Pediatric Surgery

These consist of problems of the lower intestinal tract. The anal opening may be misplaced or absent. Often these children require surgery in the newborn period. Some children require surgeries in stages.

Children with this condition may not pass stools and have a swollen belly at birth. They may also present with constipation a little later. This is due to the absence of nerve cells in the lower intestine. Surgery is necessary to correct this problem.

Here the intestines move into the chest through a hole in the muscle separating the chest and belly. This need urgent ICU care and surgery.

Babies with this disorder have a problem with the spinal cord. This leads to weakness of the lower limbs and loss of control to pass stools and urine. These children need multidisciplinary care, including clean intermittent catheterisation, medicines and sometimes surgery to make the child better manageable, prevent infections and renal failure.

This is sac like dilatation of the bile passage between the liver and the intestine, which can cause jaundice with recurrent fever. This is removed and the drainage is directly provided into the intestines.

This is a keyhole operation for gall stones.

Only male children are affected. The boys are born with a valve like partial block in the urinary passage. This causes problems in the bladder and kidney, including kidney failure. Microsurgery (cystoscopy) is done to remove the valve. These boys need to be observed for a long time as they can have persisting problems due to kidney failure.

The passage of urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder is blocked. This leads to a swollen kidney. Surgery is required to remove the blocked area and make a new connection that allows urine to flow into the bladder.

The urine comes out through an abnormal opening on the undersurface of the penis. This can be usually corrected in a single stage surgery. Very severe cases may require surgery in stages.

There is a bulge in the groin that has intestine or fluid. This requires a corrective surgery.

This minor surgery is done for religious customs or for conditions like phimosis.

This is a condition where the testis is not present in the scrotum. It may be absent, present inside the belly or within the lower belly wall. Surgery is necessary in one or two stages to bring the testis into the scrotum.

The child is born with urinary bladder that is open to the outside. The child is thus constantly wet due to the flow of urine. Staged surgeries are required to keep the child dry and to protect the kidneys from renal failure.

Children sustain burn injuries accidentally at home while playing with hot water, near the stove or with firecrackers. The injuries may range from simple injuries to very deep burn injuries. A variety of reconstructive surgeries are available to help these patients.

Children who sustain injuries in accidents require urgent care. They may need emergency surgery or ICU care. Often many parts of the body are injured and will require specialized care.

Children also can suffer cancer of the kidneys, liver, sex organs etc. Most of them have a good result in the early stages. Intestinal obstruction: This may happen in various conditions, both due to birth defects or other diseases causing blockage in the intestine. These children mostly need emergency operation to relieve the blockage.