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.

Angiography and angioplasty

Information about angiography and angioplasty procedures, what they involve and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital to have them.

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An introduction to parenteral nutrition at home

Parenteral nutrition is used when the gut is unable to absorb enough nutrition to enable your child to grow and develop normally. A liquid solution that contains nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins and fats) needed for growth and develo

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Anorectal manometry

Find out more about having an anorectal manometry.

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Antroduodenal manometry

Find out more about having an antroduodenal manometry.

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Arterio-venous (AV) fistulae for haemodialysis

This page explains about arterio-venous (AV) fistulae for haemodialysis and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.

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