Marc A. Levitt

Pediatric Colorectal Surgery (eBook, PDF)

Tips & Tricks

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Based on 30 years of experience as a surgeon working in the field of pediatric colorectal and pelvic reconstructive surgery, author Marc Levitt shares the tips and tricks that he has developed to make operations and patient management easier and reproducible. This book teaches these skills to achieve positive results.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000553314
• Artikelnr.: 64384390

Autorenporträt

Dr Marc Levitt has focused his career on enhancing the care of children with colorectal and pelvic reconstructive needs. He has cared for children from all 50 of the United States and over 75 countries and has performed more than 15,000 pediatric colorectal procedures. He has written three textbooks and this is his fourth, as well as over 300 scientific articles in this subject area. Dr. Levitt received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, a fellowship in Pediatric Colorectal Surgery at Schneider Children's Hospital and a Pediatric Surgery fellowship at Children's Hospital of Buffalo. His work extends to educating students, surgeons, other medical colleagues, and nurses, as well as developing integrated centers throughout the world to ensure that all children have access to quality colorectal care. He is actively engaged in helping patients, their doctors, and nurses in resource limited locations through the organization Colorectal Team Overseas, www.ctoverseas.org. He is the Chief of the Division of Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstruction at Children's National Hospital, in Washington DC, a uniquely integrated team of pediatric colorectal surgeons, urologists, gynecologists, gastroenterologists, and nurses and is a professor of surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Anorectal and Cloacal Malformations
1. Newborn Anorectal Malformations
2. Predictors of Continence
3. Operative Decision Making
4. Operative Techniques
5. Anal Stenosis, Rectal Atresia, and Presacral Mass
6. Cloaca
7. Postoperative Care of a PSARP Incision
8. Rare Cases
9. Anorectal Malformation Myths
Part II: Hirschsprung Disease
10. Diagnosis
11. Pull-Through
12. Total Colonic Hirschsprung Disease
13. Late Diagnosis Hirschsprung Disease
14. Hirschsprung Disease Myths
Part III: Functional Constipation and Fecal Incontinence
15. Bowel Management
16. Evaluation of Constipation and Surgical Adjuncts
17. Malone Appendicostomy (Antegrade) or Enemas (Retrograde) for Colonic
Cleaning
18. Malone Complications and Troubleshooting
19. Laxatives
20. Thickening the Stool with Fiber
21. Bacterial Overgrowth
22. Sharing Tissues
23. Functional Constipation and Fecal Incontinence Myths
Part IV: Post-PSARP and Post-HD Pull-Through Problems
24. Problems after PSARP
25. Deciding When to Do a Redo Procedure in ARM
26. Problems after an HD Pull-Through
27. Deciding When to Do a Redo Procedure in HD
Part V: Miscellaneous Colorectal Topics and Techniques
28. Operating Room Setup and Positioning
29. Stomas
30. Ischiorectal Fat Pad
31. Miscellaneous Colorectal Conditions