Paediatric Surgery

2 Doctors

HEADED BY

Dr. Santosh B Kurbet

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

OUR SPECIALISTS

Committed to Provide You The Best Services

Pediatric Surgery Specialist - Dr. Santosh B Kurbet, KLE Hospital

Dr. Santosh B Kurbet

M.S., M.Ch., D.N.B.
Senior Consultant, Professor and Head of department

Dr. Swapnil Pattanshetti

Dr. Swapnil Pattanshetti

MS, MCh Paediatric surgery
Associate Professor