Des Moines Pediatric Surgeons

A pediatric surgeon is a qualified surgeon who has additional training in performing surgery on young patients, including fetuses (neonatal or fetal surgery), infants, children, adolescents and teenagers.

Because pediatric patients are still growing and developing, they are often more difficult to operate on than adults. These patients have smaller bodies and smaller organs requiring even more of a precise and measured approach by a surgeon.

Some of the conditions that may require the care of a pediatric surgeon are congenital malformations, such as cleft lip and palate, abdominal wall defects, like hernias, deformities of the chest wall, childhood tumors, like neuroblastomas and separation of conjoined twins.

The area of Des Moines, IA has a population of approximately 212,318 people. There are 5 pediatric surgeons near Des Moines, which gives it a ratio of 1 pediatric surgeon per 42,464 residents or a ratio of 1 pediatric surgeon per 16,878 households. There are 84,389 households in Des Moines.