To the Editor: While we enjoyed reading Sewell's article summarising advances in paediatrics, there was no mention of developments in general paediatric surgery.1 About a third of all patients admitted to a paediatric hospital have surgical conditions. Viable advances would thus have significant implications for many children and their families.
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- 1 Department of Academic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW.
- 2 The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW.
Correspondence: andrewh3@chw.edu.au
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