pediatric surgery
Operating on minors
Pediatric surgery is the branch of surgery focused on infants, children, and adolescents.
The specialty addresses conditions requiring surgical intervention in patients whose bodies are still developing—from congenital defects in newborns to trauma and tumors in teenagers.
She's a pediatric surgeon at the children's hospital.
- neurosurgeryMedical field treating brain surgically
- appendectomySurgery removing vestigial organ
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- cleft palate repairSurgery closing oral roof fissure
hernia repair · heart · malformation · neonatal intensive care · neonatology · recovery room · congenital · birth defect · kidney transplant · suture · operating · operating room · children · children's hospital · anesthesia · tiny · cleft · delicate
- pediatricspediatricians, pediatric care, well-child visit, well-child visits, pediatric clinics
- surgeriesappendectomy, hysterectomy, mastectomy, cholecystectomy, tonsillectomy
- surgerysurgeon, surgeons, operation, incision, scalpel
- pediatric hospitalschildren's hospitals, pediatric care, pediatric wards, pediatric ER, pediatric emergency
- lifespan medicinegeriatrics, neonatology, gerontology, infant care, senior care
- medical specialtiescardiology, neurology, internal medicine, dermatology, oncology
patient age group
pediatric surgerygeriatric medicine
Medical care for seniors
general surgery · adult care · elderly care · elder care · gerontology