A corneal transplant replaces a cloudy or damaged part of the cornea with a clear cornea from a donor. Read about corneal transplants and follow-up care.
Learn about what your child should expect when preparing for scoliosis surgery, including a pre-surgery teaching session, X-rays, clinical photos, blood work and other imaging tests.
Supplementation is a way to give your baby extra nutrition and calories while breastfeeding. Read about what supplies are required and tips for successful feeding.
Learn about the exercises your child can perform to help minimize swelling and maintain their range of motion and muscle strength after limb lengthening and reconstruction with a femoral frame.
Find out how limb reconstruction surgery can lengthen and repair shorter or crooked limbs.
The Ottawa personal decision guide can be a useful decision-making tool, which can be used when deciding whether or not to have scoliosis surgery.
Learn about the equipment your child may need to help them get around while they are being treated for developmental dysplasia of the hip, including car seats and vests.
Discover how best to manage the emotional, social and financial impact of limb lengthening and reconstruction.
Find out how a motorized intramedullary nail helps lengthen your child's limb.
A hip spica cast helps to keep the hip joint in place after surgery. Learn why a child needs a hip spica cast and how the cast is applied.
Find out how you can use the 3Ps of pain management to support your older child (age six to 12).
Find out how the 3P approach to pain management can help your teen manage their chronic pain.
Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.
Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage chronic pain in a young child.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in an older child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Find out how you can use effective parenting strategies to support the 3Ps of pain management for your young child with chronic pain.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Your child needs medicine to manage pain. They may have an epidural infusion to get this medicine. This page explains what an epidural infusion is and what will happen when your child has one.
The CARD system provides groups of strategies that can be used before and during vaccination to make the experience a more positive one for you and your child.
Read about exercise and physiotherapy, and how they benefit pain management.
Learn about chronic pain in teenagers and the effect that it may have. Pain management, responsibilities, drinking and drug use are discussed.
Most children have at least some pain after an operation, which is called post-operative pain. Learn about relieving a child's post-operative pain at home.
This page give advice on how to relieve a child's pain at home.
Learn about relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation and hypnosis, that can be used for pain management in children.
Learn about how to talk to your child about how much pain they are feeling and some strategies to help them cope with pain.
