Hecker W C
Prog Pediatr Surg. 1986;20:1-8. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-70825-1_1.
Pediatric surgery as defined today is a very young specialty, and it was not until the middle of our century that pediatric units were established at surgical clinics in Germany. Pediatric surgery in Germany developed first in children's hospitals. The author distinguishes four stages: Stage 1: The pediatrician as operating surgeon; Stage 2: The surgeon as consultant; Stage 3: Pediatric surgical hospitals at children's hospitals; Stage 4: Pediatric surgery as an independent discipline in its own right. This chapter then relates the history of the German Society of Pediatric Surgery and the coming of age of pediatric surgery as a completely independent discipline, in which there are now 55 pediatric surgical units in the Federal Republic of Germany. The publications, textbooks, and journals listed at the end of this chapter show the advance of this discipline.
如今所定义的小儿外科是一个非常年轻的专业领域，直到本世纪中叶，德国的外科诊所才设立了儿科科室。德国的小儿外科首先在儿童医院得到发展。作者区分了四个阶段：第一阶段：儿科医生担任手术外科医生；第二阶段：外科医生担任顾问；第三阶段：儿童医院设立小儿外科医院；第四阶段：小儿外科成为一门独立的学科。本章接着讲述了德国小儿外科学会的历史以及小儿外科作为一门完全独立学科的成熟历程，如今在德意志联邦共和国有55个小儿外科科室。本章末尾列出的出版物、教科书和期刊展示了这一学科的进步。
