History Of Pediatric Surgery

An interactive discussion between Todd Ponsky, MD and Don Nakayama, MD about the history of pediatric surgery, specifically the evolution of the management of pyloric stenosis, Hirschprung disease and esophageal atresia. Dr. Nakayama is an adjunct professor of the department of surgery at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University and pediatric surgeon at Sacred Heart Medical Group. Table of Contents 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:54 Origin of Pediatric Surgery 00:05:47 Historical events in medicine involving pediatric patients 00:07:21 How Dr. Nakayama became interested in the history of pediatric surgery 00:08:59 History of pyloric stenosis 00:11:38 First pyloric stenosis operations 00:14:46 Start of perioperative care of pyloric stenosis patients 00:18:04 History of Hirschsprung disease 00:23:08 The contributions of Dr. Swenson 00:25:16 Feud between Dr. Swenson and Dr. Gross 00:28:16 History of the Soave procedure 00:30:33 Story of the first PDA ligation 00:36:41 Feud between Dr. Gross and Dr. Ladd 00:37:21 History of esophageal atresia 00:44:29 First successful esophageal atresia repair 00:46:36 Management of the first esophageal leak 00:50:36 Closing remarks Intro track is adapted from "I dunno" by grapes, featuring J Lang, Morusque. Artist URL: ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/