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Peadiatric Anaesthesia

Peadiatric Anaesthesia is a challenging anaesthesia sub speciality. We have a fully trained 7 pediatric anaesthesiologists in our department. They can give safely Anaesthesia from preterm to older kids. We approximately perform fiffteen thousand pediatric procedures under anaesthesia. Both general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia are given here.

The challenge will be when there are associated severe congenital heart disease and severe lung infections. We have state of the art Anaesthesia equipments and monitors in our operation theatres. We also have huge recovery room with monitors. The morbidity and Mortality are almost nil.

My Advice on Common Conditions

Appendicitis

Most common acute surgical condition in pediatric age group incident is nearly nine percent in male children and seven percent in female children.

Congenital pyloric stenosis

This occurs between 4th week of age to 6 week of age, can occur in new born also, exact cause not known.

Habit Constipation

This is one of the common condition - a child with constipation may have bowel movements less frequently than normal, hard bowel movements, or large, difficult, painful bowel movements.

Hernia - Hydrocele

A small passage has developed or left open connecting the belly to baby's groin, the second common surgical condition next to phimosis.

Hypospadias

Abnormal opening of Urethral opening in the under surface of penis, very common pediatric urological problem Incidence is one in five hundred.

Intussusception

Intussusception is the invagination of one part of intestine into another. This occurs in one in 2000 infants. It is the most common abdominal emergency in infants.

Phimosis

Narrowing of foreskin or non retractile foreskin. Empty scrotum one side or both sides, can be identify in new born. It can descend in three to four months without any intervention.

Tongue Tie

Is a congenital oral anomaly which may decrease mobility of tongue tip & is caused by an unusually short thick lingual frenulum.

Undescended Testis

Undescended testis is found in 3% of term boys and 30% of preterm boys.
When the baby is formed in the womb, the testis is initially formed inside the baby’s belly.

Wilms Tumour

This is one of the most common childhood tumour, it affect the kidney, usually affects school going kids, one of the good prognostic tumour.

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Dr. C. SankkaraBarathi

MBBS, MS (Gen), MCh (Paediatric Surgery)


Paediatric Surgeon

Paediatric Urologist

All Department

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  • SRI SAINATH HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INTITUTE, Old No.11, New No.9, McNichols Road, 4th Lane, Chetpet, Chennai – 600031 (Opp. to Chetpet Police Station)
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