21. Basic principles of surgical treatment of congenital diseases.
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Topic 21 of 77 in the MU Plovdiv syllabus for General and Operative Surgery (Medicine, Year 3). The free AceMed note covers it in 1 section, about 53 words (1 min of reading).
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SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
Written by Rhiana Devadasan
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According to WHO, around 3 million fetuses & infants are born each year w/ major congenital malformations (approximate 2% of babies).
Congenital malformations account for nearly 500,000 deaths worldwide each year (nearly 20% of all infant deaths).
However, individual congenital malformations are seen infrequently by a typical practitioner.
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