Survival rates for children with cancer have risen dramatically, a result of major advances in cancer treatments, including pediatric cancer surgery.
Caused by the group A streptococcus bacteria, strep throat is an infection that requires prompt treatment, particularly in children over the age of 3.
Cleft lip and cleft palate occur when tissues in the lips and/or the roof of the mouth fail to properly join during fetal development.
Pediatric urology helps children by performing routine procedures like circumcisions and reconstructive surgeries for sexual development disorders.
Craniofacial surgery may be used to treat urgent, life-threatening conditions as well as important “quality of life” reconstructive procedures.
Spinal deformities affecting curvature or rotation (such as scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis) can be caused by a birth defect, age or trauma.
Pyloric stenosis is a rare condition that affects babies between ages 4 and 6 weeks and features forceful vomiting. It is easily fixed with minimally invasive surgery.
A hernia is a condition in which part of an organ protrudes through the wall of the cavity that contains it; surgery is often the only remedy.
Children with medical conditions such as spina bifida, stroke, multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury may have neurogenic bladders and need specialized care.
Malignant pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors, including low-grade gliomas and medulloblastomas, are the second most common childhood cancer.