• Unlike any other source on the topic, this book
• focuses on key theories and applications rather than technical details
• emphasizes the principles of practice for this technology and the most recent evidence to support its use
• covers individual diseases and procedures within pediatric general surgery and its subspecialties
• describes applications of minimal access surgery within other pediatric surgical specialties and considers emerging technologies in the field
• emphasizes evidence-based approaches
• offers an international perspective on the topic

This authoritative guide reviews the evoloving evidence-based literature for a wide variety of procedures and techniques in pediatric minimal access surgery (MAS)-providing expertly-written chapters that cover the techniques specific to a broad range of diseases, as well as current advances in urology, neurosurgery, and spinal and cardiac surgery.