Associated specialties

Abstract

This chapter covers other specialties that can overlap with paediatric surgery. It covers, therefore, gynaecology, cleft lip and palate surgery, otorhinolaryngology, orthopaedics, cardiology, neurosurgery, and vascular malformations. Among the specific subjects within are labial adhesions and ovarian cysts; choanal atresia, dermoid cysts, obstructive sleep apnoea, tonsillitis, laryngomalacia, airway foreign bodies and tracheostomy; the ‘limping child’, developmental dysplasia of the hip and slipped capital femoral epiphysis; cardiac failure and arrhythmias in children, and endocarditis; ventricular shunts, hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury, brain tumours and abscesses; and finally haemangiomas and vascular tumours. The sections are written by specialists in the field with the non-specialist in mind.