Anesthesiology: What We Treat
The anesthesiologists at Children's offer treatment in a range of specialties for every neonatal and pediatric anesthesia field including:- Acute and chronic pediatric pain
- Cardiac
- Dental
- Ear, nose and throat
- Endoscopy
- Gastroenterology
- General surgery
- Transplant
- Neurosurgery
- Ophthalmic
- Oral, maxillofacial and dental
- Orthopedic
- Pediatric and radiological cases
- Pediatric critical care
- Plastic and craniofacial
- Pain Management
- Trauma
- Urology
- Sedation oversight
In addition, Children's recently opened the comprehensive Pediatric Pain Management Center, a multidisciplinary outpatient program and the first of its kind in Texas with physicians board-certified in pain management combined with fellowships in pediatric anesthesia. The center assesses and treats children with chronic muscle, bone and nerve pain.
Common conditions treated include:
- Recurrent abdominal pain
- Headaches
- Extremity pain
- Chest pain
- Back pain
- Pain from nerve injury, rheumatological conditions and cancer