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Discharge Instructions for Open Splenectomy (Child)

Here's what you need to know about caring for your child at home following an open splenectomy.

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Caring for Your Child's Drain After Surgery
Preparing Your Child for Surgery
Your Child Needs an Appendectomy
Surgery: What's That Mean?
What to Expect Before/After Surgery
Don't You Dare Eat That! (NPO Instructions)
NPO: What's That Mean?
What is Anesthesia?
Anesthesia: What's That Mean?
Sedation: What's That Mean?
Procedure Team: What's That Mean?
Procedural Sedation
Procedural Sedation: What's That Mean?
Sedation Team: What's That Mean?
Operating Room: What's That Mean?
Suture: What's That Mean?
Recovery Room: What's That Mean?
Recovery Room: What's That Mean?
My Baby Needs Surgery
Helping Your Child Use an Incentive Spirometer
When Your Child Needs Surgery for Hypospadias
When Your Child Needs Bladder Reconstruction Surgery
When Your Child Needs Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery
After Your Child Has Procedural Sedation
Surgery Coloring Sheet for Kids: Waking Up
Surgery Coloring Sheet for Kids: Going Home
After Your Child's Inguinal Hernia Repair
Discharge Instructions for Laparoscopic Splenectomy (Child)
Discharge Instructions for Nephrectomy (Child)
Discharge Instructions for Open Splenectomy (Child)
After Your Child's Surgery for Pyloric Stenosis
After Umbilical Hernia Repair (Child)
When Your Child Needs Surgery: Words to Use with Your Child
Your Child's Pre-Operative Information
When Your Child Needs Emergency Surgery
When Your Child Needs Surgery: The Day of Surgery
When Your Child Needs Surgery: The Operating Room and Staff
When Your Child Needs Surgery: Anesthesia
Using Play to Help Your Child Cope with Surgery
Preparing Your 0- to 12-Month-Old for Surgery
Preparing Your 1- to 2-Year-Old for Surgery
Preparing Your 3- to 5-Year-Old for Surgery
Preparing Your 6- to 12-Year-Old for Surgery
Preparing Your 13- to 18-Year-Old for Surgery
Helping Siblings Cope with Your Child's Surgery
Your Child's Surgery: Working with Hospital Staff
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV
Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) Device
Splenectomy: Pediatric: Pre-op
Nissen Fundoplication: Pediatric: Pre-op
Nissen Fundoplication: Pediatric: Post-op
Bowel Prep: Pediatric: Pre-op
Bowel Prep: Pediatric: Pre-procedure
Ileostomy: Pediatric: Pre-op
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Pediatric: Pre-op
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Pediatric: Post-op
Colostomy: Pediatric: Pre-op
Appendectomy: Pediatric: Post-op
Umbilical Hernia Repair: Pediatric: Pre-op
Hydrocelectomy: Pediatric: Post-op
Hydrocelectomy: Pediatric: Pre-op

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