What is Paediatric Surgery
Paediatric Surgery is a surgical specialty involved in treating surgically sick babies and children from the neonatal age group until 12 years old. Some centres even include adolescents under the age of 18 years old under their care.
Surgical problems that are treated by Paediatric Surgeons includes :
- Congenital abnormalities or disorders of the bowel, abdominal wall, thoracic, genitourinary system & vascular malformations.
- Paediatric trauma other than orthopaedic or neurological injuries.
- Burn injuries ( some select centres ).
- Paediatric surgical oncology patients.
It is a multidisciplinary based approach tailored towards providing specialized care for children and infants where the team members involved are those who are trained in Paediatric care. Besides Paediatric Surgeons, our specialty requires the combined expertise of Paediatric Anesthesia, Paediatricians, Neonatalogists, Radiologists, Pathologists and others who are specifically trained in the care of the surgically sick children.
The Leaders in MAPS
Find a paediatric surgeon
There are more than 70 Paediatric Surgeons all over Malaysia currently serving in hospitals under the Ministry of Health, private hospitals or university hospitals under the Ministry of Higher Education. This is not an exhaustive list as the directory only includes Paediatric Surgeons who are currently active members of MAPS.
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