
In the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital' Surgery Department we treat all surgical pathologies with the most innovative techniques.
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.
Accreditations
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).
Why SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital?
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.
Treatments adapted to the needs of the patient and his family
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.
Our activity
Surgeries per year
Endoscope-assisted surgery
Outpatient surgeries (without admission)
Specialties and services
Related Units
We resolve malformations and other oral and jaw-related problems in paediatric patients by using precise and innovative techniques.
We treat kidney problems and anomalies in the urinary tract in children and adolescents with minimally invasive techniques.
We work to ensure children experience the surgical process without distress or anxiety.
Pathologies we treat
Treatments we offer
Complex surgeries in the intelligent surgical block

Our professionals
“Most of the time, surgery on the child will enable us to cure them quickly and definitively.”






Research
The Surgery Department is undertaking research through two SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital research groups:
- Research group studying the Molecular Biology of developmental tumours
- Research group studying adulthood diseases that originated in the womb or the first years of life.
Surgical planning with 3D technology
This Service, which coordinates different surgical specialities, participates actively in the 3D Unit of the Hospital. Within the framework of this commitment to three-dimensional printing and surgical planning, tests are being carried out with different materials in the surgical field. We perform simulations to test complex surgeries and reduce surgical time and postoperative admission of patients.
Teaching
SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital is a university hospital affiliated with the University of Barcelona, and so we share our knowledge and train professionals to specialise in high-complexity medicine. Since 2004, our center is one of the three Spanish hospitals certified in Europe for the specialists training in pediatric surgery of the UEMS (Union of European Medical Specialists).
Undergraduate teaching for Paediatrics students
Theoretical and practical teaching of Paediatrics students as part of the Degree in Medicine from the University of Barcelona.
Postgraduate training in Paediatric Surgery
We are an accredited centre in Spain for the training of specialists in Paediatric Surgery within the Specialized Health Training Program (MIR Program). Consult the training places and the information about the MIR of Pediatric Surgery.
We are one of the only three centres in Spain authorised to provide postgraduate training as a Paediatric Surgery specialist training centre by the European Board of the European Union of Medical Specialist (UEMS).
Surgical simulation programme
Part of the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, Barcelona's DARWIN programme offering internal training to professionals.
CLEFT BARCELONA
Specialisation course in the comprehensive management of patients with cleft lip and palate, including live surgeries.