American Family Children's HospitalConditions and Treatments
Adult Services
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The pediatric surgeons at American Family Children's Hospital offer a wide range of services for children with surgical disease. We have particular interest and expertise in children with general surgical, thoracic surgical, neonatal, oncologic and trauma problems.
Treatments and Procedures
Our surgery clinics' services are state-of-the-art, including the latest in minimally invasive techniques. Our surgeons have special interest in major reconstructive problems, including genitourinary reconstruction, as well as prenatal consultations for congenital anomalies.
We offer a broad range of surgical treatments, including the following:
- Hiatal Hernia Repair (Nissen Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
- Hydrocele Repair
- Imperforate Anus Repair
- Umbilical Hernia Repair
Conditions
- Anorectal malformations
- Appendicitis
- Biliary atresia
- Crohn's disease
- Cholelithiasis (gallstones, gallbladder problems)
- Chronic constipation
- Cloacal anomaly
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Colonic atresia
- Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM)
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Cystic hygroma/lymphatic malformations
- Cystic lung lesions
- Duodenal atresia
- Endocrine problems including hyperthyroidism, Graves disease and hyperparathyroidism
- Esophageal atresia (EA)
- Failure to Thrive and feeding difficulties
- Gastroesophageal reflux in infants
- Gastroschisis
- Hiatal hernia
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hydrocele
- Ileal atresia
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Inguinal hernia
- Intussusception
- Jejunal atresia
- Malrotation
- Meckel's diverticulum
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Omphalocele
- Oncologic conditions including Wilm's-tumor of the kidney, hepatic tumors, neuroblastoma, sacrococcygeal teratoma
- Pectus carinatum
- Pectus excavatum
- Pilonidal sinus/cyst/abscess
- Pulmonary sequestration
- Pyloric stenosis
- Short gut syndrome
- Skin lesions/cysts
- Splenic sequestration (sickle cell anemia, hereditary spherocytosis)
- Tracheoesophageal atreisa
- Traumatic injuries (liver/spleen lacerations)
- Ulcerative colitis
- Umbilical hernia
- Vascular anomalies
- Volvulus
