Paediatric Surgery

The Department of Paediatric surgery was started in 1994, under the able leadership of Dr Vijay C Pujar. Dr. Santosh B. Kurbet then took over as Head of Department from 01/10/2014 to date.

Our dept in KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & MRC has well established OPD, outpatient-clinic, progressive care wards, Hi-tech-operation-theatres and Intensive-care-Units. We are having OPD, 15 bedded Paediatric-surgical general-ward, 36 bedded NICU(Neonatal-intensive-care-unit) with 7 ventilator-beds shared with neonatology, 14 bedded PICU(Paediatric-intensive-care-unit), 10 beds on free-side shared-with Paediatrics and separate OT for Paediatric-surgical cases.

Pediatric surgery is superspeciality involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults and include subspecialities lik : Neonatal Surgery, Minimally Invasive-Surgery even in newborns and infants (Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy), Paediatric-Urology and Foetal Surgery.

Paediatric Surgical Services Provided include

Antenatal: Counselling and surgical-treatment is being provided.

Neonatal: Birth-Defects involving-abdomen, thoracic, etc are dealt here-surgically

Pediatric Oncology: The early diagnosis & multimodal-modal-treatment

Trauma: Surgical-interventions or conservative-treatment for organ-trauma

Thoracic: Conditions-treated by VATS or open-surgeries.

Hepato-biliary-pancreatic-Surgery & GI-Diseases: Operated by minimal invasive or open surgeries.

The department has made name in Supra-major-Single-Stage-Reconstructive-surgeries for Exstrophy-bladder, abdominal-wall-defects, oesophageal-conditions, biliary, anorectal-malformations and-hypospadias done-by Dr Santosh B Kurbet, Senior Consultant in the department.

Strength of the dept has-been Redo-Surgeries for oesophageal-reconstructions, anorectal-malformations, Hirschsprung’s, hypospadias and bladder-redo-surgeries done elsewhere.

The department has also been involved in teaching & guiding Post-graduate students, & doing-various presentations in international and national conferences. The dept also caters for free surgeries under various schemes for poor & underprivileged children with surgical diseases.

Neonatal Surgeries including abdominal (stomach, intestinal, pancreas and renal) thoracic, urinary, brain and spine surgeries and other birth defects
Minimal Invasive Surgeries (Laparascopic and Thoracoscopic surgeries. VATS (video assisted thoracic surgeries) in newborns and children.
Supra major Single stage reconstructive surgeries for Exstrophy bladder, abdominal wall defects, oesophageal conditions, biliary, anorectal malformations and hypospadias.
Endoscopic surgeries like Bronchoscopic (life threatening foreign body retrievals) oesophagoscopic surgeries and cystoscopic surgeries.
Non-Operative Hydrostatic reductions for intussusceptions
Airway & lung surgeries like tracheo-bronchial reconstructions, H fistulas, lung cysts (CPAM/CCAMs), tumours, empyemas, lobar emphysemas & lung sequestrations
Abdominal & Intestinal surgeries for mesenteric/omental cysts, duplication cysts, irreducible intussusceptions & neoplasms.
Supra Major Biliary, Liver and Pancreatic reconstructive surgeries.
Reconstructive surgeries for vascular lesions, lymphangiomas, torticollis(wry neck), branchial ,soft tissue swellings and tumours;
Surgeries for endocrine disorders on thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, pancreas & adrenal glands
Surgeries for hydrocephalus & neural tube defects in newborns & small children
Diagnostic procedures for biopsies,
Surgeries for cancers in children like Wilm’s tumour, neuroblastomas, rhabdomyosarcomas, sacrococcygeal tumours, and gonadal tumours
Strength of the dept has been Redo-Surgeries for oesophageal reconstructions, anorectal malformations redo-cases. Hirschsprung’s redo-cases, intestinal and hypospadias redo-surgeries and bladder redo-surgeries done elsewhere & with complications, etc
Neonatal central lines, arterial lines & venous cutdowns.
Placement of Chemoports and Hemodialysis catheters.
Surgery for CAPD (Continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis) catheter insertion.
Expertise in neonatal and procedures in children like ICD (Intercostal drainage tube insertion) and pig tail insertion for Liver and peritoneal abscesses

Neonatal Surgeries including abdominal (stomach, intestinal, pancreas and renal) thoracic, urinary, brain and spine surgeries and other birth defects
Minimal Invasive Surgeries (Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic surgeries. VATS (video assisted thoracic surgeries) in newborns and children.
Supra major Single stage reconstructive surgeries for Exstrophy bladder, abdominal wall defects, oesophageal conditions, biliary, anorectal malformations and hypospadias.
Bronchoscopy for life threatening foreign body retrievals
Emergency surgeries for complicated hernias, intestinal obstructions, G I bleeding, acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, hydrostatic reductions for intussusceptions, etc.
Airway & lung surgeries like tracheo-bronchial reconstructions, H-fistulas, congenital diaphragmatic hernias, lung cysts (CPAM/CCAMs), tumours, empyemas, (CLE) lobar emphysemas & lung sequestrations
Abdominal & Intestinal surgeries for mesenteric/omental cysts, duplication cysts, irreducible intussusceptions & neoplasms.
Supra Major Biliary, Liver and Pancreatic reconstructive surgeries.
Reconstructive surgeries for vascular lesions, lymphangiomas, torticollis (wry neck), swellings and tumours
Surgeries for endocrine disorders on thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, pancreas & adrenal glands
Cancer Surgeries for cancers in children like Wilm’s tumour, neuroblastomas, rhabdomyosarcomas, sacrococcygeal tumours and gonadal tumours
Neonatal central lines, arterial lines & venous cutdowns, ICD tube insertions, pig tail insertions.
Oesophagoscopy for foreign bodies and diagnostic procedures
Cystoscopy procedures for diagnosis and therapy
Placement of Chemoports and Hemodialysis catheters.
Surgery for CAPD (Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis) catheter insertion.
Redo-Surgeries for oesophageal reconstructions, anorectal malformations redo-cases. Hirschsprung’s redo-cases, intestinal and hypospadias redo-surgeries and bladder redo-surgeries

HEADED BY

OUR SPECIALISTS

Committed to Provide You The Best Services

Dr. Santosh B Kurbet

Dr. Swapnil Pattanshetti