title: [Guidelines in pediatric surgery].
abstract: Guidelines are intended to give more structure and transparency to medical procedures and to reduce unnecessary medical costs. The aims of guidelines and the claims made upon them are defined and their usefulness is discussed, with a short review of special problems in pediatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Kinderchirurgische Klinik im Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Joppich
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
vernacular_title: Leitlinien in der Kinderchirurgie.