Why endoscopic surgery in children: General aspects. Chest. Abdomen: Diagnostic laparoscopy. GI tract. Liver and biliary tree. Urogenital tract. Orthopedics and neurosurgery. Oncology. Futuro.

Endoscopic surgery in children is a rapidly expanding field of interest to all pediatric surgeons. This first publication on the sujects explains why endoscopic surgery in children is important, discusses general aspects of endoscopic surgery and the applications of endoscopic surgery in diseases of the chest, abdoment, GI tract, liver and biliary tree, urogenital tract, in orthopaedics, in neurosurgery, and in oncology. Diagnostic laparoscopy and the future of laparoscopy is discussed as well.

• First publication on the sujects, MIC in pediatric surgery is a rapidly expending field of interest to all pediatric surgeons.