Find out more about OU Health pediatric surgery services at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City or ask your primary care doctor for a referral to the children’s surgery specialists at OU Health.
Call (405) 271-4357 or (405) 271-2222 today.While you hope your child or teen never needs surgery, when they do, you want the highest quality and most appropriate care tailored to their specific situation from healthcare professionals with the special training to deliver exceptional surgical care for children.
At OU Health in Oklahoma City, you’ll find the highly trained and experienced pediatric surgery experts, who perform more than 1,800 pediatric surgeries each year, as well as comprehensive surgical services and advanced surgical technologies available only at Oklahoma’s academic health system.
Committed to caring for children 24/7, your child’s pediatric surgeons take a team-based approach to care that gives you access to multiple health disciplines and specialties for a complete view of your child’s particular condition. You gain access to extensive research and leading clinical trials that develop powerful medicines and innovative procedures to expand your child’s options for health and healing.
When you choose pediatric surgical services from Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health, you and your child benefit from family-centered care that makes you a valued member of your child’s multidisciplinary surgery team, involved in all aspects of care from your first introduction through the time you return home. You can depend on the surgeon and the pediatric surgery team to follow up with you directly, monitor your child’s progress and oversee all aspects of care, large or small, for as long as necessary.
If your child needs a surgical procedure, the pediatric surgery experts at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health stand ready to provide care for the full spectrum of routine and complex children’s health conditions such as:
From surgical equipment designed for pediatric procedures and the region’s only fellowship-trained pediatric anesthesiologists to the private rooms where you can stay with your child and provide comfort, everything at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health works for your child. As you consider your child’s health needs, you can take advantage of surgical procedures for a wide range of conditions, including many types of cancer, as well as neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, organ transplant and many more.
You’re assured of accurate diagnosis and monitoring through pediatric-specific imaging and radiology services that help doctors evaluate your child’s condition and determine the next steps in their care. And if needed for a serious health issue, our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides round-the-clock care for the most critically ill children.
Helping to make your child’s surgery and hospital experience at OU Health as understandable and close to normal as possible, certified Child Life specialists at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital use developmentally appropriate language and interactive dolls to explain the process and demonstrate what to expect.
Find out more about Child Life programs for your hospitalized child.
One of the many surgical specialties and subspecialties, pediatric general surgery focuses on conditions affecting children’s digestive health, including the esophagus and stomach, as well as other organs and muscles in the abdomen. General surgeons also treat thyroid conditions, diseases of the skin, breast and soft tissues, and thoracic complaints and they perform trauma-related surgery.
When you work with OU Health’s dedicated pediatric general surgeons, you gain access to the specialized services and resources of Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health in Oklahoma City. And your child benefits from the skilled healthcare professionals, research, innovation, technology and tools of our academic medical center that produce the best possible outcomes for your child’s particular situation.
Whether we’re your child’s first and only experience with a medical procedure or we become like family and see you and your child for extended hospital stays throughout their childhood, you can expect clear communication, compassion, confidence and trustworthy leadership to deal with any situation or level of care, no matter how complex.
Learn more about children’s digestive health.
Advances in medical technology and surgical techniques allow many health conditions to respond well to less invasive surgical procedures that no longer require a hospital stay.
At OU Health, outpatient (same-day) surgery lets you take advantage of the full range of services at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital while your child typically returns home later the same day to fully recover. You and your child’s OU Health doctors and surgical team will determine whether to use same-day surgery for your child’s procedure.
Upon discharge from a same-day surgical procedure, you’ll receive instructions about how to care for your child during postoperative recovery, any medications needed and the plans for follow-up appointments with the appropriate physicians.
To treat your child’s congenital heart condition, with all its unique aspects, you want the best of everything. At the all-inclusive Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health in Oklahoma City, you’ll find Oklahoma’s first and only comprehensive children’s cardiothoracic surgery program designed specifically and only for cardiac kids. Through the extensive experience gained by treating hundreds of children each year and the focused attention on children’s heart care, you can look forward to results at OU Health that meet or exceed the achievements of some of the most successful programs in the nation.
