Consultant Subspecialist in Pediatric Digestive Surgery

Pediatric surgeon is a subspecialty of general surgery medicine. This surgeon is capable of treating various conditions that require surgery, both in emergency cases, injuries, infections, cancer or tumors, degenerative (hereditary) disorders, as well as congenital abnormalities in children and adolescents.

Diseases that Pediatric Surgeons Can Treat

• Abnormalities of the digestive tract, including hernias and achalasia, narrowing of the stomach, intestinal obstruction, intussusception, appendicitis, Hirschsprung's disease, peritonitis or inflammation of the lining of the abdominal cavity, perforations or holes in the stomach and intestines, and abdominal injuries

• Diseases of the liver, gallbladder and pancreas, such as cholecystitis or inflammation of the bile ducts, biliary cysts, biliary atresia, pancreatic pseudocysts, pancreatitis, and liver cancer

• Disorders of the reproductive system, including testicular tumors, ovarian tumors, ovarian cysts, and testicular acensus (testicles that do not descend)

• Disorders or abnormalities in the chest cavity and respiratory tract, such as chest injuries, pneumothorax (excess air in the pleura), hematothorax (blood in the pleural cavity), pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum (protruding chest), as well as tumors in the chest cavity

One of the Pediatric Surgeons at Hermina Yogya Hospital has earned a consultant title as a Pediatric Surgeon, Sub Specialist for Pediatric Digestive Surgery, who is certainly ready to accept pediatric patients with digestive complaints.