Standards and Recommendations for Hospital Care of Newborn Infants

Abstract

several standard teachings of the surgical anatomy of this area proposed during the past 20 years and it attempts a correlation between correct accounts given by anatomists of the past century with modern clinical concepts. One chapter is given to congenital sacral defects and associated anomalies of the spinal cord, bladder, bowel, and feet. An appendix to the first part of the book deals with the confusing nomenclature of malformations of the anus and rectum encountered in the surgical literature. The second part of the book is entitled "Dysplasias of the Urinary Tract" and contains chapters on mega-ureter, double ureter, ureterocele, bifid ureter, vesical diverticula, the "triad syndrome" (anomaly of the abdominal wall, urinary system, and testis), and hydrone¬ phrosis. The third part is devoted to anomalies of the inguinoscrotal region and a fourth part to microdissection studies in renal morphology. Many of the discussions and critical considerations of this volume will stimulate not only surgeons but also pediatricians. Each chapter is followed by a short list of key references. The book contains 227 illustrations, photographs, roentgenograms, and diagrams. This volume deserves attention as the product of a pediatrie surgical research team intensely interested in a somewhat neglected area, called in the foreword "the shameful parts" of the body.