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Flower Surgical Firsts
Children's Hospital Boston has been at the forefront of child health for more than 130 years. Below are just a few of our surgical firsts:
First . . .
. . . successful surgical procedure to correct a congenital heart defect: ligation of a patent ductus arteriosis.
. . . successful infant lung transplant in New England.
. . . use of the combination of a peripartum EXIT procedure and ECMO to treat an infant with critical airway obstruction.
. . . organized training program for trainees in pediatric surgery.
. . . published textbook in pediatric surgery in the Western world: Ladd and Gross, Abdominal Surgery of Childhood.
. . . definition of the research field of angiogenesis.
. . . successful application of angiogenesis inhibitors to treat a childhood tumor.
. . . description of tracheal occlusion to facilitate development of the "hypoplastic" lung.
. . . to develop and use the serial transverse enteroplasty procedure (STEP) as treatment for Short Bowel Syndrome.
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