Description

Pediatric Surgery Department

oCongenital anomalies (esophageal atresia, anal and
intestinal atresia, ectopia cordis, gastroschisis, bladder exstrophy, fused,
missing or extra limbs or fingers)

oStarting from birth, shortness of breath, foaming at
mouth, vomiting, constipation, fecal incontinence, urinary retention or urinary
incontinence, blood in stool

oInguinal, umbilical and abdominal hernias occurring
at birth and later

oUndescended testicles

oHydroceles or inguinal hernias

oPainful, red, swollen urinary bladder

oHypospadias

oPhimosis

oRenal and urinary tract diseases or calculi causing
recurring urinary tract infections

oDeformities of the thoracic cage or upper back

oWry Neck

oOccasionally recurrent painful or painless swellings
with discharge, goiter in the neck

oBenign tumors called hemangioma which can be seen
extensively or in the form of red moles in the head, neck and any part of the
body.

oBenign tumors and cancers of the childhood in organs
like the liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenal glands, stomach, bowels, bladder,
which may develop with a mass

oAll intra-abdominal inflammations, occurring at or
after birth, including appendicitis accompanied by symptoms like abdominal pain,
fever, nausea, vomiting.

oEmergency or subsequent interventions in cases like
traffic accidents inside or outside vehicles, falling down from height, weapon
wounds, etc.

What is Pediatric Surgery?

Pediatric Surgery is the branch of science that deals
with diagnosis, preoperative, intra-operative and post-operative periods of
diseases that require surgical intervention in children from birth to the age
of 18. In the recent years, the area of interest has expanded due to congenital
diseases diagnosed at early stages via US and due also to intra-uterine operations.

Pediatric surgeons start working in this specialty area
after a six-year education. The human body that constantly grows and develops
from birth to adolescence shows different characteristics unique to each
period. Due to diseases specific to different age groups and
constantly-changing nutritional requirements, methods completely different than
those we are accustomed to seeing in adults are applied in diagnosis and
treatment. For example, when an adult patient who cannot be fed orally does not
take serum for hours, the progress of his/her disease will not be affected
much, but for a child under the same conditions, even a delay of half an hour
may be life threatening. Similarly, the antibiotic doses used, the method of
anesthesia administered, the characteristics of surgical instruments used, and
the gentle nature of the tissues of the pediatric patient are all evidences
showing that pediatric surgery is a unique branch.

Which diseases can be treated by pediatric surgery?

Congenital anomalies (esophageal atresia, anal and intestinal atresia, ectopia
cordis, gastroschisis, bladder exstrophy, fused, missing or extra limbs or fingers)

Starting from birth, shortness of breath,
foaming at mouth, vomiting, constipation, fecal incontinence, urinary
retention or urinary incontinence, blood in stool

Inguinal, umbilical and abdominal hernias
occurring at birth and later

Undescended testicles

Hydroceles or inguinal hernias

Painful, red, swollen urinary bladder

Hypospadias

Phimosis

Renal and urinary tract diseases or calculi
causing recurring urinary tract infections

Deformities of the thoracic cage or upper back

Wry Neck

Occasionally recurrent painful or painless
swellings with discharge, goiter in the neck

Benign tumors called hemangioma which can be
seen extensively or in the form of red moles in the head, neck and any
part of the body.

Benign tumors and cancers of the childhood in
organs like the liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenal glands, stomach,
bowels, bladder, which may develop with a mass

All intra-abdominal inflammations, occurring
at or after birth, including appendicitis accompanied by symptoms like
abdominal pain, fever, nausea, vomiting.

Emergency or subsequent interventions in cases
like traffic accidents inside or outside vehicles, falling down from
height, weapon wounds, etc.

Congenital anomalies (esophageal atresia, anal and
intestinal atresia, ectopic cords, gastroschisis, bladder exstrophy, fused,
missing or extra limbs or fingers)

Starting from birth, shortness of breath, foaming at
mouth, vomiting, constipation, fecal incontinence, urinary retention or urinary
incontinence, blood in stool

Inguinal, umbilical and abdominal hernias occurring at
birth and later

Undescended testicles

Hydroceles or inguinal hernias

Painful, red, swollen urinary bladder

Hypospadias

Pharoses

Renal and urinary tract diseases or calculi causing
recurring urinary tract infections

Deformities of the thoracic cage or upper back

Wry Neck

Occasionally recurrent painful or painless swellings with
discharge, goiter in the neck

Benign tumors called hemangioma which can be seen
extensively or in the form of red moles in the head, neck and any part of the
body.

Benign tumors and cancers of the childhood in organs like
the liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenal glands, stomach, bowels, bladder, which
may develop with a mass

All intra-abdominal inflammations, occurring at or after
birth, including appendicitis accompanied by symptoms like abdominal pain,
fever, nausea, vomiting.

Emergency or subsequent interventions in cases like
traffic accidents inside or outside vehicles, falling down from height, weapon
wounds, etc.