Mr Joseph Curry, Senior Children and Baby Surgeon

Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, Portland Hospital for Women and Children
Published December 6th, 2011 | Last updated March 1st, 2012
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Mr Curry is a senior children and baby surgeon at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital and the Portland Hospital for Women and Children, London. He is one of the country’s leading keyhole (laparoscopicA keyhole surgical procedure.) surgeons and is responsible for training both junior surgeons and established consultants who want to learn the benefits of laparoscopic surgery. Mr Curry has been at the forefront of the development of keyhole surgeryA type of minimally invasive surgery. in children involving both training of other surgeons and in research to find out new and better ways to perform this type of surgery.

Mr Curry qualified in 1989 from the University of London before going on to be awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, England and the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Paediatric Surgery. Mr Curry was awarded the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons medal for outstanding performance.
 

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  • Keyhole surgery in children

    By Mr Joseph Curry, Senior Children and Baby SurgeonContact
    Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, Portland Hospital for Women and Children

    In this article Paediatric Surgeon, Mr Curry, explains how the technique of laparoscopicA keyhole surgical procedure. surgery can be applied to infants and children and what procedures can routinely be performed this way. Keyhole, also known as laparoscopic, surgery involves making small openings on the abdominalRelating to the abdomen, which is the region of the body between the chest and the pelvis. wall, usually no more than a few millimetres big. Through these openings special devices called ports are inserted that allow cameras and long instruments to be inserted into the abdominal cavityThe part of the body that contains the stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder and other organs. to enable the surgeon to perform the operation.

  • Gastro-oesophageal reflux in children

    By Mr Joseph Curry, Senior Children and Baby SurgeonContact
    Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, Portland Hospital for Women and Children

    Gastro-oesophageal refluxBackflow of a bodily fluid in the wrong direction occurs when contents from the stomachthe organ or the body where food is stored and broken down travel back into the gullet (oesophagusThe gullet, the part of the gastrointestinal system that extends down from the mouth cavity to the stomach.). This is a very common and harmless thing in newborn babies and infants but as the child grows and matures it improves. Many parents will have experienced frequent “positingA type of gentle vomiting when a baby burps and brings up milk at the same time.” in the early life of their baby that then resolves as they grow. Sometimes the stomach content comes out of the mouth and be seen as vomitingExpusion of the contents of the stomach through the mouth. but not all vomiting is abnormal or the result of gastro-oesophageal reflux. It is a naturally occurring event in all people but when it leads to complications it is called gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORDgastro-oesophageal reflux disease).

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