Division of Surgery Pediatric Surgery
Site:Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Division of Surgery Pediatric Surgery
Position: Multifunction building 3F
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TEL:(04)2359-2525 ext. 5181~5183 |
Introduction
Our patients: newborn to eighteen-year-old teenagers
Our fields: diseases of respiratory, digestive, hepatobiliary, anorectum and genitourinary systems
Description of our specialties are as follows:
1.Neonates with: congenital esophageal atresia, biliary atresia, intestinal atresia, gastroschisis, omphalocele, Hirschsprung's disease (congenital megacolon), anal atresia (anorectal malformation), congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital malformations of lung, etc.
2.Infants and preschool children with: hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, inguinal hernia, hydrocele, cryptorchidism, thyroglossal duct cyst, hypospadias, buried penis, vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), ureteropelvic junction stenosis, intussusceptions, acute appendicitis, gastroesophageal reflux, airway foreign body aspiration, empyema thoracis, corrosive upper gastrointestinal tract injuries, trauma, pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, solid organ tumor, etc.
3.Adolescents with: varicocele, testicular tumor, testicular torsion, phimosis, paraphimosis, breast tumor, ovarian tumor, ovarian torsion, spontaneous pneumothorax, trauma (mostly internal bleeding), etc.
4.All kinds of endoscopic diagnosis and treatment (minimal invasive surgery): bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, esophagoscopy, laparoscopy, retroperitoneoscopy, cystoscopy, colonoscopy, colposcopy, pneumovesicoscopy
5.The comprehensive promotion of children’s, infants’ and neonates’ minimally invasive surgery: (a) laparoscopic approach for all kinds of abdominal surgery; (b) thoracoscopic approach for all kinds of thoracic surgery; (c) cystoscopic approach for vesicoureteral reflux