title: The paediatric surgeon-operating physician or surgeon.
abstract: To elucidate a child's symptoms one must understand the child. A wide range of medical conditions may present to the consultant paediatric surgeon, so that he must be qualified by training to recognize them. Within a children's hospital he is aptly trained and placed to act as a focal point whenever disease or injury involves a number of surgical specialties.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D003933:Diagnosis; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013038:Specialization