TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Ziegler, Moritz M. A1 - Azizkhan, Richard G. A1 - Allmen, Daniel von A1 - Weber, Thomas R. PY - 2014 T2 - Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e AB - Ten years ago, the first edition of Operative Pediatric Surgery was published by McGraw-Hill. The “editorial purpose” of the book was to consolidate into a single volume a pediatric surgical textbook that would include a limited introduction of the topic's history and a thorough discussion of diagnostic and therapeutic principles, with the generous use of artistic illustrations, radiographs, and photographs that emphasize the authors' preferred operative techniques, all in an atlas format. Also included, where appropriate, would be diagnostic and treatment algorithms or care guidelines. In this second edition, our authors have presented a contemporary update of each topic, and where relevant we have admixed minimally invasive operative techniques with the open approach, rather than separating laparoscopy and thoracoscopy into a separate topic as in the first edition. This should bring greater clarity to the current operation(s) preferred by each author. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/03 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100265467 ER -