Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric Surgery is based on the need to apply specific diagnostic and therapeutic techniques that take into account the different physiological behaviours of a child's body, both in normal and in pathological conditions.

The specialty of Pediatric Surgery essentially involves the application of medical-surgical skill and activity to the period of human life spanning from conception to the end of adolescence.

Its scope covers all aspects of surgery.

General embryonic development and development of organs and systems.
Calculation of water-electrolyte and calorie needs in childhood.
Indication, types and forms of application of oral and parenteral nutrition.
Correction of water-electrolyte disorders and acid-base balance disorders in Paediatric Surgery.
Treatment of burns in childhood.
Neck fistulas and cysts. Disease of the thyroid and parathyroid glands in childhood.
Differential diagnosis and treatment of lymphangiomas and haemangiomas.
Prenatal surgery. Fetal surgery.
Diagnosis and treatment of oesophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. Laryngotracheal cleft.
Treatment of congenital or acquired oesophageal stenosis and oesophagitis. Diverticula. Achalasia.
Diagnosis of and therapeutic strategic for diaphragmatic hernias. Diaphragmatic relaxation and paralysis. Hiatal hernia and gastro-oesophageal reflux.
Classes and treatment of congenital anomalies of the abdominal wall.
Disease of the navel.
Surgical disease of the pancreas. Pancreatic cysts and tumours.
Etiopathogenesis and treatment of malformations of the small intestine.
Meconium ileus. Cystic fibrosis.
Alimentary tract duplications.
Gastroduodenal ulcers in childhood.
Neonatal peritonitis. Hemoperitoneum.

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