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy.- 124.  Conjoined and parasitic twins.- 125.  Otorhinolaryngology .- 126.  Paediatric transplantation.- 127.  Telemedicine and e-health.- 128.  Paediatric surgical education in sub-saharan Africa.