Medical Programs Neonatal Surgical Care Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center pediatric surgeons have specialized knowledge in the surgical repair of congenital birth defects, some of which may be life threatening to both premature and full-term infants.
Prenatal diagnosis is common for the detection of such developmental abnormalities.
Working in a collaboration with perinatologists and obstetricians, pediatric surgeons meet with pregnant mothers and their spouses prior to delivery to plan the perinatal care program, including an outline of the proposed corrective operative procedure. This education serves as a valuable asset to the doctor-patient relationship before the baby's birth. Once delivered, the baby is then transferred to Cincinnati Children's for completion of the preoperatively described care program. Serving infants to adolescents, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati is an international leader in pediatric healthcare, research and education.