How Does PUV Present? PUV can be detected at different stages. Before birth: Detected during a routine antenatal ultrasound showing a distended bladder.
At St. Stephen’s Hospital in Tis Hazari, New Delhi, the Paediatric Surgery Department provides comprehensive surgical care for patients from newborns to young adults up to 18 years of age. The department addresses a wide range of surgical needs, including.
Recently, I had the privilege of attending the Pediatric Minimal Access conference 'PESICON 2025' in Kochi, Kerala, hosted by Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.
With easy availability of ultrasound screening and improvement in expertise, hydronephrosis is now a very frequently diagnosed problem reported in 1 to 5% of all pregnancies.
One year old female baby presented as a case of pure esophageal atresia and had underwent feeding gastrostomy and cervical esophagostomy in the neonatal period. The baby was admitted for definitive repair.
Choledochal cyst is a birth defect, characterized by the swelling or cystic transformation of the bile duct. The liver produces bile to digest food.
Thoracoscopic surgery, is a Minimally Invasive Surgery which uses multiple small incisions, and is suitable for children who need to undergo surgery for various chest conditions.
Nonparasitic splenic cysts (NPSC) are rare in children (< 1000 cases). They are mostly asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally. The most common symptom is abdominal pain.
Imperforate anus or absent anal opening, also called Anorectal malformation, is a birth defect that happens during the development of baby in early in pregnancy.
A voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG), also known as micturating cystourethrogram (MCU) is a radiological investigation for examination of urinary tract system.
Undescended testis is a result of testis getting arrested in its path of descent which could be intraabdominal, inguinal, or high scrotal.
Urine formation occurs in kidneys and from there urine flows into the bladder through ureters. However, in some children, urine from the bladder flows back through the ureters into the kidneys.
Appendicitis is the swelling and infection of the appendix (a narrow, finger-like pouch that branches off the large intestine). Appendicitis is the most common reason for a child to need emergency abdominal surgery.
Paediatric Endourology is that branch of Paediatricurology in which small internal endoscopes and instrumentation are used to see into the child’s urinary tract and perform surgery. With advancements in instrumentation, a number miniature endourology instruments.
Voiding dysfunction means that the child is unable to completely empty his or her bladder and has an abnormal voiding pattern i.e. interrupted or intermittent flow of urine.