With access to highly trained pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons and specialized operating rooms, anesthesia, cardiac ICU facilities and around-the-clock intensive care at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital, you and your child benefit from a wide range of options to care for any heart condition, from relatively minor to highly complex.
In addition to traditional open surgery, your child’s condition may respond to an alternative approach that eliminates the need for an incision through the breastbone. Using either laparoscopic or robotic-assisted techniques, your child’s skilled surgeon works with tiny precision tools through small incisions in the rib cage, which means your child typically experiences less pain and discomfort, as well as a quicker recovery.
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgical procedures at OU Health include:
Learn more about pediatric cardiac and vascular surgery at OU Health. You also may want to participate with us in the Oklahoma City chapter of Mended Little Hearts, an online community for children, families and caregivers living with pediatric heart conditions.
With the tremendous advances in today’s plastic and reconstructive surgery, you and your family can shift from heartache to hope. If your child lives with a health condition or injury that would benefit from a plastic or reconstructive surgical procedure, you’ll find the best resources close to home at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health in Oklahoma City.
At OU Health, you gain access to Oklahoma’s only comprehensive pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery care team, as well as groundbreaking research, including a craniofacial imaging research center – one of only a few of its kind in the world – where dedicated specialists treat rare and unique pediatric conditions.
Take advantage of a wide range of plastic and reconstructive surgery services for children and teens including:
Learn more about children’s plastic and reconstructive surgery.
When your child experiences a traumatic injury, make your first thought about OU Health, Oklahoma’s only Level I trauma center, nationally verified by the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) to provide the highest level of care anywhere.
Because every second counts, you can rely on the dedicated trauma surgeons and emergency specialists at OU Health’s Trauma One Center – in fully equipped, comprehensive care teams stationed at the hospital 24 hours a day – to treat the most critical injuries immediately.
Learn more about children’s trauma care and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health in Oklahoma City.
As a parent or designated caregiver, you’re included in your child’s care and encouraged to provide any portion of it you feel you can manage. While your child stays in the hospital, physicians make formal rounds each morning to meet with you and your child’s care team.
Your child’s nurses complete an assessment every four hours and more often as needed. If permitted by doctor’s orders, your child always has access to snacks or you may request meals delivered to the room.
Before surgery, your child’s doctor will give you specific instructions on what you should bring, what your child should wear and when your child can eat. To assure that your child can proceed with surgery while remaining as safe as possible throughout the process, you must carefully follow all instructions.
As you get ready to bring your child to the hospital, follow the guidelines below.
Bring a favorite toy or blanket and information about your child’s medications. Always prepare to spend one night at the hospital, “just in case.” A small overnight bag might include toothbrush and toothpaste, hairbrush, comfortable clothes, undergarments, pajamas, and socks or slippers. Do not bring any valuable items.
Immediately after surgery, your child goes to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), also known as the recovery room, to wake up. The process may take an hour or more. Depending on the procedure and the doctor performing the surgery, your child may spend the night in one of our comfortable private rooms or they may be discharged to go home.
If your child spends the night in the hospital, you’re encouraged to stay with them. One parent can always stay through the night. Your child won’t need to share a room because all pediatric patient rooms are private.
Visiting hours for the Outpatient Surgery area or the Recovery Room are flexible, with parents welcome at all times. Other visitors can take advantage of our spacious waiting room, although some restrictions may apply to visitors after 9 p.m.
Download and review the information below to help you prepare yourself and your child for an upcoming surgical procedure at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health:
In addition to OU Health board-certified and fellowship-trained pediatric surgery specialists and subspecialists, as well as the region’s only fellowship-trained pediatric anesthesiologists, your child’s surgical care team may include professionals from multiple healthcare disciplines who also hold pediatric-specific training.
Depending on your child’s particular situation, your surgery care team may involve pediatric radiologists, emergency specialists, nursing care and support services, such as Child Life specialists.
Find out more about OU Health pediatric surgery services at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City or ask your primary care doctor for a referral to the children’s surgery specialists at OU Health.
Call (405) 271-4357 or (405) 271-2222 today.