The thought of your child undergoing surgery is undeniably distressing. However, maintaining composure is essential, as your child will experience intense and unfamiliar emotions. Children often feel isolated, unaware that others may share their condition, which can lead to anxiety and fear. During such times, you need a compassionate and experienced paediatric surgery team that understands your needs and provides empathetic care.

Modern surgical advancements have significantly improved outcomes, but treating newborns, toddlers, and teenagers requires a different approach than treating adults due to the unique anatomical and psychological differences in children. Children undergo numerous changes—physically, emotionally, and hormonally. At Narayana Health, our paediatric surgeons receive extensive training to manage their young patients' emotions, ensuring they feel safe and confident. Our team collaborates closely with you to motivate and uplift your child, recognising the crucial role a positive outlook plays in achieving successful surgical outcomes.

How we approach Paediatric Surgery

Children need to be treated differently than just 'small' adults. Paediatrics is the only specialty classified by age, not conditions or organs. The medicinal dosage, treatment procedures, and surgical expertise required to treat infants, kids, and adolescents significantly differ from those prescribed to adults. Paediatric surgery is a distinctive specialty that equips doctors to handle the unique challenges of tiny and growing bodies. Kids' bodies are sensitive and fragile. However, with adequate treatment, their repair is faster than in adults.

Your little ones deserve every ounce of extra love and care at a young age, especially when facing extensive treatments such as paediatric surgical procedures. This is necessary as they handle surgical stress differently. The spectrum of emotions among kids is much wider and more unpredictable than that among adults. This is why we ensure that your child's surgical team comprises only the best-in-class paediatric surgical care providers.

Types of Paediatric Surgeons

Paediatric surgical specialists may choose one of the following specialities:

Prenatal Surgery

Technological advancements have empowered doctors to treat conditions from the time a child is in the mother's womb to their adulthood. Prenatal surgery involves performing surgical procedures on the fetus within the mother's womb. In collaboration with radiologists, doctors identify potential issues early on, enabling them to perform corrective procedures to minimize the risk of birth-related defects and promote full-term healthy births. In-utero surgeries may also become necessary if the mother experiences a traumatic injury affecting her uterus.

At Narayana Health, our gynecologists are attuned to the emotional state of expectant mothers. They may involve prenatal therapists to help mothers cope with the knowledge that their unborn child may need surgery. Rest assured; our doctors only recommend surgeries when necessary. Neonatal surgeries are critical in preventing children from living disability-adjusted lives. These procedures can eliminate or significantly reduce dependent life-years, allowing your child to live the highest quality of life possible with dignity.

Neonatal Paediatric Surgery

Narayana Health doctors perform neonatal surgeries to repair congenital disabilities. Our specialists may prescribe these if the child is born prematurely with insufficiently developed organs or has a possibility of developing physical or mental disorders. Our paediatric surgical specialists also fulfil their duties outside of the OT. They counsel parents about antenatal procedures. They listen and address all their concerns patiently and resolve their queries. Our doctors may involve professional educators and social workers to ease the restlessness of parents and guardians to deliver the needed help to manage the situation better.

The Department of Paediatric Surgery at Narayana Health comprises nurses, diagnosticians, robot-assisted surgeons, anaesthesiologists, and general and specialist surgeons. Our nurses ensure that your child receives the highest-quality paediatric surgical care. They assist our surgical experts for treating congenital disorders (conditions by birth), genetic conditions, internal diseases, traumatic injuries, and malformations in the body, such as airway anomalies, hydrocephalus, and hepatobiliary conditions. Our doctors are adept at performing minimal access surgeries for urological, neurological, pancreatic, and spinal conditions.

Paediatric Trauma Surgery

Trauma surgeries include moderate to severe injuries. Trauma surgeons' goal is to ensure that the child survives the event with the most functional abilities and as low damage as possible. Emergency care can lead to trauma surgeries. Our paediatric surgical specialists thoroughly examine the condition to diagnose the problems and treat the children accordingly. Some of the emergency procedures performed are appendectomy, testis torsion correction, and pyloric stenosis. Your child's team of emergency care providers may include paediatric cardiologists, neurosurgeons, and general surgeons to provide the highest quality care required.

General Child Surgery

General paediatric surgeons help manage common injuries that kids are prone to through operative and non-operative procedures. These include cuts, lacerations, wounds, and fractures. They also treat gastrointestinal conditions, genito-urinary problems, tracheo-oesophageal deformities, anorectal malformations, and hernia in kids. Narayana Health's paediatric surgeons are adept at performing transplantation procedures for liver (hepatic), kidney (renal), bone marrow, and skin among kids. General children's surgeries also include elective procedures, such as cosmetic corrections, religious circumcision, correction of undescended testis, and repair or removal of umbilical hernia.

Our doctors also have expertise in performing many endoscopic procedures with utmost care and precision. They may also perform diagnostic procedures to comprehensively evaluate the severity of the child's condition to provide optimal treatment. For instance, bronchoscopy, laparoscopy, cystoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, arthroscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), and colonoscopy.

Paediatric Oncology Surgeries

Children's surgery is a specialised field of study that helps doctors treat cancers in kids. Certain cancers are more common among kids, such as Wilm's tumour, neuroblastoma, and brain cancers. However, children can develop more common cancers as well, such as leukaemia, lymphoma, and solid tumours, that occur in adults. Paediatric oncologists treat all kinds of cancers among kids, newborns, and adolescents. They may specialise in one or more paediatric oncology treatments, knowing the tendency of certain cancers to metastasise in parts beyond the origin.

Preparing Your Children for Surgery

While our paediatric surgical specialists do every bit of their duties to offer the most comfortable and stress-free environment, the parent's role is irreplaceable. If your child is old enough to understand all that is happening, it is a good idea to talk to them about the procedure and post-surgical care. Knowing beforehand about the required rest, reduced physical and outdoor activity and extended time in the hospital for monitoring helps them stay calm. Additionally, you can let your child's surgeon know the child's preferences and even bring their favourite toys or blankets to the hospital to make them feel comfortable. However, proper hygiene is paramount in controlled surgical environments to prevent infections and complications.

Our Commitment to Child-friendly Paediatric Surgical Care

Narayana Health's surgeons undergo extensive training to hone their surgical and soft skills to offer a child-friendly environment to kids. They listen to all your and your child's concerns and ensure kids feel safe with them.

Our diagnostic labs and operation theatres are designed for children to keep up with their physical growth. The ambience of children's wards, clinics, and therapy centres is maintained to make children feel comfortable and help them relax. All Narayana Health paediatric doctors, surgeons, and nurses are registered to practise in their specialities. We also ensure that our team of experts stays up to date with the latest technology and techniques to perform paediatric surgical procedures with minimal invasion. Top-of-the-line outcomes to ensure a speedy recovery and preserve the quality of life for kids with critical conditions, is our priority. Our child surgery team is dedicated to equipping your little ones with the most dignified and independent existence and goes above and beyond to make it happen.