Complex and High-Risk Conditions

Many children with birth defects, critical injuries or serious diseases who can’t be helped elsewhere come to OU Children’s Physicians. We successfully treat complex and high-risk conditions. Some of our doctors have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are unique in Oklahoma and sometimes world firsts.

When standard treatments don’t provide the results you seek, you may find hope in the form of research-based medical treatments. Many OU Children’s Physicians conduct research. In many cases, we can provide innovative care through national clinical trials.

Here are a few examples of the expertise that brings children with complex conditions to OU Children’s Physicians:

• The surgeon who pioneered a procedure to treat excessive sweating of the hands and armpits is an OU Children’s Physician.
• An OU Children’s Physicians orthopedist is one of only two in Oklahoma actively performing limb deformity correction and limb-lengthening procedures on children.
• Our pediatric urologists were the first in Oklahoma to perform complete bladder reconstruction and laparoscopic kidney surgeries in children.
• We are the only providers in the area with life support for infants and children whose organs are failing.
• We have the only pediatric surgeons in the region.