Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric surgeons admit patients ranged from neonatal to adolescence.
Field of interests of Pediatric Surgery includes,
- Congenital anomalies found in neonatal period,
- Abdominal, thoracic, neck, urinary tract and genital region diseases,
- Injuries, burns and surgical treatments of these,
- Some childhood tumors.
Primary Diseases and Conditions Treated by Pediatric Surgery:
- Inguinal diseases: Hernia, undescended testis, hydrocele, varicocele, circumcision
- Appendicitis
- Severe injuries and burns that require surgery (liver, spleen and intestine injuries etc.)
- Foreign bodies in body (swollen, slipped etc.)
- Constipation and anorectal disorders (cracks, bleeding, polyp, hemorrhoid etc.)
- Umbilical hernia and congenital anomalies of abdominal wall
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Recurrent abdominal pain
- Neonatal anomalies
- Hemangiomas and other skin lesions
- Diagnosis and surgical treatment of abdominal and thoracic space occupying tumors of childhood, port and catheter insertion
- Endoscopic procedures (bronchoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, rectoscopy, cystoscopy etc.)
- Separation of Siamese twins, albeit rare