That’s why our Emergency Department is staffed with board-certified pediatricians during peak hours each day to provide your child with quality, compassionate medical care. Having dedicated pediatric physicians allows us to place your child in an exam room more quickly, resulting in shorter wait times and much less anxiety for you and your child.

Carroll Hospital Center Pediatric Unit
Parents never want to imagine their child in a hospital. But if the need arises, you can rest assured that Carroll Hospital Center’s Pediatric Unit will rise to the occasion with a skilled team of doctors, nurses and other medical staff who are dedicated to providing the best possible care and ensuring a speedy recovery.

Our Pediatric Unit features:

• Pediatric hospitalists and specially trained nurses who are sensitive to the special needs of children and who staff the hospital 24 hours a day
• A range of pediatric specialists to meet your child’s unique medical need
• Brightly colored walls, cheerful décor and artwork created by children here in our community, to help ease your child’s anxiety and enhance the healing process

• Pediatric Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat or ENT) procedures including
  • Sinus surgery – a procedure that removes diseased sinus tissue and reroutes the affected sinus to improve airflow and drainage. Most sinus surgery is performed endoscopically to avoid the need for incisions through the skin. Computer mapping may be used to improve visualization, particularly for patients with repeated sinus surgery.
  • Tonsillectomy – the removal of infected or enlarged tonsils, which are collections of lymphoid tissue (immune cells) in the back of the throat, to treat chronic or recurrent tonsillitis, sore throat, obstruction of the upper airway or dental issues.Your doctor may use Coblation, a technique using radiofrequency (RF) to carefully remove affected tissue while preserving healthy tissue.
  • Adenoidectomy – removal of infected or enlarged adenoids, which are tissues in the back of a child’s nasal cavity. The adenoids are similar to tonsil tissue and perform the same function. They may be removed if your child is experiencing problems such as recurrent ear infections or obstructed breathing.This procedure may be performed with or without a tonsillectomy.
  • Myringotomy (ear tubes) – a procedure in which tiny tubes are placed in the ear drum to permit air flow to the middle ear.This procedure is used to help children with chronic ear infections and/or fluid in the middle ear.
    
• General surgical procedures for hernia repair, cyst removal and more
  
• Orthopedic procedures for fractures, sports injuries and more
  
• Pediatric urological surgery including:
  • Deflux® – an exciting new minimally invasive procedure that treats a child with vesicoureteral reflux, a condition where urine flows back into the kidneys and causes repeated urinary tract infections (UTIs).An alternative to traditional surgery or daily medications, this procedure use small incisions and a tiny camera to help place a healing gel where the ureters meet the bladder, preventing the backflow of urine.
  • Circumcisions – removal of the penis foreskin
  • Hydrocele repairs – the repair of a fluid filled sac that accumulates in the scrotum, usually benign (not cancerous). It usually involves an outpatient procedure in which the surgeon makes a tiny incision to drain the fluid.
  • Undescended testicle (cryptorchidism) – surgery that manipulates the testicle into place in the scrotum, to reduce the increased risk of testicular cancer and infertility that accompanies this condition, which is more common in premature infants.

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