Also, while the field itself is called paediatric cardioTHORACIC surgery, paed CT surgeons only treat congenital cardiac pathologies, despite their extensive knowledge in cardiopulmonary physiology and thoracic anatomy as adult CT surgeons.
Paediatric thoracic surgical cases like pectuses, recurrent pneumothorax, CDH, TOF, etc. go to general paediatric surgeons. Again, this is because congenital cardiac surgery is already very complex on its own.
In short, I guess...
paed CT surg: limited to congenital cardiac conditions (in both children and adults); lots of highly complex, technical operations; super-specialised service
general paed surg: treat almost all surgical conditions in children (apart from brain, heart, and bones), very broad scope; some complex operations like Kasai; specialised service, though less specialised than paed CT surg I suppose
I just think it's something to consider if you're interested in either paed CT surg or general paed surg, since, as others have mentioned, it's impossible to practice both...
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Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Route
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