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  Neonatal Surgery A newborn baby during his first 28 days of life is also called a neonate. The neonatal period is the time when changes within the baby’s body are very rapid. Several important changes would occur within this period, such as the feeding habits are formed, infection risks are very high for the baby and you may detect and first note any congenital or birth defects. Which babies require neonatal surgery? Neonatal care becomes particularly important for babies born premature, born with low birth weight or critically sick. Such newborns might struggle from different health issues and not every condition require a surgery. The neonatal surgery would be required to treat certain defects or abnormalities soon after birth, such as neonatal intestinal obstruction. Also newborns may require surgery for various urological problems like posterior Urethral valve, Pelviureteric junction obstruction etc. Various chest conditions like diaphragmatic hernia, lobar emphysema, cystic ...

  What is Phimosis? Phimosis is defined as inability to retract prepuce. Non retractile foreskins are common among young boys and is a part of normal preputial development. Prepuce of new born is non retractile and at the age of 3 years up to 10% remain non-retractile. It has been seen that 8% of boys at the age of 6 years and 1% at the age of 16 years still had non-retractile foreskin. The foreskin gradually becomes retractile secondary to intermittent erections and keratinization of the inner epithelium. That is most of the prepuce becomes retractile by adulthood. It is important to understand that most of these phimosis are physiological and does not require any surgical intervention. What is difference between Pathological and physiological phimosis? It is important to differentiate true pathologic phimosis from physiological phimosis. While physiologic phimosis consists of pliant, unscarred preputial orifice, true pathological phimosis is characterized by contracted white fibr...

Dr. Prashant Jain Director Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology BLK Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi About 8 million babies worldwide are born each year with serious birth defects (structural, functional and metabolic). About 3 lakhs newborn (1 in 10) and about 5 lakhs children under 5 die every year with maximum deaths reported in southeast Asia. In India birth defects prevalence varies from 61 to 69.9/1000 live births.The high incidence of birth defects in India is mainly attributed to high fertility, unplanned pregnancies, poor antenatal care, poor maternal nutrition, consanguineous marriages etc. Furthermore, the majority of new-borns with a serious congenital disorder that survives, face a lifetime of severe disability. Birth defects affect all races and ethnicities and all nations, but the cost is particularly high in low-income countries. In many countries, birth defects are a leading cause of death among infants and young children.. Those who survive may suf...