Neonatal Surgery:
All kinds of neonatal and infant procedures including surgeries for ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, ESOPHAGEAL REPLACEMENT, CHOANAL ATRESIA, CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA, GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX, BILIARY ATRESIA, LARGE AND SMALL BOWEL ATRESIA, GASTROSCHISIS, OMPHALOCOELE, GUT MALROTATION, NEONATAL HERNIAS, HIRSCHSPRUNG’S DISEASE, ANO RECTAL MALFORMATIONS, NEURAL TUBE DISORDERS and other congenital surgical problems are regularly performed in our department. We have a full fledged paediatric surgical ICU with facilities for neonatal ventilation, total parenteral nutrition, phototherapy etc.

General Paediatric Surgery:
Our general paediatric surgical work includes taking care of children with ABDOMINAL AND CHEST TRAUMA, FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATIONS, CONGENITAL PROBLEMS OF THE NECK, INGUINAL HERNIAS, CRYPTORCHIDISM, INTUSSUSCEPTION, SURGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM, PAEDIATRIC HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC SURGERY INCLUDING CHOLEDOCHAL CYSTS AND SURGERY FOR CHRONIC PANCREATITIS, DISORDERS OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS AND VENOUS AND ARTERIAL DISORDERS.

Paediatric Urology:
Paediatric urology, especially reconstructive paediatric urology is one of our areas of special interest. We treat all kinds urological problems including POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVES, UPJ OBSTRUCTIONS, & VESICOURETERIC REFLUX. EXSTROPHY BLADDER SURGERY IS DONE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR OSTEOTOMY WITH GOOD FUNCTIONAL AND COSMETIC RESULTS. PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH URINARY INCONTINENCE DUE TO NEUROGENIC BLADDER, VALVE BLADDER AND EXSTROPHY BLADDER ARE TREATED IN A SCIENTIFIC MANNER USING RADIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS, URODYNAMIC STUDIES AND PROPER CONTINENCE ACHIEVING PROGRAMS INCLUDING URINARY DIVERSIONS AND UNDIVERSIONS. URETHROPLASTY FOR HYPOSPADIAS IS A COMMON PROCEDURE BEING PERFORMED BY US. WE USUALLY DO A SINGLE STAGE WITH PROCEDURE AND ARE PROUD TO HAVE A VERY LOW FAILURE RATE. OTHER GENITOURINARY DISORDERS THAT WE TREAT INCLUDE AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA, ABNORMALITIES OF THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INCLUDING CLOACAL ANOMALIES.

Paediatric Laparoscopic Surgery:
We have tried to move to new frontiers with the introduction of paediatric laparoscopic surgery. At present we regularly treat some problems using ‘keyhole’ surgery. The procedures that we do, include THORACOSCOPIC DECORTICATION, LAPAROSCOPIC FUNDOPLICATION, LAPAROSCOPIC LADD’S PROCEDURE, LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC MECKEL’S DIVERTICULECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC BOWEL ANASTOMOSIS AND LAPROSCOPIC HERNIOTOMY. WE HAVE ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS IN LAPAROSCOPIC PULL THROUGH FOR ANO RECTAL MALFORMATIONS. ALL APPENDICITIS INCLUDING APPENDICULAR MASSES ARE TAKEN CARE OF LAPAROSCOPICALLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

Paediatric Surgical Oncology:
Complete facilities for paediatric surgical oncology are available with us. WE REGULARLY DO SURGERY FOR WILMS TUMOR, NEUROBLASTOMA, MALIGNANT GERM CELL TUMORS, RHABDOMYOSARCOMA AND HEPATIC TUMORS. We administer neo adjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy to these patients ourselves using established SIOP protocols. We have all facilities for taking care of problems arising due to chemotherapy and tumor recurrence. We get regular inputs on these patients from the paediatric medicine and haemato-oncology departments in our hospital as well as from the paediatric oncology unit of CMC, Vellore. We are one of the few centres in North India recognized for the POND cancer registry of the St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, USA.

Paediatric Surgery Intensive Care Unit
We have a full fledged 6 bed intensive care unit to specially take care of neonatal and infant surgical patients. The unit is fully equipped with OPEN CARE RADIANT WARMERS, PHOTOTHERAPY UNITS, INFUSION DEVICES, VENTILATORS for both neonates and paediatric patients. We have the facilities to give total parenteral nutrition to patients in this unit. We use a laminar flow hood to make TPN. The intensive care unit functions as a postoperative recovery for sick children as well.