1 Hospitals For Pediatric Surgery In Oklahoma

Pediatric Surgery (click for worldwide facilities list): Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Pediatric surgeons are experienced in caring for the wide variety of problems children may have, ranging from hernias or appendicitis to cancer or serious congenital anomalies. Pediatric surgery may involve minimal access surgery, which includes laparoscopy and thoracoscopy, which allows surgeons to perform operations through very small incisions as well as more invasive surgery. Some pediatric surgery is able to be done on an out patient basis requiring no over night stay. Most hospitals have a family centered approach to pediatric surgery.

A pediatric surgical team is supported by pediatric anesthesiologists and radiologists, as well as other pediatric specialists. Subspecialties of pediatric surgery itself include: neo-natal surgery and fetal surgery.

Other areas of pediatric surgery that requires further training are pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, pediatric transplant surgery, pediatric neurosurgery, and pediatric urological surgery.

Common pediatric diseases that may require pediatric surgery include:
congenital malformations such as lymphangioma, cleft lip and palate,esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, intestinal atresia, necrotizing enterocolitis, meconium plugs, Hirschsprung's disease, imperforate anus, undescended testes
abdominal wall defects such as omphalocele, gastroschisis, hernias
chest wall deformities such as pectus excavatum
childhood tumors such as neuroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, ATRT, liver tumors, teratomas among others
and separation of conjoined twins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatric_surgery

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