Pediatric General Surgery Professor General & Thoracic Surgery Topics for discussion • What makes Pediatric Surgery unique? • Neonatal intestinal obstruction • Abdominal wall defects • Inguinal hernias • Appendicitis • Malignancies Why is it different from adult surgery? • Different diseases • Responses to surgery and trauma • Physiology • Cure vs. Palliation • Family dynamics • Ability to take a history • True general surgery Physiology • Children are not little adults • Problems and physiologic maturity vary at different ages Surgical Newborns • Common Symptoms – Vomiting – Abdominal distension – Bloody stool – Respiratory distress Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction
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Pediatric General Surgery
Professor General & Thoracic Surgery
Topics for discussion
• What makes Pediatric Surgery unique? • Neonatal intestinal obstruction • Abdominal wall defects • Inguinal hernias • Appendicitis • Malignancies
Why is it different from adult surgery?
• Different diseases • Responses to surgery and trauma • Physiology • Cure vs. Palliation • Family dynamics • Ability to take a history • True general surgery
Physiology
• Children are not little adults • Problems and physiologic maturity vary at