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Children's Surgery

Professor Kokila Lakhoo performing paediatric surgery in Tanzania.

The Oxford University Global Surgery Group (OUGSG) maintains strong links with the Pan-Africa Paediatric Surgical Association (PAPSA) and the Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS).

Recent research activities undertaken by members of the OUGSG linked to children's surgery include:

  • The effects of COVID on paediatric cancer
  • Transfusion thresholds in paediatric surgery
  • Neonatal pain management
  • Trauma morbidity in children
  • Surgical site infections in children
  • Use of the surgical checklist in children
  • Access to paediatric surgery.

Specialty Leads

Projects

CovidPaedsCancer is an international, mult-centre study to analyse and assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cancer services.

COVID and children's surgery

Childhood cancers are the second leading cause of non-communicable disease deaths for paediatric patients around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted on global children’s cancer services, which can have consequences for childhood cancer outcomes. The Global Health Research Group on Children’s Non-Communicable Diseases (Global Children’s NCDs) is currently undertaking the first international study to determine the variation in paediatric cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the short to medium term impacts on childhood cancer outcomes globally.