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    October 8, 2020 | Lynn Nichols

    Girl Power Strong at Stanford’s Spine Program

    Two days a week, Stanford Children’s patients with scoliosis—most of whom are teen girls—are treated by all-women team of doctors and nurses.

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    September 25, 2020 | Lynn Nichols

    Getting Youth Athletes Back on the Field

    Sports medicine experts at Stanford Children’s Health are working with youth teams and athletes to help them safely return to practice during the pandemic.

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    September 16, 2020 | Phyllis Goodman

    Research, Rest, Recovery After Knee Injury

    Sports medicine experts helped Thomas recover from osteochondritis dissecans and return to basketball.

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    September 10, 2020 | Amy Brooks

    When Can Kids Return to Playing Sports?

    Advice on how to keep your children safe if they return to playing sports during the pandemic.

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    June 17, 2020 | Amy Brooks

    From Shelter to Sport: Safely Returning to Play

    These tips will help young athletes transition back to sports safely.

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    December 2, 2019 | Lynn Nichols, Stanford Childrens Health

    Falcon Quarterback Soars after Unique HIFU Procedure

    Doctors used an innovative approach called high intensity focused ultrasound to remove a tumor called an osteoid osteoma without surgery or radiation.

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    October 1, 2019 | Lynn Nichols, Angie Lucia

    Hope Sparks from Camp Fire Aftermath for Boy with Clubfoot

    Rider is running and playing after surgery and bracing to treat his clubfoot.

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    September 24, 2019 | Lynn Nichols, Angie Lucia

    Teen Adopts USC’s Fight-On Rally Call to Tackle Injuries

    Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital saves limb of teen with complex orthopedic surgery and microvascular surgery with skin, bone and vein grafts.

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    February 22, 2019 | Amy Brooks, Angie Lucia

    Youth wheelchair basketball tournament rolls into Stanford

    Four teams of young wheelchair basketball players took to the court at Stanford’s Arrillaga Family Recreation Center last month.

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    December 5, 2018 | Amy Brooks, Stanford Childrens Health

    Avery runs into a healthy future

    After being diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans and undergoing surgery on her knees, Avery is on the mend and hopes to be running again soon.

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    October 5, 2017 | Kate DeTrempe, Stanford Childrens Health

    Magnet technology corrects spinal disorders

    Kora has early onset scoliosis (EOS), a severe spinal curvature that occurs when vertebrae develop incorrectly in utero.

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    June 12, 2017 | Kelly Frank

    Dozens of casts later, a future without clubfoot

    Anna Davis has had more than 50 casts in her under 10 years due to clubfoot. Dr. Gamble, pediatric orthopedic specialist, has helped her through the challenges of treatment for the condition.

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    April 11, 2017 | Alisha Thomas, Stanford Childrens Health

    The surgery that helped a boy back onto the basketball court

    An avid basketball player, Chris loves the Golden State Warriors and can spew out player statistics at any moment. But physiologically, Chris is very unique.

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    January 6, 2017 | Stanford Childrens Health, Kelly Frank

    Q&A with Christine Boyd, MD on Sports Medicine

    Growing bones and brains are susceptible to different injury patterns than adults throughout adolescence and young adulthood.

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    May 9, 2016 | Erin Digitale

    Stanford Trauma Center saves 10-year-old’s hand — and his life

    When Elijah Olivas’s hand was severed in a car accident, dozens of experts from our pediatric trauma team coordinated to perform 20 hours of life- and limb-saving surgery.

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    January 28, 2016 | Samantha Beal, Angie Lucia

    Stanford Children’s Health orthopedists seeing a rise in ACL injuries among young girls

    Young, athletic girls like Aminah Carter, 8, are being treated for sports injuries typically associated with adults and professional athletes.

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    September 19, 2014 | Samantha Beal

    From Post-WWII Russia to 7-year-old Giana Brown, a bone-repair method evolves

    An incredible device originally developed in post-WWII Siberia helped 7-year-old Giana Brown straighten and lengthen her left leg by making small adjustments for more than six months.

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    June 3, 2014 | Kelly Frank, Robert Dicks

    Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Services teams help Hadi walk for the first time

    Back home at the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestine, 6-year-old Hadi Alkhadra has had to crawl or be carried by his parents his entire life.

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    February 26, 2013 | Kelly Frank, Robert Dicks

    “Well, I always wondered what it would be like if my legs were more even”

    After many years of careful care and planning by Packard Children’s orthopedic surgeon Scott Hoffinger, MD,… Read more »

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    June 17, 2012 | Kelly Frank, Robert Dicks

    Packard Children’s Ranked Among Nation’s Best

    In the U.S. News & World Report publication of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals for 2012-13,… Read more »

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