When Your Child Has Surgery

Prepare for your child's surgery by learning about different procedures, anesthesia, and more.

• Anesthesia
• Anesthesia: What to Expect
• Can Anesthesia Hurt Brain Development?
• Elective Surgery
• Epilepsy Surgery
• Gastrostomy Tube (G-Tube)
• Giving Opioid Prescription Pain Medicine: What Parents Need to Know
• Heart Transplant
• Helping Kids Get Ready for Surgery
• Laryngoscopy
• Liver Transplant
• Meatoplasty
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Preventing Infections When Your Child Has Surgery (Video)
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
• Sedation
• Spinal Fusion Surgery
• Splenectomies
• Treating Appendicitis: Comparing Surgery With Antibiotic Treatment
• Treating Gastroschisis - Gastroschisis Silo (Video)
• Treating Indirect Inguinal Hernia (Video)
• What Is Indocyanine Green (ICG)?
• What Is Informed Consent?
• What's Ear Tube Surgery (Myringotomy)? (Video)
• What's Tear Duct Massage (Treating Tear-Duct Blockage)? (Video)
• What's a Cochlear Implant? (Video)
• What's a Laparoscopic Appendectomy? (Video)
• What's a Laryngoscopy? (Video)
• When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Wound Healing and Care

Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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