A Brazilian pediatric surgeon, Dr. Leandro B. Guimarães, makes surgery less frightening for his young patients by dressing them as superheroes. Guimarães says his goal is to create a positive and playful atmosphere in the operating room, allowing children to feel powerful and brave.
A pediatric surgeon says he dresses his patients as superheroes so they feel “powerful and brave” in the operating room.
Pediatric doctor Leandro B. Guimarães dresses up his surgical patients as pint-sized superheroes. “This idea came from my desire to make the surgical room entrance less stressful,” he says. “The last child I took into surgery ... was Allana, a little girl about two years old who entered in my arms, crying uncontrollably. That day, I promised myself that I would never take a child into surgery crying again.
All children get to take their costumes home after the surgery, and as Guimarães explains, “Some children operated on by my colleagues see them, so I end up giving them one as well.”
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