Paediatric General and Urological Surgery

The Department of Paediatric Surgery is the specialist referral centre for children in:

Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
Wiltshire
Northamptonshire
Gloucestershire.

In an increasing number of fields, paediatric surgery is performed by specialist paediatric surgeons who work only with children, sometimes with help from their adult surgery colleagues. In other fields, the surgery is performed by adult surgeons with a particular interest in diseases where the majority of patients are children.

The department has specific expertise in a number of fields:

antenatal diagnosis and counselling
expectant mothers carrying a baby with a congenital problem receive monitoring and assessment from obstetricians, specialists in foetal medicine, paediatric surgeons and neonatologists
neonatal surgery
paediatric urology
reconstructive work and key-hole surgery on the renal tract and specialist interventions
minimally invasive and laparoscopic surgery
paediatric surgical oncology
treatment for solid tumours in childhood
paediatric trauma
gastrointestinal surgery
diagnostic and interventional endoscopy, surgery on a wide range of conditions, minimal access procedures.

The department works closely with other departments and with specialist orthopaedic surgeons from the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) to deliver safe paediatric orthopaedic surgery on both the John Radcliffe Hospital and NOC sites.

For health professionals

Paediatric General and Urological Surgery - Guidelines for the management of Pyloric Stenosis (pdf, 392 KB)

Hirschsprung's-Associated Enterocolitis (HAEC) Alert

It can be difficult to tell whether a child with Hirschsprung's has a tummy bug or enterocolitis.When in doubt, it is best to assume enterocolitis and seek treatment.

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