Pediatric Surgery in Detail-Your Child's Surgery
Your child needs surgery -- and you have questions. Learn about surgeries performed on children and how to prepare your child for surgery. Find information to make an educated decision for the most precious little person in your life.
Preparing Your Child For Surgery
Preparing your child before their pediatric surgery is important, children who are not properly prepared for their surgical procedure can be traumatized by the experience and may have difficulty with surgery and healthcare later in life. Learn how to explain anesthesia and surgery to your child and help deal with their fear of the unknown. Remember, kids are not little adults, and they need your help to have a successful and healthy surgical outcome. Get your child ready for surgery.
Preparing your child before their pediatric surgery is important, children who are not properly prepared for their surgical procedure can be traumatized by the experience and may have difficulty with surgery and healthcare later in life. Learn how to explain anesthesia and surgery to your child and help deal with their fear of the unknown. Remember, kids are not little adults, and they need your help to have a successful and healthy surgical outcome. Get your child ready for surgery.
How to Prepare Your Child For Surgery
Children have special needs when preparing for surgery. Kids may have questions about surgery that they are afraid to ask or they may need reassurance they they will be fine after surgery. Learn how to prepare your child for surgery so the experience will not be a traumatic one.
Children have special needs when preparing for surgery. Kids may have questions about surgery that they are afraid to ask or they may need reassurance they they will be fine after surgery. Learn how to prepare your child for surgery so the experience will not be a traumatic one.
Common Pediatric Surgeries
Find out about tonsillectomies, insertion of ear tubes, and some other common pediatric surgical procedures from About.com Guide to Pediatrics Vincent Iannelli, MD.
Find out about tonsillectomies, insertion of ear tubes, and some other common pediatric surgical procedures from About.com Guide to Pediatrics Vincent Iannelli, MD.
When Your Child Needs an Appendectomy
Learn more about what to expect when your child needs to have his tonsils removed from About.com Guide to Pediatrics Vincent Iannelli, MD.
Learn more about what to expect when your child needs to have his tonsils removed from About.com Guide to Pediatrics Vincent Iannelli, MD.
Appendectomy-A Step by Step Guide to the Surgery
Understand how an appendectomy is performed in this illustrated guide to the surgery from the A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia.
Understand how an appendectomy is performed in this illustrated guide to the surgery from the A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia.
Circumcision-An Outpatient Procedure
View step-by-step images illustrating how a circumcision is performed (A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia).
View step-by-step images illustrating how a circumcision is performed (A.D.A.M. Health Encyclopedia).
Pediatric Umbilical Hernia Repair
Find out what you need to know before your child has hernia repair surgery from About.com Guide to Pediatrics Vincent Iannelli, MD.
Find out what you need to know before your child has hernia repair surgery from About.com Guide to Pediatrics Vincent Iannelli, MD.