Pediatric Surgery - Mayo Clinic Square

Our expert pediatric surgery teams routinely perform a wide array of procedures, including the highly complex. We apply deep experience and specialized pediatric surgical training in a team approach, so children and families can stop worrying about the unknowns and focus on getting to a happier, healthier life.

Your child will have access to innovative procedures – many of which our highly skilled surgeons pioneered and perfected– as well as leading-edge diagnostics and technologies.

These include:

Minimally invasive surgery performed whenever possible. Benefits include smaller incisions, less pain, shorter hospital stay, and faster recovery.
Nearly scarless abdominal surgery that places a single, nearly invisible incision within the belly button for excellent outcomes and cosmetic appearance.
Procedures not possible at other hospitals. Children who have been turned down elsewhere often are able to receive surgery at Mayo Clinic. This is attributable to the depth of our multidisciplinary pediatric surgical teams, as well as our ability to draw on the knowledge of experienced surgeons across Mayo Clinic.
Advanced diagnostics and technology, including lowest dose CT scanners for reduced radiation, and 3D printing for surgical preparation.
Leading-edge options for children with cancer, including proton beam therapy, advanced techniques to pinpoint biopsies, and strategies to preserve fertility.

Complementary and integrative therapies such as massage therapy, pet therapy, and music therapy to help your child during recovery.
Multispecialty pediatric clinics for inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, weight-loss surgery (bariatric surgery), muscular and skeletal disorders, nervous system diseases, genetic and metabolic disorders, and chest and lung-related diseases.
Highly advanced, expert care, including our Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, and Fetal Care Center for high-risk pregnancies.

Mayo Clinic Pediatric Surgery Overview

We don't just consider a patient a diagnosis. We consider them as a child and a family, and we try to take care of the entirety of that child and family, not just their medical problem. We also are within the greater Mayo Clinic and can draw on those resources to help us heal children and their families.

With pediatric surgery, rare is not rare in the sense that that's our expertise. The Children's Center at Mayo Clinic is a special place where the patient and their family are the only thing that matters and we're all united in that. The multi-disciplinary model of care is something that we approach every patient with and I think is one of the distinguishing things about care here at Mayo. We have specialized training in not only general surgery, but in additional specific pediatric training. So when you see a surgeon who's specialized in pediatric surgery, you'll have that expertise as well as urology, surgical oncology, pediatric oncology, and access to pediatric anesthesia for example. And I think we apply that to all of our patients, whether they're 0 or 18.

It's our experience, the number of patients we've seen and evaluated and just continuing to try to provide the best care to these families. And ultimately our goal is to get them back home and getting them back to a happy, healthy life.

Pediatric surgery experts. Conveniently located in the Twin Cities.

Innovative options for best outcomes.

Full support from Mayo Clinic Children’s.

Mayo Clinic Children’s in Rochester, Minnesota is a Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center, the highest verification awarded by the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

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Mayo Clinic Pediatric Surgery Overview