Paediatric Surgery

The Section of paediatric surgery provides comprehensive diagnosis and therapeutic services in the management of general surgical and urological problem in neonates and children. A team of certified paediatric surgeon assisted by paediatric surgery fellow and surgical residents are responsible for comprehensive surgical care for children of all ages.

A. General Paediatric Surgery
Management of hernias; undescended tests; all trauma including burn and external and internal injuries; head and neck lesions; upper airway problem (e.g. foreign body and chemical aspiration / ingestion); general thoracic and abdominal procedures; all newborn surgical procedures for congenital birth defects including tracheoesophageal fistula diaphragmatic hernia, neonatal intestinal obstruction, obstruction, anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung's disease etc.

B. Paediatric Surgical Oncology
Management of solid thoracic abdominal tumors, e.g. neuroblastomas, Wilm's tumors rhabdomyosarcomas lymphomas.

C. Paediatric Urology
Urinary tract malformation e.g. congenital hydronephrosis, vesicoureteric reflux, posterior urethral valves, hypospadias evaluation and reconstruction of ambiguous genitalia, management of voiding disorders and stone disease of kidney, ureter and bladder.

D. Facilities Available
Support services include experienced paediatric anaesthesiologists and individualised nursing care with state-of-the art neonatal intensive care unit and facility to ventilate newborns. Day care surgery facilities for minor procedures e.g. circumcisions and ESWL (shock wave therapy for stone disease) are also available.

E. Accessing Paediatric Surgery Services
Outpatient clinics run six days a week including Saturdays in Consulting Clinic 5 (extension 1038-1039). A combined paediatric urology / nephrology clinic for complex urinary problems is conducted every Saturday morning in Clinic 2. Appointments can be made over the phone on extension 1027-1028.

The paediatric surgery service also provides a 24-hour consultant and senior resident cover for acute surgical problems through the Emergency Room.

Paediatric Surgery Section, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi