No matter the surgery, preparing for an approaching surgery can be stressful and frightening for you and especially your child. But with some age-appropriate teaching, reassurances, and support--that ...

The newborn was struggling to breathe. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in July with Pierre Robin Sequence, a rare craniofacial condition that consists of upper airway obstruction, the 3-day-old baby girl ...

A Canadian hospital is pausing scheduled tonsil and adenoid surgery for patients under 18 after two children who underwent the procedure died just after being discharged, officials said last week.

Minimally invasive robot-assisted pars fracture surgery enabled most adolescent patients to return to sports in as little as six weeks, researchers with New York City-based Hospital for Special ...

(HealthDay News) — Race and procedure type impact 30-day morbidity in pediatric patients undergoing urologic procedures, according to a study published in Pediatrics. David I. Chu, MD, from The ...

A team at Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare’s Children’s Hospital of Illinois became the first in the world to implant an extravascular implantable, cardioverter-defibrillator in a pediatric patient ...

The mum of a seven-year-old boy with a rare genetic condition says "life-changing" surgery means he is finally able to have ...

The Pediatric Surgery Services at The Children's Hospital of Alabama sponsors an ACGME-accredited Pediatric Surgery Fellowship with one resident admitted yearly for the two-year program. UAB General ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A pediatric hospital in Austin is the first in the world to offer robotic spine procedures with advanced assistance. Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus announced in a news ...

A hospital in Surrey has performed its 10,000th robotic-assisted surgical procedure.Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust first introduced the technology in 2009 with the installation of a da Vinci ...

Inspire ® Procedure is the first FDA-approved sleep apnea treatment for children with Down syndrome who are unable to use a CPAP. MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach completed ...