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The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery offers nationally-recognized pediatric surgeons, experts in laparoscopic, endoscopic and other minimally invasive surgical techniques.
How is minimally invasive surgery different from other kinds of pediatric surgery?
Minimally invasive surgery is a technique in which pediatric surgeons perform operations through Band-Aid size incisions. Minimally invasive surgery uses a slender tubular instrument called an endoscope that visually examines the interior of a bodily canal or hollow organ such as the colon, bladder or stomach. Minimally invasive surgery can shorten hospital stays, reduce post-operative discomfort, minimize scarring and allow for a quicker return to normal activities.
Why is Children's Mercy the best children's hospital for minimally invasive surgery?
The center's director, George M. Whitfield Holcomb, III, M.D., is one of the nation's leading experts in innovative new minimally invasive surgery procedures. Children's Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri, offers state-of-the-art surgical facilities specifically equipped for pediatric minimally invasive surgical operations for children of all ages.
What are some of the common minimally invasive surgeries for children?
Children's Mercy offers laparoscopic (Microsoft Word white paper) (in the abdomen or belly) and thoracoscopic (in the chest) surgeries and repair of the pectus excavatum (PDF white paper) or Nuss Procedure. Through pediatric laparoscopic surgery, our surgeons can treat a wide variety of diseases by performing procedures such as adrenalectomy, appendectomy, cholecystectomy and fundoplication (Care Card). Thoracoscopic procedures are used when the chest wall is accessed to perform biopsies of thoracic masses, spinal diskectomy and fusion for scoliosis.
Pediatric Surgery
For more information about pediatric surgery at Children's Mercy Hospital, please see Pediatric Surgery services in our General/Thoracic Surgery department.
Physicians
- Holcomb, George W. III, MD, MBA
Surgeon-in-Chief; Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery; The Katharine B. Richardson Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery; Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine - Andrews, Walter S. , MD
Section Chief, Transplantation; Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation; Professor of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine - Murphy, J. Patrick , MD
Section Chief, Urological Surgery; Professor of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine - Snyder, Charles L. , MD
Section Chief, General and Thoracic Surgery; Director of Clinical Research; Professor of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine - Gatti, John , MD
Director, Minimally Invasive Urology; Associate Professor of Urologic Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine - Ostlie, Daniel , MD
Director, Surgical Critical Care; Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program; Professor of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine - Sharp, Ronald J , MD
Director, Burns and Trauma; Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine - St. Peter, Shawn , MD
Director, Center for Prospective Clinical Trials; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
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Minimally Invasive Surgery
Common Diagnoses
Pediatric Abdomen Surgery
- Abdominal masses
- Appendicitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Contralateral exploration for inguinal hernia
- Dysplastic kidney
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Non-palpable testis
- Pheochromocytoma, adrenal masses
- Renal failure
- Splenomegaly
- Varicocele
Pediatric Chest Surgery
- Empyema
- Pulmonary nodules / metastatic disease
- Scoliosis
- Spontaneous pneumothorax
- Thoracic mass
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Services & Treatments
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery
- Adrenalectomy
- Appendectomy
- Cholecystectomy
- Evaluation of a contralateral hernia
- Fundoplication
- Insertion of dialysis catheters or CSF shunts
- Nephrectomy for dysplasia
- Pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease
- Variococlectomy
- Laparoscopy for non-palpable testis/laparoscopic orchiopexy
Pediatric Thoracoscopic Surgery
- Biopsy of decortication
- Biopsy of thoracic masses
- Decortication of empyema
- Ligation of pulmonary blebs
- Spinal diskectomy and fusion for scoliosis
- Wedge resections of pulmonary nodules
Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure)
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