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Pan-African Paediatric Surgical Association
Pan-African Paediatric Surgical Association (PAPSA) is an organisation established in 1994 to promote the practice of paediatric surgery in Africa, improvement of research, interchange of ideas and sharing of knowledge and expertise for the benefit of the children of Africa. Text was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , there have been 15 annual Paediatric Surgical Conferences under PAPSA. Prof. Alp Numanoglu is the President of PAPSA and Dr Adesoji O. Ademuyiwa is the general secretary. History During the 38th British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) conference in Budapest in 1991, the concept of an Association representing Africa was proposed with 9 paediatric surgeons from Africa who attended the meeting. As the idea needed international recognition and support, the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS) gave support during the development phases of the as yet to be esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paediatric Surgery
Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. History Pediatric surgery arose in the middle of the 1879 century as the surgical care of birth defects required novel techniques and methods, and became more commonly based at children's hospitals. One of the sites of this innovation was Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 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. By the late 1970s, the infant death rate from several major congenital malformation syndromes had been reduced to near zero. Specialties Subspecialties of pediatric surgery itself include: neonatal surgery and fetal surgery. Other areas of surgery also have pediatric specialties of their own that require further training during the residencies and in a fellowship: pediatric cardiot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
