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Paediatric surgery is described as the last remaining ‘general’ surgical specialty: not only do paediatric Surgeons work with multiple organ systems; they also work with antenatal to adolescent care.

The aim of this chapter is to concentrate on the essentials for medical student survival whilst on a paediatric surgical rotation. We give tips for history and examination; describe common surgical emergencies and important operations; discuss the areas of super-specialty; and give some description of the career and advice on how to succeed.

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  1. Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Foundation Trust, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DA, UK

    Mollika K. Chakravorty BSc (Hons), MBChB

  2. Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK

    Caroline M. Smith MSc MRCS & Richard M. Lindley MBChB BMedSci MD FRCS(Paed Surg)

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  1. Mollika K. Chakravorty BSc (Hons), MBChB
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  3. Richard M. Lindley MBChB BMedSci MD FRCS(Paed Surg)
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Correspondence to Mollika K. Chakravorty BSc (Hons), MBChB .

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  1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Rebecca A. Fisher

  2. MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London , London, United Kingdom

    Kamran Ahmed

  3. MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London , London, United Kingdom

    Prokar Dasgupta

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Chakravorty, M.K., Smith, C.M., Lindley, R.M. (2017). Paediatric Surgery. In: Fisher, R., Ahmed, K., Dasgupta, P. (eds) Introduction to Surgery for Students. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_24

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