Surgery and Anesthesia

Pediatric surgery

Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Pediatric surgeons treat children from the newborn stage through late adolescence. They choose to make pediatric care the core of their medical practice, and the unique nature of medical and surgical care of children is learned from advanced training and experience in practice. Circumcision, appendectomy most common pediatric surgeries. Pediatric surgery is also defined as the diagnostic, operative, and postoperative surgical care for children with congenital and acquired anomalies and diseases, be they developmental, inflammatory, neoplastic or traumatic.

Pediatric surgeons are medical doctors who have had

           At least 4 years of medical school

            Five additional years of general surgery

            Two additional years of residency training in pediatric surgery

            Certification by the American Board of Surgery

Pediatric surgeons treat children from the newborn stage through late adolescence. They choose to make pediatric care the core of their medical practice, and the unique nature of medical and surgical care of children is learned from advanced training and experience in practice. Pediatric surgeons diagnose, treat, and manage children’s surgical needs including:

            Surgical repair of birth defects

            Diagnosis and surgical care of tumors

            Transplantation operations

            All other surgical procedures for children