[Emergency surgical procedures in neonates and infants over a 20-year period]

The authors analyse their experience concerning emergency treatments during the twenty year period at their Surgical department in which there never was a pediatric surgeon. The most common surgical procedures are presented, which should be carried out in emergency; it is accentuated that such patients have also to be surgically treated in Subregional hospital's Centers, in which there are no the necessary conditions; that does oblige the general surgeon to pay attention in his everyday activities to these small but delicate patients. Newborns and breastfed babies together with acute surgical disorders, can often have other health problems (or associated diseases), so that there is a necessity of team work and close collaboration between surgeon, anesthesiologist, pediatrician and radiologist in the managing of such patients.