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.
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.
A guide for parents about Botox bladder injections. Learn what they are, what happens during the procedure, and follow-up tests.
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 hybrid procedure is sometimes done instead of the Norwood procedure. A heart surgeon and an interventional cardiologist do the procedure.
A list of helpful glossary terms for Teens Taking Charge Managing Your Hemophilia program.
Learn what happens during your child's autologous blood and marrow transplant (BMT) procedure.
Surgical valvotomy is a procedure to enlarge narrowed heart valves.
The Norwood procedure is usually done as part of a series of surgeries to help the ventricle pump blood out to the body.
Balloon atrial septostomy is a procedure to expand an atrial septal defect and improve oxygenation of the blood. It is often performed for infants with certain types of congenital heart disease (CHD) such as transposition of the great arteries.
Balloon angioplasty, also known as balloon dilation, is used to expand narrowed blood vessels. Read more about angioplasty.
The Fontan procedure is usually part of a series of operations for single ventricle anomalies. Learn about the operation.
Learn what intra-arterial chemotherapy is and how it is done.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lumbar puncture.
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.
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.
Learn what a varicocele is and how embolization is used to treat is using image guidance.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an arthrogram.
