IN MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY
Thom E Lobe MD1
1 Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Chairman, Section of Pediatric Surgery, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN.
The pediatrician must be cognizant of the extensive applications of endoscopic surgery in the pediatric patient. The ability to provide either outpatient surgery or short-stay surgery appears to be cost-effective and appropriate state-of-the-art medical care. As the array of surgical instruments continues to evolve, new and innovative endoscopic procedures will become increasingly available.