Certain Aspects of Surgery

TO those who illt,c~rc~st themsclvcs l)rim:lrily in the surgical problrms of infancy :llld childhood, there swms to be 110 entl to IICW ideas which can be dcvclopc~l in the ol)erative and post-operative care 01’ children, which lead to smoother convalcsccncc~, decreased morbidity, :\nd lower mort:rIit,y rates. In the field Of pediatric surgery, ho\vevcr, the chillleiige still lies in tlic surgical managc~mcnt oi those congenital allom:l tics whicll are incompatible with life, but which are amenable to surgical corrcct,ion. There arc l’our such problems which might be included in this group wit,hout question. They are ompl~aloccle, atresi;r OF thr esol)llagus with or witho& trnchrorsol)h;Iaeal fistula, atresia of the bowel and imprrforatc ;L~IIIS.