Surgery

A protocol developed by pediatric surgeons and gastroenterologists allows patients to receive specific surgical interventions that will be most beneficial – and allows many patients originally referred for surgery to avoid it altogether.

By applying high-performance computing to the field of otolaryngology, a team of researchers is developing a simulation environment for teaching surgical techniques related to the temporal bone.

Magnetic growing rods help patients who have early-onset scoliosis avoid repeated surgeries.

One year follow-up of patients treated only with antibiotics found that 76 percent avoided surgery

Sacral nerve stimulation helps school-age and teenage children control urinary incontinence and fecal soiling.