Origin The specialty took shape over the middle decades of the twentieth century; C. Everett Koop provided surgical leadership from the 1940s at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, developing anesthesia and surgical techniques that made repair of previously untreatable birth defects possible.
Pediatric surgery is the surgical subspecialty treating fetuses, infants, children and adolescents, covering congenital anomalies and conditions that require different technique and equipment than adult surgery. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own accountThe specialty took shape over the middle decades of the twentieth century; C. Everett Koop provided surgical leadership from the 1940s at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, developing anesthesia and surgical techniques that made repair of previously untreatable birth defects possible. 2 Classification
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C. Everett Koop was a pioneering pediatric surgeon before serving as US Surgeon General.
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Surgical specialties focus on manually operative and instrumental techniques to treat disease.
2. Pediatric Surgery (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section
Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, and young adults.
History section
Beginning in the 1940s under the surgical leadership of C. Everett Koop, newer techniques for endotracheal anesthesia of infants allowed surgical repair of previously untreatable birth defects.
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