Surgery : Surgical Procedures
MUSC surgeons are board certified in general and pediatric surgery. They have additional training in the management of pediatric burns and pediatric trauma patients. MUSC's Division of Pediatric Surgery is a center of excellence for pediatric laparoscopic, thoracoscopic and robotic surgery.
MUSC Pediatric surgeons can treat a multitude of both common and uncommon pediatric conditions, and often perform many of the following inpatient, outpatient and neonatal surgeries.
MUSC Pediatric Outpatient Surgeries
- Circumcision
- Hydrocele
- Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Total laparoscopic needle-assisted
- open technique
- Umbilical Hernia Repair
- Epigastric Hernia Repair
- Undescended Testical
- Laparoscopic
- Open technique
- Lumps and Bumps
- Hemangiomas
- Lymphangiomas
- Branchial Cysts/Sinuses
- Lymph Node biopsy
- Frenulectomy
- Central Venous Line/Port Removal
- Breast Mass Excision/Biopsy
- Labial Adhesions
- Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
MUSC Inpatient Pediatric Surgeries
- Nissen Fundoplication (management for children with gastroesophageal reflux disease)
- Cholecystectomy (treatment for gallstones)
- Appendectomy (treatment for appendicitis)
- Splenectomy (splenomegaly)
- Pectus Excavatum Repair (treatment for pectus excavatum or caved in chest)
- Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease
- Colostomy
- Closure
- Removal
- Ovarian masses
- Tumors
- Cysts
- Tumor Biopsy
- Thoracotomy/Thoracoscopy
- Chest tumors
- Lung cysts
- Abdominal laparotomy/laparoscopy
- Pyloromyotomy (treatment for pyloric stenosis)
- Gastrostomy/PEG placement (treatment for failure to thrive or feeding intolerance)
- Skin Grafting (treatment for burns)
- Colonic Pull-through (treatment for Hirschsprung's Disease)
MUSC Neonatal Surgeries
- Repair of Esophageal Atresia/Tracheoesophageal Fistula
- Repair of Gastroschisis
- Repair of Omphalocele
- Repair of Cengenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Abdominal Masses/Cysts
- Colostomy - Imperforate Anus, bowel obstruction, etc.
