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Pediatric Surgery

Surgery of children and neonates, where the diseases are congenital as often as acquired, the anatomy still moving, and the doses, tubes and consent all scale with age. Bilious vomiting in a baby is this specialty's 'chest pain': an emergency until proven otherwise.

3 operations in depth5 interactive cases

Backdrop: Abdominal ultrasound in a child showing the target sign of an intussusception · Cerevisae · CC BY-SA 4.0

Surgical anatomy

Anatomy

The structures the operations walk past, and the ones they must not injure.

The structures the operations walk past, and the ones they must not injure. Real plates and photographs only; the 3D lab carries the BodyParts3D specimens.

Anatomy media needed

No verified anatomical plates are assigned to this specialty’s operations yet. The 3D lab and the danger-zone atlas below still apply.

Hub shaped by the Surgical Specialties Lead with the Paediatric surgery reviewer (open seat). Images and videos carry their source; educational use for supervised learning, not clinical guidance.