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Selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery allows many cerebral palsy patients to walk unassisted for the first time St. Louis, MO (January 28, 2019) – St. Louis Children's Hospital Center for Cerebral Palsy Spasticity, led by internationally renowned neurosurgeon Dr. T.S. Park, has reached a historic milestone ...

St. Louis, MO (February 20, 2019) –The St. Louis Children’s and Washington University Heart Center is now the first pediatric heart transplant program in the Midwest, and one of just a handful of across the nation, to reach the milestone of 500 heart transplants. ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a rare genetic disorder. It causes numerous cysts filled with fluid to grow in the kidneys. PKD cysts can reduce kidney function, leading to kidney failure. PKD is the 4th leading cause of kidney failure. People with PKD can also ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital Heart/Lung Transplant Program draws on the seamless collaboration of a closely-knit healthcare team of experts from our Heart Transplant and Lung Transplant Programs. ...

Postoperative care for children who have undergone selective dorsal rhizotomy to treat types of cerebral palsy spasticity. Learn more about the Center for Cerebral Palsy Spasticity at St. Louis Children's Hospital by calling 314.454.5437. ...

It was a perfect, sunny Memorial Day weekend on a private lake near New Florence, Missouri, when Ashton Yates, 11, had his world turned upside down. Ashton was enjoying a pontoon boat ride with his uncle, brothers and parents when he fell from the front ...

In school-age children previously diagnosed with depression as preschoolers, a key brain region involved in emotion is smaller than in their peers who were not depressed, scientists have shown. The research, by a team at Washington University School of Medicine, also suggests that the size ...

When Roberta Miller’s 7-year-old daughter, Jolene Green, required surgery to remove a tumor compressing her airway, she knew St. Louis Children’s Hospital was where her daughter needed to be. ...

Whether it is called a routine, a ritual or a schedule, it is any process you use on a regular and consistent basis to get your child ready for bed. The bedtime routine you choose should be simple. ...

I’m here to tell you, moving a toddler from a crib to a regular bed is not that difficult. It’s keeping them there that is trying! ...