PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Pediatric surgical specialists here treat a wide range of general and speciality surgical problems affecting infants, children, and adolescents.

We also counsel parents expecting a baby who may have been diagnosed before birth with a surgical problem.

Pediatric surgeons at our hospital work across a wide range of disciplines:

    General and thoracic surgery: Many types of surgery, from the repair of inguinal hernias to the complex reconstruction of unique congenital malformations to trauma critical care

    Neurosurgery: Conditions such as the diagnosis and treatment of hydrocephalus, shunts, brain tumours, craniosynostosis, acute head injuries, epilepsy surgery evaluations, Chiari malformations, vascular malformations, congenital spine/spinal cord problems, skull lumps and bumps, spinal cord tumours, and spasticity evaluations for possible rhizotomy

    Ophthalmology: Conditions such as crossed or lazy eyes, nearsightedness or farsightedness. Developmental abnormalities, systemic disease or ocular abnormalities including tear duct problems

    Orthopaedic Surgery: Diagnosis and treatment of scoliosis, hip pathology, growth deformities, cerebral palsy, club foot deformities, developmental and congenital abnormalities, and traumatic injury

    Otolaryngology: Medical and surgical management of a variety of disorders that involve the ear, nose, throat, head, and neck in children

    Plastic surgery: Congenital, traumatic, and post-oncologic pediatric deformities

    Urology: Diseases affecting the genital-urinary tract. Bladder and kidney reconstruction, genital reconstruction, minimally invasive urologic surgery, and prenatal diagnosis and care of urological abnormalities

We provide the best of care in terms of surgery and post-surgical care to the infants we treat.