In the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital' Surgery Department we treat all surgical pathologies: malformations, infectious, inflammatory or oncological nature from the general, digestive, thoracic, urological, plastic and maxillofacial areas in children and adolescents. This care includes a wide range of procedures, from the simplest, which can be conducted as an outpatient, to the most complex.
The Hospital has an impressive antenatal diagnosis programme, making it possible to plan the most suitable treatment for different congenital pathologies, including fetal therapy intrapartum surgery and postnatal surgery.
In recent years, our Department has been prominent in the implementation and development of different procedures, particularly in minimally invasive surgery. The ultimate aim of these innovative techniques is to obtain the best clinical results, lower surgical aggression, swifter recovery, and the incorporation of patients and their families to normal activity.
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Paediatric general surgery
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Digestive surgery
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Paediatric chest surgery
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Neonatal and Foetal surgery
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Oncological surgery
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Urology
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Plastic surgery and maxillofacial surgery
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Areas of activity
What makes our Surgery Service different?
- Our Plastic Surgery Unit is recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Health as a leading department on a national level (CSUR accreditation) in the reconstructive treatment of the pinna (microtia).
- We are a leader in Spain and internationally in Paediatric minimally-invasive Surgery (MIS), mainly in laparoscopy and thoracoscopy.
- We do this not only to achieve technical excellence but also to keep the process of surgery from being a traumatic experience for patients and their family members. Our professionals make every effort to establish and maintain good relationships with patients and ensure that they have the support of professionals such as our child-life specialists (nurse and psychologist) and of the Hospital Clowns, known as the Pallapupas.
- When possible, we let the parents accompany the child during induction of anaesthesia.
Complex surgeries in the intelligent surgical block
During 2021, a total of 5,737 interventions were carried out in the Central Surgical Block, a third of the total surgical procedures carried out in the hospital: 15,374, if we add the Area of Exploratory Techniques, the Outpatient Surgery Unit, the gynecology operating rooms, and obstetrics or hemodynamic facilities. The application of intraoperative technology and the hyper-specialization of the teams have led to almost 50% of the surgeries currently performed being highly complex.
Research projects
Currently, the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital has various research projects in the field of Paediatric Surgery and surgical planning.