Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery

Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery

Minimally Invasive Surgery Center for Children

Children’s Hospital of Georgia

Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery

Our Approach

Children, especially infants, present special challenges in pediatric surgery. Because of their smaller size they react differently to surgical procedures than adults.

This challenge has motivated the Children’s Hospital of Georgia to open the area’s only Minimally Invasive Surgery Center for Children outside of Atlanta offering cutting edge surgical care to pediatric patients in Georgia, South Carolina and the Southeast. Advanced minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is performed in our Pediatric Endosuite, using laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures, and can mean better outcomes for our smallest patients who might need:

Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
Digestive Tract Surgery
Heart Surgery
Kidney Transplant
Neurosurgery
Orthopedic Surgery
Urologic Surgery

Why Choose Us

Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) in Children

Our pediatric MIS surgical specialists perform the most sophisticated operations in children through tiny “peepholes” instead of large incisions, resulting in shorter recovery and less pain.

In fact, minimally invasive surgery may offer benefits to children such as:

Less pain
Less scarring
Faster recovery
Less injury to tissue
Reduced blood loss
Shorter hospital stays
Quicker return to school and activities

The region’s only high-tech Pediatric Endosuite

The Pediatric Endosuite’s equipment is ceiling-mounted and operated by a central computer. The equipment consists of tiny telescopes that can view the inside of a patient’s body. These telescopes are connected to sophisticated monitors that allow surgeons to see interior structures more clearly and at a larger size. The monitors are mobile, allowing the Operating Room staff to adjust them as needed during the surgery. The number, and orientation, of the monitors means that surgeons have a comfortable view, from every angle, to guide them safely through your child’s surgery.