A video urodynamics study (VUDS) is a test done by your child’s doctor that provides information about how well your child’s bladder is working.
A flow rate test helps to assess how well your child can empty their bladder by measuring the rate at which urine flows out of it. Learn more about the procedure and preparing your child.
A guide for parents about Botox bladder injections. Learn what they are, what happens during the procedure, and follow-up tests.
Find out what to expect if you have a child with posterior urethral valves (PUV). This document reviews the condition and how it is managed with medications, tests, interventions and surgeries.
The hybrid procedure is sometimes done instead of the Norwood procedure. A heart surgeon and an interventional cardiologist do the procedure.
Surgical valvotomy is a procedure to enlarge narrowed heart valves.
The Glenn procedure is done when not enough blood is getting to the lungs. Learn about this procedure and the risks associated with it.
In the Ross procedure, the child's abnormal aortic valve is replaced with the child's own healthy pulmonary valve.
The Norwood procedure is usually done as part of a series of surgeries to help the ventricle pump blood out to the body.
The Fontan procedure is usually part of a series of operations for single ventricle anomalies. Learn about the operation.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an arthrogram.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an esophageal dilatation.
Learn what bone ablation is and how it is done using image guidance.
Learn what a thyroid biopsy is and why it is done. Also find information about what will happen to your child before, during and after the procedure.
Learn about the arterial switch procedure, a surgery that is done to correct transposition of the great arteries.
A port provides a comfortable, convenient way to receive medications such as chemotherapy, IV nutrition and fluids, and from which to have blood samples taken. Learn about this procedure.
A list of helpful glossary terms for Teens Taking Charge Managing Your Hemophilia program.
Learn what an angioplasty is and how it is done using image guidance.
Learn about some signs that indicate your child may need extra help with reading.
