Paediatric Surgery
3 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
Dr. Santosh B Kurbet
M.S., M.Ch., D.N.B.
Senior Consultant, Professor and Head of department
Dr. Swapnil Pattanshetti
MS, MCh Paediatric surgery
Associate Professor
Dr. Achyuth A Shivapur
MCH (Peadiatric Surgery)
Assistant Professor