Hospital Clinics & Services
From Break to Cast Removal: Dealing With Childhood Fractures
There seems to be no limit to the ways that kids find to break their bones, from common ways like launching off a trampoline or slipping on the monkey bars to more mundane things like tripping over an untied shoelace or falling out of bed. No matter how a bone is broken, it’s essential to a […]
How to Treat Sports Injuries in Young Athletes
Over 30 million children in the U.S. participate in some form of organized athletics each year, with more and more of them participating in competitive sports leagues. Traveling soccer team rosters are jam-packed, basketball camps run year-round, and football training has become highly specialized–even for little league players. Gymnasts undergo intensive training, and on the […]
Common Childhood Orthopedic Problems
Now that the weather is warmer and your child is more active, you may notice that his or her growth isn’t occurring completely on the straight and narrow. Many kids exhibit flatfeet, toe walking, pigeon toes, bowlegs, and knock-knees in their first years of life. Some of these conditions correct themselves without treatment as kids […]
What to Look for in a Pediatric Heart Surgeon
Excellent cardiothoracic surgeons are confident, precise, and have technical ability, sound judgment, and the ability to solve complex problems quickly under high stress. The best surgeons have expertise that comes from performing hundreds of open heart and other heart surgeries each year, ranging from the correction of simple heart defects to major repairs of the […]
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