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Pediatric Surgical Associates is a long-standing medical practice currently consisting of 8 Pediatric Surgeons and 4 Pediatric Urologists who specialize in surgical problems of infants and children. By virtue of our size -the largest group of private-practicing pediatric surgeons in the United States- Pediatric Surgical Associates has performed thousands of surgical procedures on infants and children. This represents the majority of tertiary care operations in the Minnesota region. The quality of pediatric surgical care provided by our surgeons is recognized nationally as a model of care. Examples of procedures performed include: Common surgical problems in infants and children such as inguinal and umbilical hernias, undescended testes, appendicitis, pyloric stenosis, circumcision, hypospadias, and ureteral reimplantation.Repair, correction, or reconstruction of rare congenital anomalies in newborns involving the head and neck, chest and lungs, abdominal wall, gastrointestinal tract, and genitourinary systems. As an example, the surgeons of Pediatric Surgical Associates have participated in the separation of many sets of conjoined twins.