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.

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Fundoplication

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

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Microlaryngoscopy and bronchoscopy (MLB)

This page explains about a microlaryngoscopy and bronchoscopy (MLB) and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.

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Berlin Heart Mechanical Heart Assist

This page explains about the Berlin Heart Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) which can be used to support children in severe heart failure, either until recovery or until a heart transplant is possible.

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Kidney transplant - Practical information for families

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

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An introduction to kidney transplantation

Your child may need a kidney transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) soon or in the future because his or her kidneys are no longer working properly.

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A kidney biopsy is a procedure to remove a very small piece of kidney tissue to examine under a microscope. This page explains about a kidney biopsy and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.

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Catheterisation using a Mitrofanoff

This page explains about cathererisation using a Mitrofanoff and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.

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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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Bronchoscopy, bronchogram and optical coherence tomography studies

Bronchoscopy and bronchogram (B&B) is a combination of two tests used to look closely at your child's airway and how it is working. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) test gives us images of the cartilage rings which make up the airway wall.

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Your child is having an MRI scan without sedation or general anaesthetic

This page explains about what happens when your child has an MRI scan without sedation or general anaesthetic and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.

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