Every year we (Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons) celebrate the pediatric surgery week. The theme for this year is “Pediatric Surgeons-Partnering Care Givers for Child Safety” With this initiative we would like to make all the care

We at Narayana Health operated a small baby with PUJ Obstruction (Kidney obstruction) yesterday with a crossing vessel. We performed the surgery with the new Da Vinci Robot (Gen X). The clarity of vision and the ease of operation made a complex surge

They say “Home is where the heart is !”. However ,here was a baby where the heart was not in its “home” !       The baby was flown from Assam for the treatment to the Pediatric Surgery department at Narayana Health. A

A 11 year old boy presented with chest pain and breathing difficulty. He was evaluated and found to have a large complex solid – cystic anterior mediastinal mass ( 23 * 12 * 15 cm) along bilateral hemithorax. The biopsy was suggestive of extragonad

Small things make a lot of difference. In this world, where there is a lot of distrust on doctors, where there are incidents of doctors being beaten, where the faith in doctors is being lost : it becomes difficult for us doctors to continue doing the

A five month old girl, presented with a congenital heart disease (large PDA with small VSD). She was scheduled for surgery (PDA ligation). In the operation theatre, it was not possible to intubate with an age-appropriate sized tube. After much diffic

A preterm girl (33weeks ) was born with an absent anal opening. She had a fistulous opening in the vestibule through which she was passing stool and flatus. She was decompressing well. She was evaluated with USG KUB and ECHO and associated cardiac an

We live in a world full of technology and, for many of us, our children understand it better than we do.  Parents may feel pressured by their children to provide them with a cell phone at an early age, but aren’t sure when children are actuall

It was evening about 8 pm, when I got a call from the emergency about a 10 year old girl with difficulty in breathing. She was urgently evaluated and was found to have a suspicion of foreign body in the airway, which means that she must have aspirate

A Pediatric Surgeon is a super specialist who operates babies from the age of day 1 of life to children upto 18 years of age. Any surgical problem in babies and children is taken care of by a Pediatric Surgeon whether it involves the chest (lungs / f

Corona or No Corona , Lockdown or No Lockdown : The life of a doctor goes on. Everyday I get up , get ready and go to the hospital. Yes, even during this period of Corona pandemic and Lockdown. Life is, as it was for me before this pandemic. The

Nephrectomy in a two year old child with PUJO A two year old child came to me with complaints of failure to thrive i.e not gaining weight and a large lump in the abdomen. He aslo had high blood pressure (Hypertension). He was evaluated and was found

Metallic Screw in the oral cavity of child A five year old child came to me with complaints of pain in the mouth since 15 days. He was treated for the same with pain killers by pediatricians but in vain. He was evaluated and a screw was found embedde

Esophageal Replacement A 4 year old baby presented to us with a history of caustic soda ingestion 3 years ago. The had caused narrowing of the whole of the esophagus (food pipe). A feeding gastrostomy was done with the help of whish the baby was fed

Cystic Hygroma in a 4 day old baby A 4 day old newborn presented to me with a large swelling (cystic hygroma : lymphatic malformation ) in the neck (as large as the baby’s head ) and another swelling in the right axilla. The swellings was tense and