Dr. Chheda – 🏥 Okay, so your child needs surgery. Doesn’t matter what kind of surgery it is – surgery does involve some risks. But one risk that is prevalent in all surgeries is the risk of anesthesia. And you definitely want anesthesia.

📅 For children above 6 months of age, the risks of anesthesia are the same whether they’re six months, six years, or 16 years. We can do elective surgery above the age of six months without an issue. ⚠️ Under six months, the risk of anesthesia is greater, and so we try to prevent surgeries below six months of age. If it’s an emergency surgery, please have it done. One of my own children needed surgery at 10 days of age – it was emergency and needed to be done.

💚 We try to do surgery only for emergency reasons under the age of six months. Anything else that can be scheduled – wait until after 6 months of age.

Always discuss this with your surgeon and anesthesiologist.