Medical Procedures

• Laryngoscopy

  Laryngoscopy, a visual exam of the voicebox and airway, can help discover the causes of voice and breathing problems, throat or ear pain, and other bothersome symptoms.

• Limb Lengthening Surgery: External Fixator

  Limb lengthening surgery is done when someone has a leg length discrepancy (one leg is shorter than the other). Sometimes this is treated with an external fixator.

• Limb Lengthening Surgery: Internal Lengthening Device

  Limb lengthening surgery is done when someone has a leg length discrepancy (one leg is shorter than the other). Sometimes this is treated with an internal lengthening device (a rod with a magnet).

• Liver Transplant

  If your child needs a liver transplant, you’re probably feeling lots of emotions. Fortunately, most kids who have liver transplants go on to live normal, healthy lives.

• Meatoplasty

  The treatment for meatal stenosis is a simple procedure to make the opening of the meatus bigger called a meatoplasty.

• Nasogastric Tube (NG Tube)

  An NG tube goes through the nose, down the throat, and into the stomach to deliver formula or medicine.

• Ostomies

  For some digestive system problems, surgeons do a procedure called an ostomy that lets waste leave the body through a small opening in the skin of the belly.

• Pectus Excavatum: The Nuss Procedure

  The Nuss procedure is a surgery to correct severe pectus excavatum. It’s considered “minimally invasive” because only a few small cuts are needed.

• Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC Line)

  A PICC line is like an IV line, but is much longer and can stay in place for longer periods.

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Peritoneal dialysis is a treatment that can be done at home to take over the kidneys’ job of filtering blood.