Paediatric surgery is a subspecialty of general surgery that involves surgical procedures carried out on foetuses, infants, children and adolescents. Subspecialisations within paediatric surgery include foetal surgery (performed on a foetus in the womb), neonatal surgery (performed on newborns), cardiothoracic (heart) surgery, neurology (human nervous system), urology (urinary tract) and nephrology (kidney).
Paediatric surgeons use minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures to treat conditions that require surgical intervention. General paediatric surgery requires multidisciplinary participation from paediatric gastroenterologists, paediatric respiratory physicians, paediatric endocrinologists, dietitians and speech therapists.