Read about various types of congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
The general surgery team focuses on a wide variety of congenital anomalies and acquired diseases of the digestive tract, abdomen, chest and lungs, head and neck, and endocrine organs.
22q11DS is a genetic condition with a wide range of symptoms. Learn about some of the more common medical features of 22q11DS.
Learn about failure to thrive and how your child's health-care team manages it.
Learn about the definition of and the causes and medical conditions associated with prematurity.
Children with Down syndrome may be at a higher risk for some medical conditions. Learn what these conditions are and how to manage them.
The risk of complications involved with surgical procedures to correct congenital heart disease is very low.
Intestinal failure is a condition in which the GI tract cannot absorb the nutrients a child needs for growth and day-to-day life. Learn about the causes and treatments.
Learn how bleomycin is used in sclerotherapy to treat vascular malformations. Find information about the advantages of using bleomycin as well as any risks involved and precautions to be considered.
Information for parents and children with the inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis.
Enteral nutrition is any method of feeding that uses the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to deliver nutrition to your child. It can include food given through their mouth or through a feeding tube.
Find out how to tell if your child’s feeding tube is a good fit and what you should do if the tube is too tight or too loose.
Learn about congenital heart disease in children. Congenital heart disease happens when parts of the heart do not form properly.
Learn how to remove the feeding tube at home, if appropriate, and care for your child's tract after the permanent feeding tube removal.
A teacher's guide to congenital heart defects. Learn what you can do to help and what to expect if one of your students has a congenital heart defect.
Read about chronic illness and ways to cope. Congenital heart disease is a common example. While it can often be well managed, it never goes away.
Learn about the role that genetics plays in many heart conditions that afflict children.
Information for parents and children with the inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease.
Accidentally swallowing button batteries can cause life-threatening injury. Learn what to do if your child swallows a button battery.
Learn about the signs and symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the two different types.
Learn about intestinal adaptation and weaning children with intestinal failure off total parenteral nutrition to achieve enteral autonomy.
Metatarsus adductus occurs when the outside border of the foot curves inwards. Learn more about why this happens and stretches and exercises that may help to straighten the foot.
Read about various types of breathing problems in newborn babies and the care that is provided to help them.
The side effects from chemotherapy medications are not the same for everyone. Find out what the possible side effects of taking chemotherapy medications are and how they can be managed.
