Procedures and treatments

Preparing a child for a procedure or treatment can be an anxious occasion. Great Ormond Street Hospital have produced a number of factsheets to help explain what will happen and what to expect.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

This page explains about ECMO and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this treatment.

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Extratemporal resection

This page explains about an operation called extratemporal resection, and explains what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have the operation.

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Facial bipartition with or without using a rigid external distraction (RED) frame

Facial bipartition is an operation to reshape the front portion of the skull, face and upper jaw to correct an abnormal head shape. This information sheet from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about the operation called facial bipartition with

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Fast track cardiac surgery

This page explains about fast track cardiac surgery and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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Feeding your child after oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula repair

Oesophageal atresia (OA) and tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) are both congenital (present at birth) problems. They can develop together or separately and are usually diagnosed soon after birth (or occasionally during a prenatal scan). Both conditions re

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