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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

The library

Media

Every curated image, scan and video for this specialty, filterable.

Every curated image, scan and video for this specialty, each with its source one tap away. Nothing here is decoration.

Ultrasound
Transverse ultrasound image of the bowel showing concentric rings
Ultrasound · the target sign of intussusception in the right side of the abdomen
Educational illustrationSynthetic educational image
Synthetic educational image · schematic upper GI study for practice

Videos

Curated and attributed

  • Open pyloromyotomy through a transverse incision

    The paediatric surgery education channel's operative footage of the Ramstedt myotomy.

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    • Delivering the pylorus
    • Splitting the muscle down to bulging mucosa
    • The test for a mucosal breach
    Source: StayCurrentMD · Watch on YouTube

  • Laparoscopic Ladd's procedure

    Dividing the bands, widening the mesentery, the appendix, and the bowel laid in non-rotation.

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    • Ladd's bands crossing the duodenum
    • Broadening the mesenteric base
    • Why the appendix comes out
    Source: SAGES · Watch on YouTube

  • Inguinal hernia repair: operative aspects in children

    The herniotomy: sac, cord structures, high ligation, nothing else.

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    • Separating the sac from the vas and vessels
    • High ligation at the deep ring
    • No mesh, no floor repair
    Source: Pediatric Surgery Operative · Watch on YouTube

  • Pediatric inguinal hernia in brief: presentation, workup and perioperative considerations

    The decisions around the operation: timing, the contralateral side, and the ex-premature infant.

    Source: StayCurrentMD · Watch on YouTube

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.