Podcasts
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.
Sections
- Introduction (00:00)
- Origin of Pediatric Surgery (01:54)
- Historical events in medicine involving pediatric patients (05:47)
- How Dr. Nakayama became interested in the history of pediatric surgery (07:21)
- History of pyloric stenosis (08:59)
- First pyloric stenosis operations (11:38)
- Start of perioperative care of pyloric stenosis patients (14:46)
- History of Hirschsprung disease (18:04)
- The contributions of Dr. Swenson (23:08)
- Feud between Dr. Swenson and Dr. Gross (25:16)
- History of the Soave procedure (28:16)
- Story of the first PDA ligation (30:33)
- Feud between Dr. Gross and Dr. Ladd (36:41)
- History of esophageal atresia (37:21)
- First successful esophageal atresia repair (44:29)
- Management of the first esophageal leak (46:36)
- Closing remarks (50:36)