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Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery

UC Davis Health, Department of Surgery

Pediatric Surgery is committed to providing comprehensive general and thoracic surgical care for infants, children and adolescents. Developing a coordinated program with healthcare systems within the region has been a longtime goal. The focus of the division has been on clinical patient care and surgical education.

Members of the pediatric specialty group have a long and broad experience in treating problems ranging from basic to complex using conventional and minimally invasive techniques.  Range of services provided include:

  • hernias, hydroceles, undescended testes, scrotal problems, circumcision
  • appendectomy, intussusception, pyloric stenosis, malrotation
  • anorectal surgery, pilonidal disease
  • Hirschsprung's disease
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • pancreatic surgery
  • thyroid, thyroglossal duct cyst, branchial cleft anomalies
  • breast masses

Neonatal surgery

  • gastroschisis, omphalocele
  • tracheoesophageal anomalies
  • intestinal anomalies, imperforate anus
  • necrotizing enterocolitis
  • patent ductus arteriosus ligation
  • congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)

Pediatric thoracic surgery

  • pulmonary, esophageal, mediastinal
  • airway and esophageal foreign bodies
  • pectus excavatum, carinatum

Pediatric surgical oncology

  • long-term venous access
  • Wilms tumor
  • neuroblastoma
  • hepatic tumors

Fetal Surgery  »

  • Spina bifida (myelomeningocele)
  • Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
  • Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM/CCAM)
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • Congenital high airway obstruction (CHAOS)
  • Neck masses
  • Lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO)
  • Ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure
  • Gastroschisis
  • Sacrococcygeal teratoma
  • Twin reversed arterial perfusion syndrome
  • Amniotic band syndrome

Pediatric Vascular Anomalies »

  • Hemangiomas (complex, congenital, infantile)
  • Capillary malformations
  • Venous malformations
  • Arteriovenous malformations
  • Vascular malformations
  • Lymphatic malformations
  • Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
  • Kasabach-Merritt syndrome/phenomenon
  • Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma
  • PHACE syndrome

For more information about the clinical info we provide, click HERE.