This is a review of 1350 pediatric patient who under-went surgical procedures at surgical division of Asahi General Hospital during the period from 1977 to 1987. Among those patients, approximately 90% had surgery for either inguinal indirect hernia or acute appendicitis. The remaining 10% includes patients with intussusception, trauma and others. The number of operations in children is gradually increasing at our hospital. Although hospitals without pediatric surgical department cannot handle complicated problems, these data clearly demonstrated the important role of general surgeons in a community hospital in the treatment of pediatric patients.
