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Patient Story
Finding the Beautiful Swan Within
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Finding-the-beautiful-swan-withinThe year was 1979, and Shari was a shattered 11-year-old girl. With a spine curved so severely by scoliosis that she struggled to lift her head to look forward, she was the target of her classmates’ abuse. But then Shriners Hospital for Children — St. Louis entered her life via a scoliosis screening...
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Patient Story
Shriners Hospitals for Children Feels Like Home to Michael
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/03/Shriners-Hospitals-for-Children-feels-like-home-to-MichaelEight-year-old Michael has been a patient at the medical center since he was a baby, and has had nearly a dozen surgeries to treat his scoliosis and a congenital condition called arthrogryposis, which involves stiffness of the joints that limits the range of motion.
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Patient Story
The Tools of the Trade
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/The-tools-of-the-tradeA tear slid down Ashleigh Bentz’s cheek as she opened the toolbox. A shoe horn. A pipe cutter. Clamps. The tools that helped make Marvin Hohbein the master prosthetist that he was for decades at Shriners Hospitals for Children — St. Louis now were held tenderly in the hands of a former patient who h...
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Patient Story
From Donor to Dad
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/09/From-donor-to-dadThe recreational therapy/child life staff plays a vital role in helping make the hospital seem less scary to patients by promoting positive coping skills. They use what’s called “medical play” before surgery, complete with a special doll and real medical equipment, to help reduce fears of what is to...
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Patient Story
Colton: Patient Ambassador
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/12/Colton-Patient-AmbassadorColton, from West Springfield, Massachusetts, became a patient at the Springfield Shriners Hospital in 2012 when he was 3 years old. He was born with a condition known as spina bifida, specifically L2-L3 myelodysplasia, a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly.
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Neurofibromatosis
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/NeurofibromatosisShriners Children's physicians treat kids with neurofibromatosis by encouraging healthy growth and development and managing complications should they appear.
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Scoliosis Care
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/ScoliosisScoliosis is a condition where the spine is curved sideways. With advanced treatments and world-class expertise, Shriners Children's cares for more than 10,000 children with scoliosis each year
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Condition
Femoroacetabular Impingement
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/Femoroacetabular-ImpingementChildren with hip problems need the expertise of the hip specialists at Shriners Children's for proper diagnosis, treatment and monitoring throughout their childhood.
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Hearing Services
Shriners Children's offers hearing services to help screen and assess problems and possible hearing loss that may be associated with craniofacial and cleft conditions.
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Dental Radiology
Shriners Children's offers dental radiology which uses painless X-ray machines such as pan ceph and CBCT, to show surgeons 3D views of a child's jaw bone, teeth and other facial structures. This helps with evaluation and treatment planning.
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