Paediatric OncoSurgery

Surgery in children with cancer has a major role in some tumors like Wilms Tumor, Neuroblastoma, Bone Tumor, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Gonadal Malignancies, Brain Tumor etc and it has a supportive role in Leukemias and Lymphomas where main stay of treatment is Chemotherapy. Pediatric Cancers are potentially curable in the modern era. The focus is to formulate treatment plans with minimum complication and suffering. Pediatric Oncosurgery plays a major role in decreasing the morbidities of cancer treatment.

Most of the pediatric patients are afraid of needle sticks. We deal with this problem by placement of central vascular access devices like PICC line, Hickman Line and Portacath.

These devices make the oncology treatment acceptable and to a great extent painless. All the blood sampling can be done through these devices and all the IV medications can be given through these devices.

We work as a team throughout the treatment. Team includes- Medical Oncologist, Oncosurgeon, Chemo Nurse, Anesthesiologist.