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Paediatric surgery and urology. Long-term outcomes, 2nd edition

Edited by Mark D Stringer, Keith T Oldham, Pierre D E Published by Cambridge University Press, Mouriquand. Cambridge, 2006, pp 1096, £156.75 (hardback). ISBN 10: 0-52-183902-5

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Paediatric surgery and urology is an impressive text providing a unique and comprehensive view of the entire spectrum of surgical and urological conditions found in neonatal and paediatric patients. It differs most other paediatric/urological reference books as it does not solely concern itself with the usual disease epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and management but focuses on long-term outcomes.

The contents of the book’s 1096 pages are anatomically and systematically ordered in nine parts and follow an opening section, which essentially provides a backdrop for the succeeding content. The opening chapters emphasise the importance of approaching paediatric surgery or indeed any area of medicine from a "long-term outcome" perspective. This is achieved by outlining not only the principles of such an approach but also the . . . [Full text of this article]