Patient information A-Z

A

• Abdominal pain in children - advice for parents/carers
• Anal dilatation in children
• Anal Fissures in children
• Antegrade Continence Enema (ACE): surgical formation and continuing care in children
• Appendicitis in children – information for parents and carers

B

• Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans (BXO) in boys – Information for parents and carers
• Balloon retained gastrostomy tube (Mic-G) in children – information for parents and carers
• Biofeedback therapy for children with bladder and voiding problems
• Bladder and voiding problems in children
• Bladder diary - for children and young persons
• Button battery ingestion in children Advice for parents and carers

C

• Caring for a Monarch Gastrostomy Tube in Children – information for parents and carers
• Cholecystectomy (laparoscopic) in children
• Cystoscopy in children

D

• Direct (Surgically placed) Jejunostomy tube – information for parents/carers
• DMSA (kidney) scan - in children

E

• Epigastric hernia - in children
• Extracorporeal shockwave disintegration of stones in children: procedure-specific information

H

• Hirschsprung’s disease in children
• Hydrocele – in boys
• Hypospadias - parent information

I

• Inguinal Hernia – in children
• Injection of Deflux® for the treatment of vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) – advice for parents and carers
• Interferential Therapy (IFT) for the treatment of constipation and soiling in children
• Intermittent self meatal / urethral dilatation: A parent’s guide
• Intermittent self meatal / urethral dilatation: A user’s guide for boys and adolescents
• Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus in Children
• Intussusception – in children

L

• Low profile balloon retained gastrostomy tubes

M

• MAG 3 (kidney) scan - in children
• Micturating Cystourethrogram (MCUG) – in children

N

• Nephrectomy/Hemi-Nephrectomy in children
• Nissen’s Fundoplication – in children
• Nocturnal Enuresis (‘bedwetting’) in children
• Non-invasive urodynamics (serial bladder scanning) in children

O

• Oesophageal atresia (OA) and tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) in children

P

• Paediatric surgery ‘list orders’ – information for parents and carers
• Paediatric Surgery / Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team – Information for parents and carers
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes – in children
• Percutaneous removal of kidney stone(s) in children
• pH-impedance study - advice for patients/ parents
• Posterior urethral valves (also known as congenital obstructing posterior urethral membranes)
• Pyeloplasty – in children
• Pyloric Stenosis - Information for parents

R

• Rectal biopsy in children – advice for parents and carers
• Rectal washouts in children with Hirschsprung’s disease
• Reimplantation of ureter(s) in children – information for parents
• Renal stones: Dietary advice for children who form stones: frequently-asked questions

S

• Skin and muscle biopsies in children – a guide for families
• Splenectomy in children – Information for parents and carers
• Stoma (colostomy and ileostomy) closure in children; advice for parents and carers
• Suprapubic catheter care in children – information for parents and carers

T

• Telephone clinics with nurse specialists in paediatric surgery/ urology - information for parents
• Thoracotomy – in children
• Thyroglossal Duct Cyst – information for parents and carers
• Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) division – in babies
• Transanal Irrigation in Children – information for parents and carers
• Transgastric jejunal tubes – in children

U

• Umbilical hernia – in children
• Undescended testes and surgery - in children
• Ureteroscopic stone removal in children Information for parents and carers
• Urinary tract infection in children

Y

• Your child’s outpatient appointment following their operation by the paediatric surgery / urology team: Information for parents / carers