Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric Surgery can be defined as "the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases that require surgical operation, from prenatal abnormalities to postnatal diseases in children up to the age of 18".

Pediatric Surgeons begin working in their specialty after an average of six years of training. The human body, which constantly grows and develops in the process from the newborn period to adolescence, has different characteristics suitable for each period. Children need to be considered in a special way because of their physical and psychological differences depending on age. In the surgical application of children, the best results are obtained with teams of doctors and nurses specialized in the treatment of children, and especially in institutions organized for this purpose.

Diseases that the Pediatric Surgeon can treat;

• Congenital anomalies (occlusion of the esophagus-stomach-small or large intestines, part or all of the heart-intestines-bladder being outside, adhesions, deficiency or excesses in arms and legs, hands and fingers)
• Shortness of breath starting from birth, foaming at the mouth, vomiting, inability to poop or incontinence, inability to urinate or incontinence, bloody poop
• Hernias that can be seen in the groin, belly and abdomen starting from birth
• One or both testicles not descended into the sac
• Cysts filled with water in the bag or groin
• Painful, reddened swelling in the bag
• Don't urinate under or above your penis
• Attachment of the foreskin
• Kidney and urinary tract diseases or stones that cause recurrent urinary tract infections
• Deformities in the chest or back
• Curvature in the neck
• Painful or painless discharge swellings on the neck from time to time, goiter
• Benign tumors called hemangiomas that can be seen in the form of red moles or widely in the head, neck and almost anywhere in the body
• Childhood benign tumors and cancers that may present with a mass, particularly in organs such as the liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenal glands, stomach, intestines, and bladder
• All congenital or subsequent intra-abdominal inflammations, especially appendicitis, which present with symptoms such as abdominal pain, high fever, nausea and vomiting.
• In-vehicle or out-of-vehicle traffic accident,
• Emergency or later interventions in situations such as falling from a height, hitting, gunshot wounds and the like.