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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