On average, nearly four million annual surgical procedures in the U.S. are completed on pediatric patients. Despite this growing figure, surgical innovation has focused heavily on technologies for ...

WITN reports ECU Health has announced a huge leap forward in surgery for children through the use of robots. The concept of utilizing robotics to assist with medical procedures is nothing new when it ...

Dr. Laura A. Boomer, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatric Surgery; surgical director of NICU and PICU, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond Education: Bachelor’s and master’s ...

A study of pediatric heart surgery centers across the United States has demonstrated that, when it comes to successful surgery, it's not just the size of the program that matters in determining ...

As a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist and the medical director of an outpatient surgery center dedicated exclusively to children, I’m often asked the same question by parents: Does it really ...

The Challenge of Reintubation in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Despite impressive advances in pediatric cardiac surgery—with over 91% of patients surviving their procedures—reintubation ...

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 ...

Almost half of unplanned pediatric admissions result from general or neurosurgery procedures, according to a study reported by Family Practice News. For the study, researchers analyzed data from ...

A handful of common surgical procedures account for large shares of all opioids dispensed after surgery in children and adults, according to two studies recently published by researchers at the ...