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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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,…
Wilms’ tumor Description Malignant mixed tumor of the kidney Most common intra-abdominal tumor in children; average age at diagnosis is 2 to 4 years Usually appears on left kidney and…
