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.

After a gastroscopy or colonoscopy

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) describes how to look after your child at home after a gastroscopy or colonoscopy and how to deal with any problems that might occur.

Read more

After a hydrogen breath test or methacholine challenge test

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) describes how to look after your child at home after hydrogen breath test or methacholine challenge test and how to deal with any problems that might occur.

Read more

After an impedance study

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) describes how to look after your child at home after an impedance study and how to deal with any problems that might occur.

Read more

After a video capsule endoscopy with or without a gastroscopy

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) describes how to look after your child at home after a video capsule endoscopy with or without a gastroscopy and how to deal with any problems that might occur.

Read more

After hypospadias repair

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains how to care for your son at home after he has had a hypospadias repair operation. If you have any questions, please contact the Urology Clinical Nurse Specialists or Panther Ward.

Read more