1st Edition

Advanced Pediatric Surgery Passing the specialist surgical exams

Edited By Shailinder Jit Singh Copyright 2026
628 Pages 321 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

628 Pages 321 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

An essential revision guide providing a concise, yet comprehensive resource designed to support pediatric surgical trainees, fellows, and practitioners in mastering the core knowledge required for specialist pediatric surgery exams worldwide. Covering 84 high-yield topics, the book distils complex information into an accessible format, featuring clinical pathways, bullet points, and simple line... Read more

Head and Neck

1.Cystic Hygroma and other Fetal Neck Lesions

Piotr Czauderna

2. Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Shailinder Jit Singh and Anindya Niyogi

3. Branchial Cleft Anomalies: Cysts, Sinuses and Fistulae

Shani Fernando, Shailinder Jit Singh and Udaya Samarakkody

4. Thyroglossal Duct Cyst

Shailinder Jit Singh

5. Torticollis

Nitin Kumar B Borkar and Ashwin Kumar C

Thorax

6. Chest Wall Malformation

Kim Sunghoon

7. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Daniel M. Alligood and Augusto Zani

8. Eventration of Diaphragm

Robin Djouder and Shailinder Jit Singh

9.Gastroesophageal Reflux in the Pediatric Population

Abdul Waheed, Subhasis Misra and Cynthia Reyes

10.Congenital Pulmonary Malformations

Joseph D. Drews and Federico G. Seifarth

11. Oesophageal Atresia

Yannick Michael Schmidt, Shailinder Jit Singh and Oliver J Muensterer

12.Congenital Oesophageal Stenosis

Shani Fernando and Udaya Samarakkody

13. Congenital Achalasia Cardia

Shani Fernando and Udaya Samarakkody

14.Pneumothorax

Dakshesh Parikh

15.Chylothorax in Children

Lucky Gupta, Shailinder Jit Singh and Shilpa Sharma 

16.Empyema and Pleural and Lung Infections in Children- Surgical aspects

Adrian CH Fung, Kenneth KY Wong 

17.Congenital Bronchopulmonary Foregut Malformations

Varsha Kotte and J K Mahajan

18.Mediastinal Masses

Omar Nasher and Shailinder Jit Singh

19.Breast Diseases in Children

Satya Sree Balija and Enono Yhoshu

20.Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Caustic Ingestion, Foreign Bodies

Indranil Sau

Abdomen

21.Abdominal Wall Hernias

Mario Riquelme

22. Umbilical Lesions

J K Mahajan and Ramyasree Bade 

23.Gastroschisis

Mathurshnavi Manoharan and Shailinder Jit Singh

24.Omphalocele (Exomphalos)

