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Depending on your retinal damage, your eye care provider may use 1 or more procedures to treat the problem. Some treatments can be done in your eye care provider's office. Others need surgery in a hospital or surgery center.

Find out how a YAG laser uses fast, tiny bursts of energy to improve your vision during a capsulotomy.

Your child is nearsighted if far away objects look blurry. Your child is farsighted if close-up objects look blurry. Other common eye problems: wandering eye, injuries, and infections.

Your child needs surgery to treat a heart problem. This sheet will help you and your child get ready for the surgery.

Learn how the heart works.

The pleural space is the area between the lung and the chest wall. If air, blood, or fluid gets into this space, it can be a problem. This air, fluid, or blood can cause one or both lungs to collapse, which makes breathing difficult. A chest tube can drain the pleural space. This tube is soft and flexible. Your child may need a chest tube to prevent their lung from collapsing. Or they may need it to allow the lung to expand after collapsing.

Your child may need to have a heart problem treated using interventional cardiac catheterization. Learn the risks and what to expect.

An echocardiogram is an imaging test that uses sound waves (ultrasound) to create pictures of the heart. Learn why your child might need one.

A spica cast is used to stabilize and protect the hip or thigh area for a set time. Read on to learn more.