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.

Electrophysiology (EP) study

An electrophysiology (EP) study is used to look at the electrical signals making your heart pump blood around the body. The heart muscle sends out an electrical signal every time your heart beats. Usually you won’t feel it, but if you have an abnormal hea

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Embolisation

Embolisation is a way of blocking abnormal blood vessels. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about embolisation, why it might be suggested and what to expect when your child comes to GOSH for treatment.

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Emotional and behavioural changes after surgery

Find out more about emotional and behavioural changes after surgery.

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Encouraging your child to produce a healthy voice

There are many reasons why children’s voices may sound different in quality, loudness or pitch, to those of their friends, brothers and sisters. Your child’s speech and language therapist and/or ENT doctor will explain the specific reason why your own chi

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Endovenous laser treatment

Endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) is a way of treating abnormal and enlarged veins so that they shrink and become less troublesome. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about endovenous laser treatment (EVLT), why it might be sugges

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