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.
Child-Focused Surgical Care Close to Home
At OU Health in Oklahoma City, you’ll find the highly trained and
experienced children's 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.
Top-Quality Surgery for Children’s Health Conditions
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
a wide range of specialized pediatric surgical services such as:
Trauma surgery at Oklahoma's only 24/7 nationally verified Level 1 trauma center for
the highest level of care anywhere
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.
Multidisciplinary, Research-Based Children's Surgery
Committed to caring for children 24/7, your child's pediatric surgeons
take a team-based approach to care that gives you access to experts from
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.
Children's General & Outpatient Surgery
One of the many surgical specialties and subspecialties, pediatric general
surgery at OU Health 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 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.
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.
Family-Centered Care
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.
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, doctors 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 if needed. If permitted by doctor’s orders, your child always
has access to snacks or you may request meals delivered to the room.
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.
Child Life Specialists
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.
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.
Specialized Pediatric Heart Surgery Services
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgical procedures at OU Health include:
Neonatal and infant cardiac surgery – Repairs congenital and other defects in the heart or large blood
vessels connected to it
Single ventricle surgery – Creates alternative method for blood circulation through the heart
in a series of three surgeries between birth and age 3
Congenital coronary anomaly – Repairs misplaced coronary arteries connected to the aorta
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) – Provides breathing and heart function support during extended
treatment for serious heart or lung conditions
Mononuclear cell therapy for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) – Boosts right-side heart performance in preparation for potential
surgical intervention
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.
Your Children's Surgery Care Team
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.
Request an Appointment or Referral
Find out more about OU Health pediatric surgery services at Oklahoma Children’s
Hospital OU Health or ask your primary care doctor for a referral to the
children’s surgery specialists at OU Health.
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