(HealthDay News) — Children who have spinal surgery may not require anticoagulant medication as thromboembolic complications occur rarely in these procedures, according to research published in the ...

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 ...

Using advanced spine surgery technology, Dr. Michael Glotzbecker — division chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital — completed a posterior ...

Louisiana doctors, Dr. Lawrence Haber and Dr. Ryan Farmer, have performed the first ever robotic-assisted pediatric spine surgery in Louisiana and the Gulf South. The duo at Ochsner Children's work ...

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February 21, 2011 (San Diego, California) — A low dose of the synthetic antifibronolytic agent tranexamic acid (TA) decreases the amount of blood loss and the need for blood transfusions during ...

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)- Nineteen-year-old Katie Kingston suffered with back pain for seven years. When it caused her to walk with a limp, the teenager from Loveland consulted an orthopedic surgeon at ...

Ochsner Children's has achieved a major milestone by performing the first robotic-assisted pediatric spine deformity surgery in Louisiana and the Gulf South. This procedure represents a significant ...

Scoliosis is an abnormal, sideways curvature of the spine. In scoliosis, the vertebrae curve to one side and rotate or twist. This can make it appear as if you are leaning to one side. The curve of ...

NEW ORLEANS – Ochsner Children’s has achieved a major milestone by performing the first robotic-assisted pediatric spine deformity surgery in Louisiana and the Gulf South. This recently completed ...