Sept. 7, 2004 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an implantable metal rod for children with thoracic insufficiency syndrome, desloratadine for pediatric use, a heel-stick test ...

Vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib expansion thoracoplasty effectively increased forced vital capacity over time, but the increase in lung volume was not permanent as children grew, ...

The risk of infection related to prosthetic titanium rib incisions did not increase based on the location of the incisions, but rather as a result of the number of times they were reopened, according ...

The FDA has cleared the VEPTR and VEPTR II Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib Devices to treat children with thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS), a rare congenital condition that results in ...

CALGARY – In a pickup game of ball hockey in the gymnasium of the Alberta Children’s Hospital, nine-year-old Nicky Bartsch flicks a wrist shot at the net. His older brother, Ben, in goal, lunges to ...