Testing Kids for COVID-19 Up to 3 Days Before Surgery Provides Accurate Results
Feb 2, 2021
CHOP researchers found 100% of patients with negative COVID-19 tests up to three days before surgery were also negative at the time of surgery.
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Feb 2, 2021
CHOP researchers found 100% of patients with negative COVID-19 tests up to three days before surgery were also negative at the time of surgery.
Nov 19, 2020
William H. Peranteau, MD, fetal surgeon and researcher, will be inaugural chair holder of the Adzick-McCausland Distinguished Chair in Fetal and Pediatric Surgery.
Oct 2, 2020
CHOP collaboration with Nestlé Health Science elevates an idea that is a win for families.
Apr 7, 2020
Read about Dr. Peranteau’s journey to become a pediatric and fetal surgeon at CHOP, and his research studying the potential to fix defects in genes prenatally.
Nov 13, 2019
A patient was able to be weaned off mechanical ventilation for the first time of his life just 16 days after a lobectomy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Oct 1, 2019
Two scientists at CHOP have received highly competitive five-year grants from the National Institutes of Health to advance innovative research on the leading edge of biomedicine.
Sep 11, 2019
Peter Mattei, MD, attending pediatric surgeon in the Division of General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery at CHOP, is named the inaugural holder of Morgan Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery.
Apr 4, 2019
Of nearly 500 patients seen at CHOP’s Pediatric Thyroid Center, very few needed to return to the OR, according to new research.
Jan 23, 2019
CHOP researchers report on the Delaney twins one year after surgery, and on the innovative devices and elaborate teamwork needed to separate the formerly conjoined twins.
Nov 20, 2017
After 485 days at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, formerly conjoined twins, Erin and Abby Delaney, were discharged to return home to North Carolina, just in time for Thanksgiving.