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Introduction

We meet the Maysonet family, who talk about their daughter needing surgery. Staff describe what it’s like for a family to learn that their child needs surgery, and how CHOP can now offer the option (and advantages) of minimally invasive procedures.

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Tammy Maysonet, Mother: We have a two-year-old, Alexa, and we also have a 10 1/2-month-old, Ulysses.

Alex Maysonet, Father: When Alexa came along, it was kind of like a, well, a whole new level that we went to.

Tammy Maysonet, Mother: And it was just a whole new learning experience. Within a month she had only gained a few ounces. And she had actually started vomiting.

Alex Maysonet, Father: But it just kept getting worse, and we started noticing that she would turn really blue when she started crying.

Tammy Maysonet, Mother: She ended up getting admitted to CHOP, and they discovered that she had interstitial lung disease. That's when they started to talk about surgery.

N. Scott Adzick, MD: When a family is referred here and the child needs an operation, a big operation, that's an incredibly scary prospect, not only for the child, if they're old enough to understand this, but particularly for the parents.

Alan Flake, MD: One of the difficult things that we do is tell families and parents that their child needs a major operation. That, by its very nature, is a frightening thing.

N. Scott Adzick, MD: And if we can treat that child with a minimally invasive technique that will minimize scarring, minimize potential psychologic trauma, shorten the hospital stay -- you can see the sense of relief.

Alan Flake, MD: So what minimally invasive surgery does is, I think, it reduces that degree of fear of surgery.

Thane Blinman, MD: Being able to reassure the parents that their child is not going to have a huge scar, for example. That their child's not going to spend days and days in pain. That their child will, pretty much, look the way they looked when they started off really goes a long way to allaying those parents' fears.

 

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