Services provided at Maxhealth Hospitals’ Pediatric Surgery Department include:
General Pediatric & Adolescent Surgery: We provide general pediatric care along with pediatric surgery. At Maxhealth Hospitals, we also have a dedicated department to tend to the needs of children that need non-surgical care.
Pediatric Urology: Pediatric urologists are surgeons who diagnose and treat problems related to children’s urinary systems and genitals.
Neonatal Surgery: Neonatal surgeries are performed on newborns, when children are born with certain defects or ailments that need to be corrected, in order for the baby to live healthily.
Pediatric Thoracic Surgery: Pediatric thoracic surgery is performed when a child is born with life-threatening deformities in the chest region.
Pediatric Onco Surgery: Cancer is a disease that does not see any age. It can affect children as much as it can affect adults. Therefore, at Maxhealth Hospitals we provide pediatric onco surgery to ensure the safety of the children.
Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS): Minimal invasive surgeries involve minor incisions for surgeries so that the wounds heal quickly.
Pediatric HepatoBiliary Surgery: This procedure is performed to treat conditions of the liver, bile duct and pancreas.
Maxhealth Hospital, Hyderabad offers the best services with a team of highly skilled pediatric surgeons, Neonatologists, pediatric intensivists and pediatricians to deliver the most comprehensive care to children.
The various ailments treated by the doctors in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Maxhealth Hospitals, Hyderabad include:
Cleft Palate Repair: The goal of this surgery is to close the opening between the nose and mouth, which is often caused due to birth deformities, and help create a palate that works well for speech.
Cystic hygroma excision: Cystic hygroma is a condition in which a cyst or a group of cysts grow, mostly in the neck, causing extreme discomfort to the child. The cause of this condition is an error in the development of lymph sacs and lymph vessels during pregnancy. The removal of this is extremely crucial in order for the baby to survive.
Other head and neck related conditions treated at Maxhealth Hospitals, Hyderabad include
dermoid cyst excision, encephalocele excision and repair, endoscopic third ventriculostomy, hemangioma excision, meningocele excision, and many more.
Bronchoscopy for FB: The invasion of a foreign body or FB in children can lead to various serious health conditions. In order to diagnose and manage such foreign bodies, a bronchoscopy is performed.
CCAM excision: Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) is a tumor-like growth in the lung lesion that appears as a cyst or mass in the chest before birth. A CCAM excision is performed to remove the cyst.
Pneumonectomy: When the lungs are diseased or have cancer, pneumonectomy – a procedure to remove the defective cells or the entire lung – may be performed.
Other respiratory tract and chest-related disease treatments done at Maxhealth Hospitals include CLE excision, esophagoscopy for FB, esophageal dilatation, intercostal tube drainage, thoracotomy and repair of TEF, thoracotomy and debridement, and lung resections (Lobectomies).
Appendectomy: When the appendix inflates and causes discomfort the condition is called appendicitis. The appendix is then removed in order to treat the condition by performing an appendectomy.
Colostomy: Infection of the abdomen, injury to the colon or rectum, or some type of blockage may lead to discomfort and may need surgical intervention to help correct the deformities. Colostomy is performed to correct such deformities.
Fundoplication: Gastroesophageal conditions can have a negative impact on the development of a child therefore treating the conditions become of utmost importance. Fundoplication is a treatment procedure that is used to treat the gastroesophageal condition.
Some other treatment procedures performed and diseases treated at Maxhealth Hospitals include intestinal atresia, abdomino-perineal pull-through, choledochal cyst Excision & hepaticojejunostomy, cholecystectomy, congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair, diagnostic laparoscopy, Duhamel’s Pull through (Hirschsprung Disease), and several others.
Pyeloplasty: This is the surgical procedure that involves the reconstruction of a part of the kidney (renal pelvis) to drain unwanted fluids and decompress the kidney.
Nephroureterectomy: A surgical procedure in which either the kidney, ureter or a small piece of the bladder are removed when the patients are diagnosed with a mass or tumor.
Cystolithotomy: This urologic procedure is performed to remove one or more bladder stones. It is generally performed when patients have large or numerous stones in the bladder.
Other genitourinary tract-related treatments performed include hypospadias repair- urethroplasty, undescended testis -orchiopexy, bladder neck repair, cystoscopy, and more.
