Principles & Practice of Pediatric Surgery 2nd edition by Keith T. Oldham, Paul M. Colombani, Robert P. Foglia & Michael A. Skinner is the most comprehensive, current, and authoritative reference on pediatric surgery. More than 150 recognized experts provide complete information on the diagnosis and treatment of all surgical diseases and injuries in infants and children. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Surgery provides clinically focused coverage of each organ system, including extensive sections on surgical oncology, the thorax, the abdomen, and trauma and state-of-the-art chapters on endocrine surgery, the breast, injury prevention, cell transplantation, and short bowel syndrome. More than 1,300 illustrations demonstrate surgical procedures step by step.
Table of Contents:

Table of Contents:
- Cell Structure and Function.
- Genetics.
- The Fetus as Patient.
- Common Problems and Complications of Premature and Full-Term Infants.
- Outcomes Studies.
- Fluid and Electrolyte Management.
- Nutrition - Daniel H. Teitelbaum Metabolism.
- Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology.
- Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Shock.
- Repiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology.
- Wound Healing.
- Infection.
- Inflammation.
- Immunology and Immunodeficiencies.
- Blood.
- Pediatric Anesthesia and Pain Management.
- Surgical Management of Children with Physical Disabilities.
- Medical Ethics and Pediatric Surgery.
- Approach to the Pediatric Trauma Patient.
- Injury Prevention.
- Head Injury and Intracranial Pressure.
- Facial Trauma.
- Neck Trauma.
- Thoracic Trauma.
- Abdominal Trauma.
- Orthopedic Priniciples for Trauma.
- Vascular Trauma.
- Drowning and Hypothermia.
- Stings, Bites, and Poisonings.
- Burns.
- Principles of Oncology.
- Oncogenesis.
- Angiogenesis and Hemangiomas.
- Renal Tumors.
- Neuroblastoma.
- Rhabdomyosarcomas and Nonrhabdomyomatous Sarcomas.
- Hepatoblastoma and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
- Leukemias and Lymphomas.
- Germ Cell and Gonadal Tumors.
- Breast.
- Adrenal Gland.
- Thyroid and Parathyroid.
- Pancreas.
- Transplant Immunology and Clinical Immunosuppression.
- Organ Donation, Procurement, and Preservation.
- Kidney Transplant.
- Liver, Intestine, Multi-Visceral.
- Heart and Lung.
- Bone Marrow.
- Cell/Gene Transplant.
- Opthalmology.
- Craniofacial Anomalies.
- Cleft Lip and Cleft Plate.
- Otolaryngologlic Disorders.
- Neck.
- Chest Wall Anomalies.
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Subglottic Airway.
- Mediastinum and Pleura.
- Lung.
- Congenital Heart Disease.
- Pericardum and Great Vessel.

- Hardcover: 1850 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2 edition (December 1, 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781742900
- ISBN-13: 9780781742900
- Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1.7 inches
- List Price: $349.00
