Pediatric Surgery Conditions and Treatments

The Pediatric Surgery Department at the Children's Hospital of Michigan at the Detroit Medical Center provides comprehensive care of neonatal, child and adolescent surgical problems such as:

• Congenital anomalies
  • Abdominal Wall Defects (oomphalocele, gastroschisis)
  • Esophageal atresia
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • Imperforate anus
  • Hirchsprung’s Disease
  • Intestinal obstruction
  • Thoracic, esophageal, and pulmonary
  • And many others
• Trauma
• Solid tumors
  • WIlms
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Hepatoblastoma
  • And many others
• Extracorporeal Life Support (ECMO) and other aspects of critical care
• Common conditions of childhood
  • Pyloric stenosis
  • Intussusception
  • Appendicitis and other causes of abdominal pain
  • Hernia and hydrocele
  • Circumcision
  • Undescended testicle
  • Lumps and bumps
  • Foreign bodies of the esophagus and airway
  • Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s Disease
  • Gastroesophageal reflux