Surgery of Liver Disease in Children

This work, although intended to be a reference of current surgical techniques for the use of paediatric surgeons and paediatricians, is not meant to be an exhaustive surgical manual. It does not, therefore, cover the standard surgical techniques such as liver resection, but does offer detailed information on lesser known, but valuable techniques such as hepatic transplantation and portoenterostomy for biliary atresia. Other topics addressed in this work are modern anaesthetic techniques, intensive care management and clinical investigation (without which modern surgery would not have made such strides). At the same time, the specific surgical techniques relating to biliary tract problems, tumours, portal hypertension, infection, trauma and transplantation are thoroughly covered.