Procedures

Learn about medical procedures

Your child may need different procedures for diagnosis and treatment. Learn what to expect before, during, and after. Find information to help you make decisions and support your child.

Anesthesia
Apheresis for Stem Cell Collection
Biopsy
Blood Transfusion
Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy
Bone Marrow Harvest
Central Line (Central Venous Catheter)
Collecting Cells for CAR T-cell Therapy
Colonoscopy
Cystectomy (Bladder Removal)
Endoscopy in Children and Teens
Epidural Anesthesia
External Ventricular Drain or Shunt
Feeding Tube Placement
Getting an IV
Leukapheresis
Light Therapy for Oral Mucositis
Lumbar Puncture
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Nerve Block Injections and Infusions
Ommaya Reservoir (Intraventricular Reservoir)
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Donation
Photopheresis
Red Blood Cell Exchange
Splenectomy
Therapeutic Phlebotomy
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Toenail Removal
Tonsillectomy, Adenoidectomy, Adenotonsillectomy
Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
Total Lymphatic Irradiation
Urinary (Foley) Catheters
Venipuncture in Children
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) Shunt

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