Objective representation of impact of pediatric surgery

Surgeons, by virtue of their jobs, cannot invest time towards sustained, perseverant and determined efforts to impress the policy-makers. [...]they lag behind their public health colleagues. A sizable amount of morbidity and mortality associated with these diseases is averted/minimized by pediatric surgical interventions. [...]the concept of disability averted by pediatric surgery (DAPS) i.e., saved YLL/YLD needs to be considered. Pediatric surgery is peculiar because of the young age of its clientele and a variety of surgical interventions performed. [...]the number of years of healthy life added in terms of saved YLL/YLD increases tremendously when compared with adult surgical modality.