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Many pediatric
surgical procedures can be performed with a minimally invasive approach. This
means that operations are done with a telescope and miniature instruments so
that very small incisions are used (1/2 inch). Operations such as appendectomy,
Nissen fundoplication, pyloromyotomy, colonic resection, operations of the ovary
and lung, pull-through, as well as many others can be performed with this
approach.
The advantages to
your children and you of this type of surgery includes:
- very small
incisions that leave no lasting scars,
- fewer pulmonary
problems associated with an operation,
- less
post-operative pain and complications,
- quicker recovery
time,
- shorter hospital
stays, quicker return to school, gym and other activities, and
- quicker return of
parents to work.
The Minimal Access
Surgery Center (MASC) of Western New York provides comprehensive care in this
type of surgery. It is one of few Pediatric Centers devoted to the minimally
invasive approach. And our staff is trained and certified to perform ALL
minimally invasive surgical procedures available today.
Our surgery center
is in the Children's Hospital of Buffalo. In the hospital are two
state-of-the-art operating rooms fully equipped to perform multidisciplinary
minimally invasive surgery - i.e. laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, endoscopy,
anthroscopy, and cystoscopy. Although the similar facilites exist at
approximately twelve adult hospitals throughout North America, the Miniature
Access Surgery Center is the only one dedicating to performing minimally
invasive surgery on children and adolescents at a free-standing children's
hospital.
Our surgeons also
participate with the Miniature Access Surgery Training and Teaching Center
(MASTTAR). MASTTAR is an institute for training surgeons in minimally invasive
surgery and for performing research projects, which include sophisticated
surgical techniques such as robotic surgery.
Types of
Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Practiced and Taught
- Lapraoscropy and
thoracoscopy
- Endoscopy
- Arthroscopy
- Angiography and
angioplasty
- Percutaneous
endoscropic gastrostomy
- Vascular access
- Vaginal
hysterectomy
- Transurethral
resection of the prostate
The Department of
Pediatric Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo was established in 1957
and specializes in general and thoracic surgery for the care of fetuses, infants
as small as one pound, toddlers, children and adolescents up to the age of 18.
Young adults with specific problems are also cared for. The department is
committed to excellence in teaching, cutting-edge research programs, and
providing the highest quality of care for the surgical needs of the children of
Western New York and surrounding regions. These efforts make the Division of
Pediatric Surgery a nationally/internationally recognized academic unit of the
Children's Hospital of Buffalo and the State University of New York at Buffalo.
It is the preferred place for a child to receive care in this region, and
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