| Summary: | A revised and updated reference text (1st ed., 1972) providing anatomists and surgeons with an organized account of many of the malformations that can arise during the gestation of the human being. Against a background of normal embryology, the authors (primarily the Editors-In-Chief) describe the specific pathological conditions and critically review the embryogenesis of a large number of congenital defects, supplying estimates of their frequency, their distribution within the population, and their prognosis. Finally, they discuss their diagnosis and the principles underlying their surgical correction (but not the specific directions for surgery). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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