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Treating pediatric cataracts
Early-age surgery presents challenges, benefits

Brennan Hughes-Shiverick was diagnosed with pediatric cataracts at 1 year old. He needed surgical removal of the cataracts, but with traditional methods, even after the procedure his parents would have needed to fit his tiny eyes with contact lenses for his vision to develop correctly.

Although mild cataracts in older children can sometimes be treated by patching the eye, using dilating eyedrops or prescription glasses, most pediatric cataracts require removal by surgery...

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Osteochondritis dissecans
Early diagnosis, aggressive treatment benefit athletes

Kevin Brake is an avid high school soccer and hockey player. When he began suffering from osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), a painful fragmentation of cartilage in his knee, his physicians initially advised him to take up the violin or guitar, because his sporting days were over.

Not ready to give up, Kevin's family turned to Children's Hospital Boston. Lyle Micheli, MD, director of Sports Medicine and a nationally recognized expert on sports injuries in children and adolescents, had a different assessment: with aggressive treatment, Kevin could be back on the field and in the rink within a few months....

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