Pediatric Surgery

Comprehensive pediatric care

A world-class pediatric hospital devoted to the health of babies, children and adolescents. MORE

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Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery

Pediatric Surgery is committed to providing comprehensive general and thoracic surgical care for infants, children and adolescents. Developing a coordinated program with healthcare systems within the region has been a longtime goal. The focus of the division has been on clinical patient care and surgical education.

Members of the pediatric specialty group have a long and broad experience in treating problems ranging from basic to complex using conventional and minimally invasive techniques. Range of services provided include:

Pediatric general surgery

hernias, hydroceles, undescended testes, scrotal problems, circumcision
appendectomy, intussusception, pyloric stenosis, malrotation
anorectal surgery, pilonidal disease

Hirschsprung’s disease
hepatobiliary surgery
pancreatic surgery
thyroid, thyroglossal duct cyst, branchial cleft anomalies
breast masses

Pediatric thoracic surgery

pulmonary, esophageal, mediastinal
airway and esophageal foreign bodies
pectus excavatum, carinatum

Neonatal surgery

gastroschisis, omphalocele
tracheoesophageal anomalies
intestinal anomalies, imperforate anus

necrotizing enterocolitis
patent ductus arteriosus ligation
congenital diaphragmatic hernia
ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)

Pediatric surgical oncology

long-term venous access
Wilms tumor
neuroblastoma
hepatic tumors