Pediatric Surgery
A parasitic twin (also known as an asymmetrical or unequal conjoined twin) is the result of the processes that produce vanishing twins and conjoined twins, and may represent a continuum between the two. Parasitic twins occur when a twin embryo begins developing in utero, but the pair does not fully separate, and one embryo maintains dominant development at the expense of the other. Unlike conjoined twins, one ceases development during gestation and is vestigial to a mostly fully-formed, otherwise healthy individual twin. The undeveloped twin is defined as parasitic, rather than conjoined, because it is incompletely formed or wholly dependent on the body functions of the complete fetus. The independent twin is called the autosite.
Newborn with Bulging Heart outside Thorax
Drop Arm Test
DMC pediatric heart specialist uses less invasive technique to repair a child's Atrial Septal Defect ("Hole in the heart.".) ~ Detroit Medical Center
After their parents were strongly urged by their local hospital to go to Children's Hospital of Michigan, Dr. Jeffrey Taub controls an aggressive cancer in 2 month old twins. ~ Detroit Medical Center
A little boy with a mystifying eye condition finally found an answer on the other side of the globe with the help of Dr. Harry Chugani at Children's Hospital of Michigan. ~ Detroit Medical Center
At Children's Hospital, Dr. Mary Bedard and the NICU nursing staff save the life of a tiny infant struggling from a serious intestinal infection. ~ Detroit Medical Center
At Hutzel Women's Hospital, Dr. Giancarlo Mari performs breakthrough in-utero surgery to save the lives of high-risk twins developing with a rare "shared" circulatory problem. ~ Detroit Medical Center
Conjoined twins Alex and Angel Mendoza from Phoenix, Ariz. were successfully separated after more than 12 hours in surgery, reports Dr. Debbye Turner Bell.
While the incidence of most sports-related injuries has been holding steady for the past two decades, injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) continue to increase significantly, particularly in female athletes. In fact, on many college teams, as many as 30 to 50 percent of young women have had an ACL injury during their high school careers in certain sports, such as basketball, soccer and gymnastics.
Watch pediatric orthopedic surgeons at Akron Children's Hospital perform arthroscopic surgery to replace a young athlete's ACL
it's a 8 years old boy with previous medical history of Sickle cell disease presented with gall stone and repeat abdominal pain. A laparoscopic cholecystectomy is performed. The cystic duct is controlled with 2 stiches of absorbable suture. The cystic artery is simply cauterized with the hook cauter...y. the specimen is removed through the umbilical port using an 10mm endobag.
Laparoscopic treatment for Biliary Atresia. Kasai porto-enterostomy
Repair techniques for various types of asymmetric pectus excavatum are illustrated. Morphology-tailored bar shaping and selecting the hinge points are key elements of the technique. Repair of two cases on an eccentric type and unbalanced type according to "Park Classification" was demonstrated.
