Pediatric surgery--whither goest thou?

What I have attempted to do in this analysis is to give you my views of pediatric surgery as it stands today in terms of its original goals. I have also attempted to look ahead and to analyze the straws in the wind, hopefully offering some potential solutions for the issues we are currently facing. If we remember who we really are and what our purpose is, great opportunity lies ahead. To those of us who are not satisfied with the present outlook there is much to be investigated and much to be contributed.