Liver Physiology and Pathophysiology Edward P. Tagge Patrick B. Thomas Derya U. Tagge Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Surgery, Divisions of Pediatric Surgery and General Surgery, Charleston, South…
Ulcerative Colitis Terry L. Buchmiller-Crair Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an idiopathic inflammatory process…
Hirschsprung’s Disease Jacob C. Langer University of Toronto, Pediatric General Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada Hirschsprung’s disease occurs in approximately 1 in 5,000 live-born infants….
Intestinal Duplications John J. Aiken Department of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226. Enteric duplications and mesenteric, omental, and retroperitoneal cysts are rare developmental anomalies that frequently…
Crohn’s Disease Thomas T. Sato Subra Kugathasan Medical College of Wisconsin, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201. Medical College of Wisconsin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease…
Intussusception Daniel P. Doody Robert P. Foglia Department of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St….
Tumors of the Small Bowel Nicholas A. Shorter Pediatric Surgery, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203. Tumors of the small bowel are uncommon at any age. Those occurring in…
Malrotation Paul T. Stockmann Wayne State University, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan 48201. Malrotation is the term used to define the group of congenital anomalies resulting from aberrant intestinal…
Appendix and Meckel’s Diverticulum Robert S. Sawin University of Washington, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105-0371. APPENDIX Anatomy Embryology The appendix develops from the cecum, which first…
