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Tonsil surgery or tonsil and adenoid surgery: Caring for your child after the operation

Tonsils and adenoids may be removed if they become enlarged. Read about surgery to remove tonsils and adenoids and how to help your child recover.

Adenoid surgery: Caring for your child after the operation

Children may have their adenoids removed to relieve pressure or reduce infections. Learn about adenoid surgery and recovery following adenoid surgery.

Tonsillectomy with obstructive sleep apnea

If tonsils become enlarged and cause obstructive sleep apnea, they may be surgically removed. Read about tonsillectomy.

Adenoidectomy with obstructive sleep apnea: Caring for your child after the operation

Children undergoing an adenoidectomy with obstructive sleep apnea require extra attention following surgery. Read about adenoidectomy and recovery.

Brachial plexus operation

A brachial plexus operation is performed to repair damaged nerves. Learn about how to prepare your child for surgery and take care of them at home.

Spina bifida: Treatment and caring for your child after surgical repair

Learn how your baby's spina bifida is repaired with surgery either before or after they are born. Also learn what happens after surgery and how to take care of your baby at home.

Jaw surgery: Caring for your child's mouth and teeth after the operation

Following jaw surgery, it is important to properly care for your child's teeth and mouth. Learn how to keep your child's jaw clean following jaw surgery.

Hernia repair: Care for your child after the operation

Learn about surgery to repair a hernia and how to care for your child after the operation.

Pre-operative visit for heart surgery

Before your child has heart surgery, you will need to come in for a pre-operative visit. The team will assess your child's health and answer any questions you have about the operation.

Jaw surgery: Information for teens

This page explains how to get ready and what to expect when you got to the hospital for jaw surgery.

Nasal polypectomy: Removing nasal polyps

Nasal polyps are growths in the nose that impair breathing. Learn about nasal polypectomy, the surgical removal of nasal polyps and recovery after surgery.

Ureteral reimplant: Caring for your child at home

A ureteral reimplant is an operation that stops urine, or pee, from going back into the kidneys from the bladder. Learn how to care for your child at home after the procedure.

Chiari malformation

A Chiari malformation is when the lower part of the brain sits too low in your child's neck. Read about symptoms, causes, diagnosis and surgical treatment.

Nephrectomy: Caring for your child at home

Nephrectomy is an operation to remove one of your child's kidneys. Learn how to take care of your child at home after the operation.

Blocked tear duct surgery

A blocked tear duct stops the flow of tears from the eye down into the nose. Learn how a blocked tear duct can be treated.

Pacemaker surgery

Pacemaker surgery is required to put a pacemaker in a child. Learn about what a pacemaker is, how the surgery is done and what happens after surgery.

Cleft palate repair

Your child will need an operation to repair their cleft palate. This page tells you about the operation and what you need to know before, during and after the operation.

After scoliosis surgery

Every patient’s recovery following scoliosis surgery is different. Read about what to expect immediately following an operation for scoliosis.

Physiotherapy after heart surgery

Following heart surgery, your child will need to exercise to keep their lungs clear. Read how deep breathing, splinted coughing and moving will help.

What are the fasting guidelines for your child before surgery?

Before receiving anesthesia for surgery, your child will receive fasting or NPO (nothing by mouth) guidelines to follow. If these guidelines are not followed, the procedure or surgery will be cancelled and rescheduled for the safety of your child.

Choanal atresia: Unilateral

In unilateral choanal atresia only one side of the nasal passage is blocked by bone or soft tissue. Learn what happens during surgery and how to take care of your child at home.

Your baby's cleft lip repair

Fixing a cleft lip involves two operations. Learn about the operations and what you need to know before, during and after both surgeries.

Surgical procedures and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

Pyloromyotomy: Surgery for pyloric stenosis

Learn about pyloromyotomy, the surgical procedure for pyloric stenosis.

Strabismus surgery in children

Strabismus (misaligned eye) surgery tightens the weak eye muscles that move the eye or loosens the stronger ones. This helps the eyes line up better. Read what to expect from the surgery.