Pediatric Surgery and Urology

Part I. General Issues: 1a. Introduction and historical overview: North American perspective; 1b. Introduction and historical overview: European perspective; 2. Principles of outcome analysis; 3. Organization and delivery of pediatric surgery; 4. Neonatal intensive care: perinatal mortality and morbidity; 5. Psychological aspects of pediatric surgery; Part II. Head and Neck: 6. Cleft lip and palate; 7. Lymphangiomas; 8. Thyroid and parathyroid; 9. Salivary gland disorders; 10. Head and neck tumors; Part III. Thorax: 11. Chest wall deformities; 12. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; 13. Airway obstruction: surgical aspects; 14. Pulmonary resection and thoracotomy; 15a. Esophageal atresia: surgical aspects; 15b. Nutrition, growth and respiratory function; 16. Antireflux surgery; 17. Esophageal replacement; 18. Esophageal achalasia; 19. Breast disorders; Part IV. Abdomen: 20. Abdominal surgery: general aspects; 21. Abdominal wall defects; 22. Inguinal and umbilical hernias; 23. Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; 24. Small bowel disorders; 25. Cystic fibrosis; 26. Necrotizing enterocolitis; 27a. Inflammatory bowel disease; 28. Intestinal failure; 29. Appendicitis; 30. Hirschsprung's disease; 31. Anorectal malformations; 32. Disorders of intestinal motility; 33. The Malone antegrade continence enema procedure; 34. Splenectomy; 35. Biliary atresia; 36. Choledochal cysts; 37. Biliary stone disease; 38a. Portal hypertension: Surgery and interventional radiology; 38b Portal hypertension: Endoscopic treatment; 39. Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy; 40. Acute and chronic pancreatitis; Part V. Urology: 41. Introduction; 42. Upper tract dilation; 43. Posterior urethral valves; 44a. Vesicoureteral reflux: conservative; 44b. Surgical (including endoscopic); 45. Genitoplasty in exstrophy and epispadias; 46. Feminization; 47. Hypospadias; 48. Bladder exstrophy; 49. Neuropathic bladder and surgery of incontinence; 50. Non-neurogenic bladder dysfunction; 51. Undescended testes and testicular torsion; 52. Circumcision; 53. The single kidney; 54. Multicystic kidney; 55. Urolithiasis; 56. Gonadal tumors; Part VI. Oncology: 57. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy; 58. Neuroblastoma; 59a. Wilms' tumor: North American experience; 59b. European experience; 60. Rhabdomyosarcoma; 61. Liver tumors and resections; 62. Germ cell tumors (exclusive of gonadal tumors); 63. Hemangiomas and vascular malformations; Part VII. Transplantation: 64, Renal failure and transplantation; 65. Liver transplantation; 66. Small bowel transplantation; 67. Heart and lung transplantation; Part VIII. Trauma: 68. Introduction, scoring, and trauma management systems; 69. Head injury; 70. Truncal trauma; Part IX. Miscellaneous: 71. Vascular access; 72. Hydrocephalus and myelomeningocele; 73. Fetal surgery; 74. Conjoined twins.