Category
page 1Pediatric surgical procedures
shunt
hole or small passage which moves, or allows movement of, fluid from one part of the body to another
nephrectomy
A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat a number of kidney diseases including kidney cancer. It is also done to remove a normal healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor, which is part of a kidney transplant procedure.

urostomy
A urostomy is a surgical procedure that creates a stoma (artificial opening) for the urinary system. A urostomy is made to avail for urinary diversion in cases where drainage of urine through the bladder and urethra is not possible, e.g. after extensive surgery or in case of obstruction.
Fontan procedure
surgical procedure used in children with univentricular hearts
Blalock–Taussig shunt
surgical procedure used to increase pulmonary blood flow for palliation in duct dependent cyanotic heart defects
Norwood procedure
surgery performed on the heart
hepatoportoenterostomy
A hepatoportoenterostomy or Kasai portoenterostomy is a surgical treatment performed on infants with Type IVb choledochal cyst and biliary atresia to allow for bile drainage. In these infants, the bile is not able to drain normally from the small bile ducts within the liver into the larger bile ducts that connect to the gall bladder and small intestine.