Pediatric Surgery

The Pediatric Surgery Section at the Children's Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia provides comprehensive general and specialized thoracic pediatric surgical care for children from birth to age 18.

Our team includes the only board-certified pediatric surgeons in the Augusta area, as well as pediatric anesthesiologists and other specialists skilled in the specific care of children. We offer treatment of a wide range of congenital (existing at birth) and acquired conditions. These include common conditions, such as appendicitis and hernias, as well as rare or complex ones, such as pediatric tumors, congenital abnormalities and TK.

From routine procedures to complex trauma care, we perform more than 6,000 pediatric procedures each year. The conditions we treat include:

Abdominal

  • Appendectomy
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Gastrostomy
  • Hirschsprung’s disease
  • Imperforate anus (Pena procedure)
  • Intestinal atresias
  • Intussusception
  • Malrotation
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Pyloromyotomy
  • Splenectomy
  • Tumors (liver, kidney, abdomen, ovary)
  • Umbilical disorders
  • Wilm’s tumor

Head and Neck

  • Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie)
  • Branchial cleft cyst
  • Cystic hygroma/ lymphangioma
  • Dermoids face and neck
  • Lymph node biopsy
  • Thryoidectomy
  • Thyroglossal neck cyst

Neonatal Surgery 

(for congenital anomalies)

  • Anus/rectum
  • ECMO for respiratory failure
  • Esophagus
  • Intestine
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Sacrococcygeal teratoma
  • Stomach

Chest

  • Atresia and TEF
  • Chest wall tumors
  • Esophageal disorders (achalasia)
  • Esophageal Strictures
  • Foreign bodies (coins) empyema
  • GE reflux
  • Nuss and Ravitch procedures
  • PDA ligations
  • Pectus excavatum/carinatum
  • ph probe testing for GE reflux
  • Pneumothorax
  • VATS, lung resections

Minimally Invasive Surgery (laparoscopy)

  • Achalasia
  • Appendectomy
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Endorectal pull thru
  • Fundoplication for GE reflux
  • Gastrostomy
  • Imperforate anus
  • Intestinal resections
  • Malrotation
  • Pyloric stenosis
  • VP shunt placement

Pediatric Trauma Surgery 

(for patients up to 12 years of age)

  • Comprehensive management of injured child to include all blunt and penetrating trauma, as well as multi-system trauma
    Vats
  • Blebectomy for recurrent pneumothorax
  • Lung biopsy
  • Partial lung resections
  • Repair of diaphragmatic hernia
  • Thoracoscopy for biopsy of chest/mediastinal tumors

If your child has been diagnosed with a condition that is not listed and you would like to ask about treatment, 
please contact us.