In bilateral choanal atresia both sides of the nasal passage are blocked by bone or soft tissue. Learn what happens during surgery and how to take care of your child at home.
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 child will have a small tube, called a nasal stent, placed in their nostrils after surgery. Learn how to take care of your child at home.
Nasal cautery is a treatment for nosebleeds. Learn how the treatment works and how to care for your child as they recover 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.
Nasal polyps are growths in the nose that impair breathing. Learn about nasal polypectomy, the surgical removal of nasal polyps and recovery after surgery.
Fixing a cleft lip involves two operations. Learn about the operations and what you need to know before, during and after both surgeries.
A heart stent is a small metal tube that is placed inside a narrowed blood vessel or conduit to keep it open. Read about heart stent surgery and recovery.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a thyroid biopsy/fine needle aspiration (FNA).
In-depth information concerning steps after your child's brain surgery, including going home and medication.
Find out how to take care of your child following a pyeloplasty operation. Dressing changes, activity level, medications and diet are discussed.
Learn how to care for your child at home after joint and/or tendon injections.
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 how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.
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.
Your child has been recommended to have an operation to help correct nasal-sounding speech (hypernasality). The operation is called a pharyngeal flap pharyngoplasty.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a PICC removal.
Your child has been recommended to have an operation to help correct nasal-sounding speech (hypernasality). The operation is called a Furlow palatoplasty.
Learn about your child's care at home, after a blood and marrow transplant.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an angiography through the radial artery (wrist).
How to take care of a child at home after they have received a nerve block. Learn about when to give other medicines, and potential problems to watch for.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a port removal.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lung biopsy.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a liver biopsy.
