Pediatrics

Expert Perspectives

Building a Top-Ranked Pediatric Liver Transplant Program

Program co-director Nadia Ovchinsky, MD, discusses how the team approaches delivering high-quality care for the most complex cases.

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Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital: A Leader in Advanced Pediatric Care

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Highest Level Children’s Surgery Verification

from the American College of Surgeons

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Level IV NICU

and Designated Regional Perinatal Center

Comprehensive Transplant Care

The only program in the tristate area to offer transplantation for all four solid organs: lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys.

Complex Case Spotlight

Neo-Rectoperineal Fistula Temporizes Imperforate Anus in Newborn with Omphalocele

A full-term male baby was born with prenatally diagnosed giant omphalocele and an imperforate anus with no evidence of a perineal fistula. Source: NYU Langone Health.

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Stimulating the sphincter complex allowed for percutaneous access with a micropuncture under ultrasound guidance. Source: NYU Langone Health.

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Inserting a stiff wire through the neo-anorectal tract allowed for serial dilation of the tract under fluoroscopic guidance. Source: NYU Langone Health.

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Creation and progressive dilation of the neo-anorectal fistula significantly lowered the risk of a primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP), which was performed six months later. Source: NYU Langone Health.

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