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This is the fifth edition of Pediatric Surgery, but the first edition without the insights and efforts of either
Dr. Tom Holder or Dr. Keith Ashcraft. In 1980, these two master surgeons had the foresight to develop a
reference text focusing on infants and children with surgical conditions. The current editors would like
to dedicate this fifth edition to our founding editors, Drs. Tom Holder and Keith Ashcraft. Drs. Holder and Aschraft wanted to create a singlevolume pediatric surgical work that was broad in scope and had some detail about each condition; however, they did not intend for this work to be encyclopedic. As they stated in their first Preface, “An effort has been made to provide sufficient information concerning physiology, embryology, and anatomy so that the reader may gain a thorough understanding of the patient, the disease process, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Authors were selected because they are acknowledged authorities in the area of their contribution.
