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Pediatric Surgery
What is a Paediatric Surgeon?
When a child requires medical or surgical treatment, we seek the health professionals most able to provide the necessary care.
When a child needs an operation, one should consult a surgeon who is qualified and experienced in the treatment of children. The Paediatric Surgeon is the Consultant who carries out surgeries in children.
What is the function of a Paediatric Surgeon?
The Paediatric Surgeon treats most surgical pathologies in children of any age from birth to adulthood.
The Paediatric surgeon is required to have an in-depth knowledge of paediatric medical care encompassing various surgical conditions and diseases and /or birth defects in various organs of the human body.
- Newborn Surgery;
- Head and neck, lymph nodes and soft tissue surgery;
- Abdominal wall surgery – inguinal, umbilical hernias and others;
- Surgery of the chest wall and the lungs;
- Digestive Surgery;
- Paediatric urology;
- Paediatric gynaecology;
- Laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, various endoscopic treatments
The Paediatric Surgeon also plays a role in other surgical inventions involving children, cooperating with other surgical specialties such as Plastic Surgery, Children’s Orthopedics and Paediatric Neurosurgery.
- Dra. Maria Luisa Oliveira
- Dra. Maria Luisa Oliveira
- Dra. Raquel Lameira
- Dra. Stéfanie Pereira
- Dra. Carla Pilar Rodrigues