https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/procedures-and-treatments/?page=29

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.

Fundoplication

A fundoplication is an operation used to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux. There are different surgical techniques but the most common is a Nissen’s fundoplication, named after the surgeon who developed it. It uses the top of the stomach to strengthen the

Gall bladder (HIDA) scan

This page explains about gall bladder (HIDA) scans, what is involved and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital for the scan.

Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery

Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery is not actually a type of surgery at all – instead of opening the skull to remove a tumour or lesion, it is treated through the skin and skull using gamma radiation beams.This information sheet from Great Ormond Stre

Gastrojejunostomy (transgastric jejunal) feeding device care

A gastrostomy is a surgical opening through the skin of the abdomen to the stomach. A gastrojejunostomy device is inserted through this opening to the stomach and then on to the first part of the small intestine (jejunum). This means that liquid feed can

Gastroscopy

This information from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about the gastroscopy procedure, what it involves and what to expect when your child comes to GOSH for treatment. You may also hear the procedure called an oesophagogastroduodenoscopy or O