Digestive Disorders and Gastrointestinal Surgery Center, Florida
Expert Digestive and Gastrointestinal Care in One Place
Children with complex conditions that affect the stomach, pancreas, liver, colon or rectum do better with a team of pediatric surgeons and specialists who partner in care.
The 乐播传媒 Children鈥檚 Digestive Disorders and Gastrointestinal Surgery Center brings together pediatric colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists and urologists with expertise in the full range of conditions.聽
- We鈥檙e one of the few places in the nation that offers unsedated transnasal endoscopy (TNE) for kids.
- We participate in the Improve Care Now (ICN) Network, a national consortium that leads the effort to provide the best possible care for young patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
- We鈥檙e members of the Pull-thru Network (PTN), a nonprofit corporation that supports families diagnosed with anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease with their medical journey, with ostomy care, incontinence and bowel management issues, school and social issues.
- Our motility clinic, managed by subspecialty-trained motility physicians, provides complete testing to assess the various functions of the gastrointestinal tract and provides services to improve your child鈥檚 quality of life.
- Our short bowel program offers treatment plans to ensure your child is receiving proper nutrition for maximal growth. We have a multidisciplinary clinic that can include surgery if needed. Surgery can be used to help manage your child鈥檚 short gut, but the hope is that we can manage your child medically and get them off Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) 鈥 when nutrition support is provided intravenously (through a vein, referred to as an 鈥淚.V.鈥) 鈥 and eating fully by mouth.
- We offer full-time pediatric dieticians to help with nutritional issues.
- Our feeding and swallowing therapy program is one of only four multispecialty pediatric inpatient rehabilitation programs in all of Florida 鈥 and the only one in Central Florida.
Robotic-Assisted Surgery for an Easier Recovery
乐播传媒 surgeons perform many procedures, even the most delicate, with minimally invasive, robotic-assisted approaches. This can mean fewer, smaller cuts and less pain. Your child may have a faster recovery and can get back to being a kid, sooner.
Experience and Expertise
From birth through the teen years, your child gets a full range of services from a team of specialists. See how we can help your family.
Conditions & Treatments
We see a wide range of conditions 鈥 far too many to list here. The conditions we treat vary depending on the location and providers selected. Don鈥檛 see a condition listed? Call us.
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Convenient Follow-Up Appointments by Video
We offer follow-up appointments through scheduled, live video visits. You can avoid waiting rooms and save travel time. Ask your doctor if this is an option for your family.