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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.

More information to support your procedure or treatment at GOSH

Nervous about needles?

Lots of children and young people (and adults) are nervous about having injections or blood tests taken with a needle. We are often asked about how to make things easier so we have collected ideas for this page from the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)

Neurophysiology monitoring during surgery

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains the procedure for spinal cord monitoring during surgery.

Non-medical treatment of headache and migraine in children and young people

As well as medications, there are other non-medical treatment options for headache and migraine. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains the treatments that might be helpful either instead of or in addition to medications.

Occipital nerve block

This page explains about occipital nerve block and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.

Oesophageal atresia (OA) and tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF): Feeding after repair surgery

Oesophageal atresia (OA) and tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) are both congenital (present at birth) problems. They can develop together or separately and are usually diagnosed soon after birth (or occasionally during a prenatal scan). Both conditions re