Tracheotomy
Tracheotomy Description Surgical procedure that creates an opening in the anterior neck at the cricoid cartilage leading directly to the trachea; opening usually referred to as a tracheostomy (see Tracheostomy…
Spinal fusion with instrumentation
Spinal fusion with instrumentation Description Fusion surgically correcting curved vertebrae in children with scoliosis by using bone grafts (usually from the child’s hip) to create a united (fused), straighter vertebral…
Lung transplantation
Lung transplantation Description Surgical procedure that replaces one or both of a child’s diseased lungs with healthy lungs Healthy lungs usually coming from a human donor who has been on…
Kidney transplantation
Kidney transplantation Description Involves replacing a child’s diseased kidney with a healthy kidney from another person Donor kidney possibly coming from a living donor or a cadaver donor Purpose To…
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis Description Involves the use of a machine to clean waste products from the bloodstream if the kidneys are severely damaged or have failed Blood via tubes to an artificial…
Heart valve replacement
Heart valve replacement Description Heart valve replacement with a prosthetic valve for a patient with heart valve narrowing (stenosis) and heart valve leaking (insufficiency) Valvular problems commonly caused by rheumatic…
Heart transplantation
Heart transplantation Description Indications in children: cardiomyopathy and end-stage congenital heart disease Extensive cardiac evaluation performed first to determine if there are other medical or surgical options to treat the…
Cleft lip and cleft palate repair
Cleft lip and cleft palate repair Description Occurs when the bone and tissue of the upper jaw and palate fail to fuse completely at the midline Cheiloplasty (cleft lip repair…
Bowel resection
Bowel resection Description Surgical procedure to remove a portion of the large intestine and connect, or resect, the healthy ends of the bowel Preferred surgical technique for localized bowel cancer,…
