Learn how to care for your child at home after a lumbar puncture.
Learn what a lumbar puncture is and why it is done. Also find information about what will happen to your child before, during and after the procedure.
A lumbar puncture is done to look at cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to examine if it contains cancer cells. Learn why you may need this test, how a lumbar puncture is done and what to expect after the test.
Learn why doctors perform a lumbar puncture on your child with leukemia.
In-depth description of a lumbar puncture procedure as part of the medical diagnosis of a brain tumor.
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 leukemia is diagnosed and which tests help doctors determine its subtypes.
Learn how to care for your child at home after joint and/or tendon injections.
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 an angiography through the radial artery (wrist).
Learn how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
This page describes what is involved in the diagnosis of rhabdoid tumours.
Find out what happens at clinic visits during follow-up treatment when your child is back at home after receiving treatment for a brain tumour.
Cancer treatment requires different types of medication, each of which may be given in a different way. Lean about the most common ways to receive chemotherapy and other medications and what to expect.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lung biopsy.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a port removal.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a liver biopsy.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a CVL removal procedure.
Learn how to care for your child at home after skin and muscle biopsies.
Your child will need special care after an upper endoscopy or colonoscopy. Learn about the complications and how to care of your child once you go 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.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a PICC removal.
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.
