Pediatric Surgery

This Hospital is highly specialized, not only because one has to handle very delicate and miniature tissues, but also because it requires a great deal of patience, compassion and understanding to handle the little babies and their very anxious parents. Children are not miniature adults and hence, require experienced and highly qualified personnel that can cater to their needs. Babies suffer from diseases and surgical conditions which are different from adults. Also, their physiology is different and they handle surgical stress differently. The principles of surgical management in children are entirely different from adults.

The Department of Paediatric Surgery at Lotus Hospital, is at the forefront among centers that provide comprehensive surgical care to children, including tertiary care. The faculty comprises of very experienced surgeons in the speciality. A team of doctors including Senior Paediatric Surgeon, senior resident and the trainee resident doctors provide comprehensive surgical care to the children round the clock.

The Department of Paediatric Surgery has been providing comprehensive, state-of-the-art surgical care in children, ranging from operations in newborns to various sub-specialties of Paediatric surgery. The department undertakes all kinds of operations in children. These include:

DAY CARE CASES

• Inguinal hernia
• Hydrocoele
• Balanoposthitis
• Undescended testies

TIME OF SURGERY

• As soon as diagnosed
• At age of 1 year
• (phimosis)-1 year
• (6 months-9 months)

COMMON SURGICAL PROBLEMS IN PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

• IDEAL TIME:1 YEAR of Age
• Hypospadias(single stage/two stege procedure)
• Appendicitis-laproscopic appendicietomy
• Antenatal diagnosed hydronephrosis and post natal follow up

SURGERY FOR HYDRONEPHROSIS-PYELOPLASTY

• Recurrent abdominal pain-D.D: Mechle’s Diverticulum
• Recurrent urinary infection (protocol to follow up)

REAL PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL EMERGENCIES

• Transesophageal fistula
• Malrotation with volvulus (recurrent vomiting)torsion of testis(scrotal swelling)
• Malrotation with volvulus (recurrent vomiting)torsion of testis(scrotal swelling)
• Intussusceptions(6 months of age-presented with red currant jelly stools)-treatment-hydrostatic saline reduction.
• NICU&PICU care

ADVANCED PROCEDURES IN PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

• Empyema-(VATS procedure)before inserting intercostals tube drainage Assisted thoracoscopic procedure can be done.
• Undescended testis-Fowler’s stephen’s procedure technique.
• Diapharmatic Hernia-Thorocoscopic and diapharmatic repair
• Ovarian cyst-laproscopy/cyst excision.
• For ambiguous genitallia-diagnostic laproscopy and procedure Transesophageal fistula.