A common cause of significant abdominal pain.
An operation which is performed to remove the foreskin.
A condition which may be obvious with vomiting, or silent with arching of the back when feeding, irritability or so called "colic" type symptoms.
A condition in which certain components of the nervous system of the bowel are absent.
An hydrocoele is a collection of fluid that surrounds the testicle.
The operation for repair of hydrocoele is required if an hydrocoele in a baby does not resolve of its own accord.
Refers to a rent on the ventrum of the penis.
An Inguinal Hernia is a lump in the groin, which is caused by a part of the bowel, or other contents of the abdomen, protruding through an opening in the lining of the abdomen, near to the groin.
An operation that is performed in children to correct an inguinal hernia.
A condition in which a part of the bowel telescopes into the next part of the bowel further on.
An operation in which the Paediatric Surgeon moves an undescended testicle down into the base of the scrotum.
The appearance of a red, swollen, painful scrotum should always be treated as an emergency situation. This collection of signs and symptoms is known as an "acute scrotum".
Phimosis is a condition in which the foreskin is too tight to pull all the way back.
Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis or HPS, is a condition in which there is a thickening of the muscle in the wall of the intestine, just beyond the stomach.
Tongue-tie is a common condition in which the tissues or membranes on the under surface of the tongue are too tight to allow the tongue to be fully extended. It is a problem which occurs as the tongue develops in the first 3 months of the unborn baby's life.
An umbilical hernia is a protrusion of abdominal contents at the umbilicus, or belly button.
An undescended testicle is a testicle which has not descended fully into the base of the scrotum by the time a baby boy is born.
This website is run as an informational resource by Eric A. Nicholls, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon.
Mr Nicholls has private clinics in and around London and in Guildford at the hospitals listed below. His Practice Manager can be contacted at the Nuffield Health Hospital's Guildford address and telephone number.
Mr Nicholls' e-mail address is ericanicholls@netscape.net. His Practice Manager's e-mail address is rosyhealthchildren@yahoo.co.uk.
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