Antibiotic treatment based on a urine culture may help reduce the occurrence of urinary tract infections after ureteroscopy in children with kidney or ureteral stones.

According to the National Institutes of Health, opioid misuse and addiction in the United States is a national crisis, with an economic burden upwards of $78 billion. Opioids are useful for pain ...

Every year, more than 40,000 patients in the U.S. undergo congenital heart surgery. But across centers, studies have shown that there can be significant variations in outcomes for these patients. To ...

Pediatric surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric surgeons are the healthcare providers responsible for carrying out ...

In late 2018, a handful of pediatric specialists with an interest in the nascent field of enhanced recovery after surgery, more commonly known as ERAS, gathered in Richmond, Virginia. It was the first ...

Stanford Medicine Children's Health is pleased to announce the expansion of its Robotic Surgery Program at its primary center ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Ethan Stone is an adorable 2-year-old boy with an explosion of brown, curly hair. That his body was covered by tubes and wires helping him breathe did nothing to diminish his ...

The Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship Program at Baylor College of Medicine is a one-year non-ACGME accredited program, approved by the Texas Medical Board. The fellowship program, started in ...

Appendicitis is a condition in which the appendix, a finger-shaped pouch that opens into the large intestine, becomes swollen and filled with pus. Appendicitis can be caused by a bacterial infection ...

On July 9 at 1 p.m., Professor Kwak Jae-geun (51), a thoracic surgeon at Seoul National University Hospital’s Children’s ...

The endocrine system includes glands and hormones that regulate: growth and development, metabolism, reproductive processes, mood, and more things. Pediatric endocrinology specialists treat disorders ...