Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and the age of the children usually ranges right from birth until the end of the teenage. A medical practitioner who specializes and practices in the field of pediatrics is called a pediatrician. The word pediatrics in Greek refers to “the healer of children”.Pediatric surgeons are specially trained surgeons in the field of pediatric surgery. They are usually different from that of the normal surgeons as these surgeons are especially devoted to the field of childcare. If the child has any kind of illness that is to be treated and operated by a surgery, it is best advisable to take the child to a pediatric surgeon than a general surgeon, as the pediatric surgeons will have a better understanding about the child’s medical condition.
The pediatric surgeon should have a thorough knowledge about the surgeries and the surgical tools that are to be used. If the surgeon is carrying out an operation for a newborn baby, the surgeon should know which tool is to be used and which medication is to be given as the newborn baby is as tender as a flower.
Pediatric surgeons also have collaborations with other medical specialists so that both are benefitted on the science of study they get to learn. Today, the medical field is in need of a lot of pediatric surgeons because unlike the old days where not all children were becoming prone to dangerous diseases, today a lot of new and deathly diseases are rooting children. By- Pujha Ramesh
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