Outpatient Surgery
For most surgeries that don’t require an overnight stay, you’ll probably visit an outpatient surgery center at Wolfson Children’s designed with your family in mind. After checking in, you’ll meet your child’s nurse, who will communicate regularly with you. Younger children are sometimes transported in wagons that look like boats rather than wheelchairs. If able after surgery, patients can stay hydrated with cool, slushy drinks. Families spend time in comfortable waiting areas and meet with surgeons in private rooms.
Family approach with coordinated care
Our commitment to providing exceptional care begins with a family-centered approach that includes close coordination with your child’s primary care physician. This allows for a seamless transition between the hospital and your child's primary care provider's office.
Types of surgeries
These are some of the outpatient (no overnight stay) and inpatient (admitted to hospital) procedures we perform:
- Ear, nose & throat, including ear tubes, tonsillectomy, salivary gland stone removal and more.
- General surgery, including gallbladder, hernia repair, appendectomy and more
- Urological procedures, including birth defect repairs and lithotripsy for kidney stones
- Orthopedics, including sports medicine, spinal disorder and limb deformity
- Gastroenterology procedures
- Neurosurgery
- Heart procedures
- Minimally invasive procedures, including laparoscopy
- Dentistry
- Craniofacial, including cleft palate
- Ophthalmology
- General plastic surgery
- Bariatrics
- Bone marrow harvest
With a 24/7 in-house pediatric trauma team, we provide faster, direct access to specialized care during the critical "golden hour" following a trauma. Treatment at our emergency centers comes with the full range of resources of our nationally recognized children’s hospital. We specialize in kids and we're one of the few award-winning hospitals in the nation with a "peds-only" Burn & Wound program.
We understand the issues that affect children and work to keep your child comfortable and as calm as possible during treatment. Large, deep, or complicated wounds may heal slowly and require irrigation, cleaning, or dressing.