CHOP Surgeons Find Opioids Often Overprescribed for Elbow Fractures in Children
Jan 16, 2019
Researchers found that patients only took less than 25 percent of prescribed amount, and 1 in 5 did not take any opioid medication to manage pain.
Through our program, your child has access to the full range of pediatric subspecialties, and expertise from orthopedics, plastic surgery, genetics, radiology, oncology, neurosurgery, rehabilitation and more to diagnose your child and determine treatment.
Jan 16, 2019
Researchers found that patients only took less than 25 percent of prescribed amount, and 1 in 5 did not take any opioid medication to manage pain.
Feb 1, 2018
Families referred with a prenatally diagnosed upper limb deformity will be evaluated by our maternal-fetal medicine specialists and experts from our Hand and Arm Disorders Program.
Aug 26, 2016
Local, national and international media outlets were once again inspired by Zion and his medical team. Check out the sampling of coverage that features Zion and his amazing story.
Aug 23, 2016
One year after Zion's hand transplant surgery, Children's Hospital shares an update on his progress.
Jan 5, 2016
Zion Harvey received a double hand transplant at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — first child to undergo this procedure. Zion received OT and PT several times a day during his recovery.
Nov 30, 2015
By any measure, 8-year-old Zion Harvey has led an extraordinary life. At the age of 2, he developed sepsis, a life-threatening infection that led to the amputation of his feet and hands. The illness also damaged his kidneys and, two years later, Zion underwent a kidney transplant — receiving an organ donated by his mother, Pattie Ray.
Aug 26, 2015
Zion Harvey, the world’s first child to receive a bilateral hand transplant earlier this summer, was discharged from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) earlier today.
Jul 28, 2015
Surgeons at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia joined with colleagues from Penn Medicine recently to complete the world’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child.