Maxhealth hospital, Hyderabad offers several other treatments for diseases and conditions related to the limbs, spine and tumors such as ganglion excision, muscle biopsy, skin grafting, SCT excision, MMC excision and repair, all kind of trauma, renal tumors – Wilms’ tumor, adrenal tumors, and many more.
At Maxhealth Hospitals, we strive to offer the best care and treatment to children suffering from acute or chronic conditions. We understand what a parent must go through to see their children suffer such pain and therefore, our team is always there to provide emotional assistance and counseling to the grieving parents along with ensuring that they provide the right surgical care to the children. This simple and empathetic approach makes us one of the best children’s hospitals in Hyderabad.
The Pediatric Surgery Department provides various treatments such as:
Appendectomy: An appendectomy is a surgical procedure that is performed to remove the appendix when it is infected or causes discomfort to the child. The condition is known as appendicitis. Laparoscopic Appendectomy is a very common emergency surgery. If not diagnosed and treated timely children will land up in complications like perforative peritonitis and appendicular abscess
Choledochal cyst is a congenital dilation of biliary ducts. Early Identification and timely intervention are important for avoiding long term complications
Biliary Atresia: This is a gastrointestinal disorder that causes the biliary system to be absent or remain closed. Kasai procedure, a surgical method to help re-establish bile flow from the liver to the intestine is done to treat the condition.
Various pediatric cancer treatments: Cancer is now prevalent in children too. At Maxhealth Hospitals Hyderabad, nearly all types of cancers in children are treated.
Congenital defects: Birth defects may result in disabilities that may alter the physical, intellectual or developmental growth of the child. Some defects may also be life-threatening. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to fix those defects and it is done with impeccable precision and utmost care here at Maxhealth Hospitals’ Pediatric Surgery Department.
Gallbladder surgery: Gallbladder surgery removes the gallbladder and gallstones that cause discomfort, through small incisions in the abdomen.
Other treatment procedures offered by Maxhealth Hospitals’ Pediatric Surgery department include:
Removal of the spleen, bariatric surgery, removal of diseased intestines, hernia, hydrocele surgery, GERD treatment, trauma care, gastroschisis treatment, congenital lung cysts treatment, and more.
All of these treatments are performed by highly skilled and trained surgeons who ensure that they take into consideration every single detail of the child’s health to provide the best possible treatments with the most successful results. Such precision when clubbed with the wide range of treatments that we offer makes us one of the most trusted children’s hospitals in Hyderabad.
Maxhealth Hospitals, Hyderabad is regarded as one of the best children’s hospitals in Hyderabad, especially in the regions of kukatpally. The Department of Pediatric Surgery is extremely efficient and well equipped with high-tech machinery, experienced surgeons, and a highly trained support staff.
Technologies and facilities available at Maxhealth Hospitals, Hyderabad include:
PICU- Pediatric ICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or the PICU is where critically ill children receive care and treatment.
The Pediatric Surgical Care Unit is with PICU and is a specialized unit wherein patients undergoing complex surgeries are provided care. This unit provides preoperative and postoperative care along with post-trauma injury management.
NICU-Neonatal ICU: This is a specialized ICU that is designed to take care of ill new norms and premature new born babies
PICU-Pediatrics ICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or the PICU is a dedicated section of the hospital that is designed to provide the highest level of medical care to unwell children.
CICU-Cardiac ICU: As the name suggests, Cardiac ICU or CICU is a specialized unit that tends to the needs of children with cardiac ailments and those who need extreme attention and care.
CTICU-Cardio Thoracic ICU: CTICU or Cardio Thoracic ICU is a well-designed unit specifically made to ensure that children post-cardiac and thoracic surgery are taken care of well.
Newborn Screening: Newborn screening is essential to ensure that babies are born healthy and without any health ailments. It also helps in detecting any health issues so that the treatment can be done on time.
Children’s Emergency Services: Children’s emergency services include providing instant medical care and assistance to ill children.
Pediatric Emergency Transport Service: When a child requires certain subspecialty care, or specialized imaging, equipment or procedures that are unavailable at the hospital and transferring the child to a tertiary care facility is essential, pediatric emergency transport services help during such transfers.
Ventilator Care: Ventilator is a life support system that provides oxygen to the patient when they are unable to breathe. It is generally used in extreme conditions when the health of the patient is extremely vulnerable.
Max Health Hospital provides high standards of healthcare with a combination of advanced technology and state of art clinical expertise.
