General Surgery Program
Who we are
The General Surgery Program evaluates and treats infants, children and young adults afflicted with acquired and congenital conditions that may require an operation.
Using state-of-the-art operative methods, including open procedures, minimally invasive surgery, and endoscopic techniques, we strive to improve the quality of life for each child entrusted to our care.
CLOVES syndrome
Nine-year-old Riley was born with CLOVES syndrome ... an exceptionally rare disorder that is causing increasingly aggressive "lumps and bumps" on and in her body. She's now in the midst of experimental drug therapy at Boston Children's Hospital. Read more in this story from Boston's WBUR.
Conditions & Treatments
- Acute kidney injury
- Appendicitis
- Branchial cleft remnant
- Cholesteatoma
- Cysts and sinuses of the head and neck
- Facial fractures
- Fetus and newborn blood circulation
- Hernia (umbilical or inguinal)
- Inguinal hernia and hydrocele
- Nose and throat anatomy
- Pectus carinatum
- Pilonidal sinus
- Spleen injuries
- Surgery
- Thyroglossal duct cyst
- Anorectal malformation
- Bicycle, in-line skating and skateboarding safety
- Chest wall deformities
- Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM)
- Eye injuries
- Fetal surgery
- Gallstones (cholelithiasis)
- Hydrocele
- Intussusception
- Obesity
- Pectus excavatum
- Pulsed dye laser
- Splenectomy
- Teratoma
- Wilms' tumor
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