Procedures and treatments

Preparing a child for a procedure or treatment can be an anxious occasion. Great Ormond Street Hospital have produced a number of factsheets to help explain what will happen and what to expect.

Keeping your child’s bowels healthy

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains how to keep your child’s bowels healthy, reducing the risk of constipation and other problems with pooing.

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Kelly procedure (soft tissue reconstruction of the bladder neck)

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains the Kelly procedure used to construct and strengthen the sphincter at the bladder neck following the initial closure of bladder exstrophy and what to expect when your child is admitted to GOSH fo

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Ketogenic diet: overview

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) provides information about the ketogenic diet. This is a medical therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy. The ketogenic diet can be effective at reducing seizure frequency and intensity in all types of epilep

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Keyhole (minimally invasive) surgery

Keyhole or minimally invasive surgery is a method of carrying out an operation without having to make a large incision. It is also known as laparoscopic surgery when used to operate on the abdomen and thoracoscopic surgery when used on the chest area.

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Kidney biopsy

A biopsy is a small sample of tissue taken from any area of the body so it can be examined under a microscope. A sample of kidney tissue may be taken using an endoscope (a thin, flexible tube with a bright light and camera). This page from Great Ormond St

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