Conditions treated by the Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery department

Conditions we treat and procedures we carry out in the Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery department at Great Ormond Street Hospital include:

• anorectal anomaly 

• circumcision for medical reasons

• cloacal malformation (find out more about the Cloacal Malformation Multidisciplinary Service) 

• creation of antegrade colonic enema (ACE)

• diaphragmatic hernia 

• duodenal atresia

• exomphalos

• gastroschisis

• gastrostomy insertion (find our more about the Gastrostomy Service)

• Hirschsprung’s disease

• inguinal hernias and hydroceles

• intussusception

• keyhole surgery

• malrotation and volvulus

• necrotising enterocolitis

• neuroblastoma

• nissen fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease

• oesophageal atresia with or without tracheo-oesophageal fistula

• ovarian tumours

• pancreatectomy for congenital hyperinsulinaemia

• pyloric stenosis

• sacrococcygeal teratoma

• splenectomy

• umbilical and epigastric hernias

• undescended testicles