Henna Singh and Shailinder Jit Singh

25.Pyloric Stenosis

Ria Bhandari and Shailinder Jit Singh

26.Gastrostomy

Shailinder Jit Singh

27.Gastroduodenal Perforations

Gunadi, Pramana Adhityo, Nova Yuli,  Prasetyo Budi and Alvin Santoso Kalim

28.Duodenal Obstructions

JK Mahajan and Shreya Rai

29.Malrotation with Midgut Volvulus

Olajire Idowu and Maria Carmen Mora

30.Jejunal and Ileal Atresia

Craig A McBride

31.Meckel’s Diverticulum

Cristina Botero Fonnegra, Subhasis Misra and Cynthia Reyes

32.Duplication Cysts

Oluwaseun Abiola Olusola and Dorothy Kufeji

33.Meconium Ileus

Shailinder Jit Singh

34.Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Shailinder Jit Singh

35.Short Bowel Syndrome

Adrian Bianchi

36.Abdominal Cysts-Mesenteric Cysts and Omental Cysts

Piotr Czauderna

37.Intussusception

Ike Njere

Colon, Rectum and Anus

38.Appendicitis

Amit Nagpure and Andrew Holland

39.Constipation and Fecal Incontinence

Joe Wiltshire and Jonathan Sutcliffe

40.Hirschsprung’s Disease

Bala Eradi

41.Colonic Atresia

Lea A. Wehrli and Federico G. Seifarth

42.Gastrointestinal Polyps

Giorgio Stefanutti and Craig McBride

43.Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Liesel Porrett

44. Male Anorectal Malformations

Shailinder Jit Singh and Marc A. Levitt

45.Female Ano Rectal Malformations

Shailinder Jit Singh and Marc A. Levitt

46.Perianal Disease

Ramyasree Bade and JK Mahajan

47.Pilonidal Sinus

Georgina Malakounides

Liver, Biliary Tree, Pancreas and Spleen

48.Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia and Biliary atresia

Phoenix WY Wong, Patrick HY Chung and Paul KH Tam

49.Gallstone disease and Biliary Dyskinesia

Shilpa Sharma, Sugandha Agarwal

50. Congenital Choledochal Malformation (CCM)

Naved Kamal Alizai

50.Surgical Disorders of the Spleen

Indranil Sau

52.Surgical Disorders of the Pancreas in Children

Kanishka Das and Akash Bihari Pati

Section 6 Genitourinary Tract for General Pediatric Surgeons

53.Neonatal Ovarian Cyst

William A. Hardy, Subhasis Misra, and Cynthia Reyes

54.Adnexal Torsion in Pediatrics

Samantha Fox, Subhasis Misra and Cynthia Reyes

55.Undescended Testis

Margaret Mutch and Andrew Holland

56.Acute Scrotum

Marilyn Wong, Shani Fernando and Kimberly Aikins

57.Abnormalities of Prepuce and Circumcision

Kiera Roberts and Andrew J A Holland

58.Inguinal Hernias and Femoral Hernias

Spencer Beasley

59.Hydrocele

Shailinder Jit Singh

60.Varicocele,

Marilyn Wong, Shani Fernando and Kimberly Aikins

Oncology

61.Thyroid Lesions

Hany Gabra, Jamie Shalkow and Shailinder Jit Singh

62.Neuroblastoma

Alex I. Halpern, Talia Zimmerman and Anthony D. Sandler

63.Wilms Tumor

Alex I. Halpern and Anthony D. Sandler

64.Paediatric Liver Tumours

Varsha Totadri, Shilpa Sharma and Nigel Heaton

65.Rhabdomyosarcoma

Reham Alsehrehi and Bhanu Lakshminarayanan

66.Adrenocortical Tumors

Ijeoma Nwachukwu and Bhanu Lakshminarayanan

67.Ovarian Masses in Children

Sinal Patel, Subhasis Misra and Cynthia Reyes

68.Testicular Tumours

Khalid Elmalik, Vivek Gaikwad

69.Sacrococcygeal teratoma

Paul D Losty

70.Lung and Chest wall tumours

Andre Cardoso Almeida and Timothy Rogers

71.Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft-Tissue Tumours

Sarah Vecchione and Bhanu Lakshminarayanan

72.Gastrointestinal Polyps/Intestinal Cancer

Prince Raj and Martin Corbally

73.Lymphoma

Daniel Colliver

Trauma

74.Liver Trauma

Shailinder Jit Singh

75.Splenic Trauma

Shailinder Jit Singh

76.Pancreatic Trauma

Nisha Khan and Shailinder Jit Singh

77.Duodenal Trauma

Yousef El-Gohary

78.Trauma- gastrointestinal injury

Indranil Sau

79.Thoracic Trauma

Pinaki Ranjan Debnath, Gali Divya, Palak Palvi

80.Kidney and Urinary Tract Trauma

Riyad Peeraully

81.Vascular Anomalies in Children

Craig A McBride 

82.Management of Paediatric Burns

Kristen Storey and Roy Kimble

Special Areas

83.Antenatal Diagnosis

Ashok Dayaram

84.Gastrointestinal disorders of Extremely Low Birth Infants and Low Birth Infants

Yousef El-Gohary

Biography

Shailinder Jit Singh MS DNB MCh FRCSI FRCS Eng. FRCS Paed. FACS FAAP FISQUa DM MBA is a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Nottingham University Hospital (NUH) NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. He is also Co-Chairman of the Medical Staff Committee for the Queen’s Medical Centre of NUH and Head of Bastow Clinical Investigative Unit at Children’s Hospital at NUH. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and a Fellow of American College of Surgeons and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a Fellow of The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua).